In a historic first, a Royal Navy Wildcat helicopter has successfully fired the Martlet missile during operational deployment ...

And the ship's embarked Wildcat helicopter, armed with Martlet missiles capable of bringing down targets up to almost four miles away, was also used. Dramatic footage filmed by the Royal Navy ...

The F4F-3 Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat and F8F Bearcat will make an appearance at the 72nd edition of the EAA fly-in ...

4.5inch and 30mm Guns - the latter was used by the Royal Navy to shoot down Houthi drones in 2024. A Wildcat helicopter also downed some of the targets using Martlet missiles. HMS Dauntless is set ...

(Britain’s Royal Navy also flew the fighter, dubbing it the Martlet.) FM-2 Specs Span: 38 ft. 0 in.

This included her Phalanx close-in weapon system, 30mm and 4.5-inch guns, and Martlet missiles fired ... something that Royal Navy sailors have had to deal with on deployment.