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Anigrand Models produces 1/72 and 1/144 scale resin kits of the XF-108; F-108 Rapier page on GlobalSecurity.org; Additional illustrations, references, detailed cutaway diagram. French Language. US Standard Aircraft Characteristics Document for F-108's early iteration; US Standard Aircraft Characteristics Document for F-108's pre-mock-up iteration
B-57E Canberra dedicated Air Defense Command target towing aircraft were used for training of F-86D Sabre, F-94C Starfire, and F-89D Scorpion interceptors firing 2.75-inch Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rockets. Due to the nature of air-to-air weapon training requiring a large amount of air space, only a few locations were available for practice ...
McDonnell Aircraft The first swept wing jet fighter and the only single-engined carrier-based fighter McDonnell produced. Provided the basis for the F-4 Phantom. [101] 1951 [101] 1956 [101] 519 [101] F-9 (F9F-6/7/9) Cougar: Fighter Grumman 1951 1952 1,988 XF10F Jaguar: Prototype swing-wing fighter aircraft Grumman
A variable-sweep wing, colloquially known as a "swing wing", is an airplane wing, or set of wings, that may be modified during flight, swept back and then returned to its previous straight position. Because it allows the aircraft's shape to be changed, it is an example of a variable-geometry aircraft.
Mixing the crewed fighters with uncrewed aircraft. In response to Musk's comments on X about their fighter this week, a spokesperson for Lockheed Martin told BI that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ...
The aircraft was designated the Model 2000, and was offered in two different versions – the D-188 for the Navy and the D-188A for the Air Force. Bell had rather optimistically called the Navy version the XF3L-1 and the Air Force version the XF-109, although neither of these designations were official.
On 2 July 1951, three of the designs were selected for further development, Convair's scaled-up XF-92 that evolved into the F-102, a Lockheed design that led to the F-104, and Republic's AP-57. AP-57 was an advanced concept to be built almost entirely of titanium and capable of Mach 3 at altitudes of at least 60,000 feet (18 km).
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