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The Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter was a single-engine, high-performance, supersonic interceptor prototype for a United States Air Force (USAF) series of lightweight and simple fighters. Only two aircraft were built; one aircraft was used primarily for aerodynamic research and the other served as an armament testbed, both aircraft being destroyed ...
The Wright J65 was an axial-flow turbojet engine produced by Curtiss-Wright under license from Armstrong Siddeley. ... and the two Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter prototypes.
F-104C at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.. Fighter-bomber version for USAF Tactical Air Command, with improved fire-control radar (AN/ASG-14T-2), centerline and two wing pylons (for a total of five), and ability to carry one Mk 28 or Mk 43 nuclear weapon on the centerline pylon.
The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War.Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fighter aircraft for the United States Air Force (USAF), it was developed into an all-weather multirole aircraft in the early 1960s and produced by several other nations ...
The General Electric J79 is an axial-flow turbojet engine built for use in a variety of fighter and bomber aircraft and a supersonic cruise missile.The J79 was produced by General Electric Aircraft Engines in the United States, and under license by several other companies worldwide.
Clockwise from bottom: F-104 Starfighter, F-100 Super Sabre, F-102 Delta Dagger, F-101 Voodoo, and F-105 Thunderchief 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.
Nuclear engine-powered aircraft proposals 227 Series of pre-Starfighter projects 242 Series of pre-Starfighter projects 245 L-245: Converted T-33 used by the company for development of the T2V-1 (model 1080) 246 XF-104: Mar 4, 1954: Interceptor prototype, led to the F-104 288 CL-288: F-104 based interceptor concept with wing mounted engines 295 ...
XF-85 Goblin: Parasite fighter: McDonnell Aircraft Part of a conceptualized idea for Airborne aircraft carriers. 1948 [48] [49] Never [48] 2 [48] [50] XF-87 (XP-87) Blackhawk: Interceptor Curtiss-Wright: Designed as a replacement for the World War II–era P-61 Black Widow, the XF-87 lost the competition to the Northrop F-89. Its company's last ...