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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.
Commonality between the B-70 bomber and the F-108 included the escape capsule and General Electric YJ93 engines. Another role considered was for the F-108 to be "gap-fillers" for the Distant Early Warning (DEW) system; because of its great speed, the F-108 could have scanned up to 278,000 square miles (720,000 km 2) per hour. [8]
The term "Century Series" does not include less successful models between the F-100 and F-109 that did not go past design or prototype stage: the Republic XF-103 and North American XF-108 Rapier interceptor concepts, the North American F-107 tactical fighter prototype (cancelled in favor of the F-105), and designation "F-109" which was ...
North American F-100 Super Sabre; List of F-100 units of the United States Air Force; North American F-107; North American FJ-2/-3 Fury; North American FJ-4 Fury; North American XF-108 Rapier; North American YF-93; Northrop F-5; Northrop N-102 Fang
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
Attack-class submarine; ... Emergency Fighter Program; EWR VJ 101; Fieseler Fi 157; Fieseler Fi 166; ... 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 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.