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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 Century Series is a popular name for a group of US fighter aircraft representing models designated between F-100 and F-106 which went into full production. They included the first successful supersonic aircraft designs in the United States Air Force 's service, which remained in active service well into the 1970s and 1980s with the Air ...
F-101 Voodoo: Fighter aircraft; Fighter-bomber; McDonnell Aircraft First designed at the end of WWII as a penetration fighter, it was adapted for close air support in 1954. [58] [59] 1954 [59] 1957 [59] 807 [59] F-104 Starfighter: Air superiority fighter; Fighter-bomber; Lockheed 1954 1958 2,578 XF-104 Starfighter: Interceptor prototype ...
21.4.1 Attack Aircraft. 21.4.2 Fighters. 21.4.3 Rotorcraft. ... Emergency Fighter Program; EWR VJ 101; ... North American F-107; XF-108 Rapier; Bell XF-109;
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
The North American NA-335 was North American Aviation's entry into the US Air Force's 1960s-1970s F-X program, which would later result in the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. [1] The NA-335 resembles the T-10/Su-27, however the NA-335 lacked the gap between the engine nacelles, and only a single vertical fin. [2]
The Williams F107 (company designation WR19) is a small turbofan engine made by Williams International.The F107 was designed to propel cruise missiles.It has been used as the powerplant for the AGM-86 ALCM, and BGM-109 Tomahawk, as well as the experimental Kaman KSA-100 SAVER and Williams X-Jet flying platform.