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The F-107 was never given an official name, but was sometimes informally called the "Super Super Sabre" [10] referring to North American's earlier fighter design, the F-100 Super Sabre. [11] The designation "F-107A" was the only one assigned to the aircraft, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] though "YF-107A" is often used in publications.
To accompany the B-70 all the way to its target and back, the F-108 in its initial concept would have, at best, marginal range. [9] On 30 December 1958, YF-108A preproduction aircraft on order were reduced from 31 to 20 test aircraft and the first test flight was delayed from February to April 1961. [10]
The F-101 was the first aircraft in the USAF capable of exceeding 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h). The F-102 was the first aircraft in the world to utilize area rule in its design. The F-104 was the first combat aircraft capable of Mach 2 flight, and the only aircraft in history to simultaneously hold the world speed, rate-of climb and altitude records. [4]
F107 or F-107 may refer to: HMS Rothesay, a 1957 British Royal Navy Rothesay-class frigate; Netz 107, an Israeli Air Force F-16 on display at the Israeli Air Force Museum; North American F-107, a 1956 American supersonic military fighter prototype; Williams F107, a small turbofan jet engine
In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with “B-”. Fighter aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations, from 1 to 5, based on technological level. [1] [2] An American F-16 fighter jet
Attack aircraft, fighter, aggressor aircraft: Douglas Aircraft Company / McDonnell Douglas: 1954 1956 2,960 North American A-5 (A3J) Vigilante: Carrier-based nuclear bomber /reconnaissance aircraft [7] North American Aviation 1958 1961 167 Grumman A-6 Intruder: Attack aircraft Grumman: 1960 1963 693
Fighter aircraft (1,690) F-15 Eagle: United States air superiority: F-15C: 145 145 F-15C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 29 F-15C - Active. 116 F-15C - Air National Guard. Trainer aircraft listed separately. F-15E Strike Eagle: United States multirole: 218 218 F-15E total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac) [1] F-15EX ...
The Republic Aviation Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Farmingdale, New York, on Long Island.Originally known as the Seversky Aircraft Company, the company was responsible for the design and production of many important military aircraft, including its most famous products: World War II's P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, the F-84 Thunderjet and F-105 Thunderchief jet fighters.