with the F2H-2P photo-recon aircraft being replaced by both the F9F-8P Cougar (later the RF-9J) and the Vought F8U-1P Crusader (later the RF-8A). By 1961, the last F2H Banshees in the US Naval ...

Fast, deadly, and built for carrier combat—the Grumman F9F Panther was the U.S. Navy’s first jet-powered fighter to see action. From dogfights over Korea to precision strikes, this warbird ...