The F6F Hellcat wasn’t just a fighter — it was a flying sledgehammer with wings. Built tough, flown harder, and dropped into ...

Meet the F6F Hellcat, the rugged “Zero killer” carrier fighter shaped directly by frontline pilots, rushed into production, and trusted to bring exhausted crews safely back to the deck. In this ...

A WWII veteran is celebrating his 100th birthday this week! Clarence “Bill” Wenzel served in the Navy as a fighter pilot from 1944 to 1949. He flew a F6F Hellcat Fighter Plane, making 72 landings with ...

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Stellantis has stuffed its supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat V8 into sedans, coupes, SUVs, and a pickup truck, but so far there’s one type of vehicle that hasn’t been blessed with this powerful engine: ...

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There are Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis, and a dozen other high-horsepower nameplates out there, but among American muscle enthusiasts, few names ignite the same raw excitement as the Hellcat. Born ...

Task Force 15 approached Marcus Island before dawn on August 31, 1943. Aboard USS Yorktown, VF-5 pilots climbed into their untested F6F Hellcats for the type’s first combat mission iton the Pacific ...

Let's cut to the chase – the red key on your Hellcat-powered Dodge is the full power key. It's what gives you the 700 demented ponies you wanted when you bought the thing. Still, since we have the ...

After a short, EV-induced respite, rumors say Dodge will once again be offering high-powered V8 engines — led by the 6.2-liter supercharged Hellcat — in its production vehicles. The reports made ...

Throughout Chrysler's history, the company has engaged in wordplay to make its cars more memorable. Model names such as the compounded Superbird and the abbreviated 'Cuda are good examples. Another ...

After serving in the Korean War, the USS Boxer went on a tour of the Pacific in 1955, carrying a pair of F9F-5 Panthers, Grumman Aircraft’s first jet fighter for the U.S. Navy. Panthers flew most of ...