The A-7 Corsair II was designed to replace the A-4 Skyhawk, but ended up flying alongside it in Vietnam and beyond. With a 600 mile combat radius, 15,000 pounds of ordnance, and range that stretched ...

Corsair II showed up to replace it, many scoffed. But this “short little ugly fella” (or SLUF, as pilots called it) turned ...

This particular A-7E Corsair II was manufactured in 1964 and delivered to the U.S. Navy in early 1966, just in time for the escalation of hostilities in North Vietnam.

Introducing the F4U Corsair. In 1938, the U.S. Navy issued a request for proposal (RFP) for a single-engined fighter capable of hitting high speeds, a minimum stalling speed below 70 miles per ...

The Air Force called for Navy help, and up flew Lieut. Bordelon in his World War II vintage Corsair. Last week Guy Bordelon shot down his fifth “Bedcheck Charley” and became the Navy’s first ...