Editing Grumman F6F Hellcat (section)

===Postwar use===
[[File:F6F target drone.jpg|thumb|Postwar service: A bright orange F6F-3K [[target drone]]]]
After the war, the Hellcat was succeeded by the [[Grumman F8F Bearcat|F8F Bearcat]], which was smaller, more powerful (powered by uprated Double Wasp radials) and more maneuverable, but entered service too late to see combat in World War II.<ref>O'Leary 1980, pp. 147–148.</ref>

The Hellcat was used for second-line USN duties, including training and [[U.S. Navy Reserve|Naval Reserve]] squadrons, and a handful were converted to [[target drone|target drones]].<ref name="Wilkinson"/> In late 1952, Guided Missile Unit 90 used F6F-5K drones, each carrying a {{cvt|2000|lb}} bomb, to attack bridges in Korea. Flying from {{USS|Boxer|CV-21|6}}, the Hellcat drones were radio controlled from an escorting [[AD Skyraider]].<ref>Jackson 1998, p. 126.</ref>

The F6F-5 was the first aircraft used by the U.S. Navy's [[Blue Angels]] official flight demonstration team at its formation in 1946.<ref>[http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/aircraft/historical.aspx "Historical aircraft of the Blue Angels."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419102617/http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/aircraft/historical.aspx |date=19 April 2012 }} ''Blue Angels''. Retrieved" 31 March 2015.</ref>

[[File:Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat target drone is shot down in 1954.jpg|thumb|A F6F-5K Hellcat target drone is shot down by the heavy cruiser [[USS Saint Paul (CA-73)|USS ''Saint Paul'']], in 1954.]]
The [[French Naval Aviation]] was equipped with F6F-5 Hellcats and used them in combat in [[Indochina]]. These were painted in Gloss Sea Blue, similar to post-World War II US Navy aircraft until about 1955, but had a modified French roundel with an image of an anchor.<ref>http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/576/pics/21_1.jpg {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109111233/http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/576/pics/21_1.jpg |date=9 January 2019 }} {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref> The [[French Air and Space Force|French Air Force]] also used the Hellcat in Indochina from 1950 to 1952. The plane equipped four squadrons (including the [[Escadron de Chasse 2/30 Normandie-Niemen|Normandie-Niemen]] squadron of WWII fame) before these units transitioned to the F8F Bearcat.<ref>{{Cite book | language=fr | title=Les avions Grumman 1929–1989| last=Millot & Nicolaou| year=1993|publisher=éditions Larivière|isbn=2907051032}}</ref>

The Uruguayan Navy also used them until the early 1960s.<ref name ="donald american">Donald, 1995, p. 145.</ref>