Eighty-five years ago today, a warbird legend was born. On May 29, 1940, the prototype Chance Vought F4U Corsair roared to life over Bridgeport, Connecticut, marking the first flight of what would ...

The Vought F4U Corsair was a multi-role aircraft: fighter, ground attacker, and ice cream maker. By late September 1944, the men of U.S. Marine fighter squadron VMF-122 were stuck on Peleliu and ...