Zimmerman and Vought worked to finalize a design for a fighter version, and designated it the VS-315. The Navy requested two prototypes, naming them the XF5U-1.

The man who built much of that infrastructure is Russell Vought, an architect of Trump’s shock-and-awe second-term agenda. During the Biden years, Vought led the Center for Renewing America ...

Associated Press Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 9:53 p.m. | Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 9:53 p.m. WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night ...