Tucked inside the headquarters building of the MAPS Air Museum in Green, volunteers are restoring an Akron-built Corsair, one of the U.S. military's most successful and powerful fighters in World War ...

In his latest Warbird Profile, lifelong aviation enthusiast Randy Malmstrom examines the history behind the Goodyear FG-1D ...

The Vought F4U Corsair plane restored by the late Gerry Beck is on display in the Fargo Air Museum on Thursday, May 18, 2023, after being in a Minnesota air museum for the last six years. FARGO — An ...

In the wake of World War 2, the United States emerged as an industrial powerhouse after supplying its own military and its ...

During WWII, engineers produced some of the most iconic aircraft in history. From sleek fighters to hulking steel beasts -- ...

The Corsair’s inverted‑gull wings, roar of its Double Wasp engine and devastating strike power earned it the Japanese nickname “Whistling Death” — a plane feared before it even arrived.

On June 12, 1943, the F4U-1 Corsair fighter crashed into the lake near Waukegan during practice landings and takeoffs from the USS Wolverine. The pilot, Carl Harold Johnson, survived the crash but was ...

Landing a plane on an aircraft carrier is hard, especially if you're flying the jet aviators have declared the most difficult ...

Herman Spoede never returned from a flight 68 years ago. Aug. 1, 2011— -- Lt. John Ramsay was an intelligence officer with a love of painting during World War II. He was sketching a Corsair plane ...

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — Established in 1917, the Selfridge National Guard Air Base in Harrison Township is one of the oldest in the nation. The base is ...