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For aircraft designations under the U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force system or the post-1962 Tri-Service system—which includes U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft currently in service—see List of military aircraft of the United States. For Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft that did not receive formal designations ...
A specialized aircraft part of the conceptualized plan for Airborne Aircraftt Carriers. Carried by the United States Navy airships USS Akron and Macon. 1931 1931 7+ [citation needed] FF: Naval fighter: Grumman: First carrier aircraft with retractable landing gear. The FF-1 was Grumman's first complete aircraft design for the US Navy. Considered ...
Civil aircraft of the 1950s. Agricultural • Business • Cargo • Sailplanes • Sports • Trainer • Utility Military aircraft of the 1950s. Anti-submarine • Attack • Bomber • Fighter • Patrol • Reconnaissance • Rescue • Tanker • Trainer • Transport • Utility Miscellaneous aircraft of the 1950s
During World War II, the United States Navy (USN) began to explore the concept of operating jet-powered aircraft from its aircraft carriers. Success encouraged further development of the concept; early in the post-war years, officials within the USN began to investigate the use of jet power as a potential means of operating larger carrier-based ...
The Grumman F9F/F-9 Cougar is a carrier-based jet-powered fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman.. It was developed during the early 1950s on behalf of the United States Navy (US Navy) and United States Marine Corps (USMC), which were keen to quickly introduce a naval fighter equipped with a swept wing.
The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft Company for the United States Navy as a replacement for the earlier, piston-engined E-1 Tracer, which was rapidly becoming obsolete.