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 ...

Ace pilot George Chamberlain Duncan took off from the USS Midway aircraft carrier in the summer of 1951 as he typically did.

The Grumman F9F Panther was a conservative design; it had straight wings, a conventional tail, and the rugged structure for which Grumman had earned the nickname “Iron Works.” But the Panther ...

John Magda mounting his Blue Angel Panther in 1950. Courtesy Marni Magda Half a century of Winona, Minnesota winters had made a weary sight of the Grumman F9F Panther. When Dan Cherry saw a photo ...