F6F

Acronym	Definition
F6F	Grumman Hellcat Fighter (WWII)

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I was told, however, the F6F parked in the next spot also had been "down" but now was "OK" and ready to go.

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military pitted the Grumman F6F Hellcat against the Zero in the skies over Wake Island, according to former Chiba University Professor Ikuhiko Hata, a historian.

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Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team, the Condor Squadron AT-6 Texans and the Los Angeles Fire Department Helicopter Unit also will be featured in the two-day event, and there will be flyovers by the F/A-18, F6F Hellcat, MIG-15 and other aircraft.

TIME TRAVELERS WWII PLANES RUMBLE THROUGH VALLEY SKIES

Though the Radio Research Laboratory was working on such a set for the US Navy for installation in a Grumman F6F Hellcat, the time delays likely were not to the liking of the theater.

Thirteenth Air Force radio countermeasures operations, 1944-45

Famous for its TBF Avenger torpedo bomber and F6F Hellcat fighter, Grumman had 25,000 employees working at its facilities at Bethpage, Long Island, at its peak in 1943.

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Most of the aircraft were wartime F6F Hellcats and F4U Corsairs, with PBY Catalina flying boats, various transports and other assorted types.

U.S. Naval Air Force Reserve: a century of service: Part I

There was also the new fighter, the F6F Hellcat, and information: friend or foe (IFF) transponders for all aircraft.

Replacing battleships with aircraft carriers in the Pacific World War II

mainly Grumman F6F Hellcats and Supermarine Seafires.

Navy wings helped bring victory in Europe

They flew around in TBFs, SBDs, SB2Cs, F4Fs, and the granddaddies of noise, the F6F and F4U.

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In 1945 he led his division of F6F Hellcats from the U.

Father's guns

Patriots Point features 27 historic aircraft onboard the USS Yorktown, including the Douglas AD-4N Skyraider, and the Grumman F6F Hellcat r.

Patriots Point Waves in New Aircraft onto the USS Yorktown

His test flights during the interwar period contributed to the Navy's purchase of the F4U Corsair and F6F Hellcat--two of the service's most effective fighters.

Harnessing the Sky: Frederick "Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's Aviation Pioneer, 1923-52