The weather was good on the morning of March 19, 1951, as Lieutenant Ed Boudinot of squadron VF-52 and his flight instructor prepared their Grumman F9F-3 Panthers for takeoff from Naval Air ...

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 ...