Grumman engineers, led by chief Engineer William Schwendler, sought to fill a major gap in the low and medium altitude ranges for U.S. Navy carrier-based fighters. The goal was to create a small ...

WATSONVILLE — A World War II B-25 bomber, a P-40E Kittyhawk and a F8F-2 Bearcat are just some of the unique pieces of aviation history that will be featured at the 46th annual Watsonville Fly-In and ...

Rare Bear is a F8F-2 Bearcat first flown during World War II. Now under current owner Rod Lewis Rare Bear plane got a second life after almost $15-million worth of restoration. "It is one of those ...

Six Grumman F8F Bearcats were deployed to defend Dien Bien Phu, striking from a newly built airstrip of 22,800 steel plates.

Deployed by France during the Indochina War, the Grumman F8F Bearcat flew more than 60,000 missions in brutal conditions.

Air racer and airshow performer Howard Pardue died last week in an F8F Bearcat crash at Breckenridge, Texas. The crash occurred during an attempted low-level aerobatic maneuver, a Half Cuban Eight, ...