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The Boeing XF8B (Model 400) was a single-engine aircraft developed by Boeing during World War II to provide the United States Navy with a long-range shipboard fighter aircraft. The XF8B was intended for operation against the Japanese home islands from aircraft carriers outside the range of Japanese land-based aircraft.
The United States Air Force and Navy were both seeking new aircraft when Robert McNamara was appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense in January 1961. [1] The aircraft sought by the two armed services shared the need to carry heavy armament and fuel loads, feature high supersonic speed, twin engines and two seats, and probably use variable geometry wings. [2]
Hughes Aircraft: 1943 Never 1 XF8B: Fighter Boeing 1944 Never 3 XP-67 Bat/Moonbat: Interceptor McDonnell Aircraft: 1944 Never 1 XP-77: Experimental fighter Bell Aircraft Did not meet its projected performance. 1944 Never 2 P-80 (F-80) Shooting Star: Jet fighter: Lockheed Corporation America's first successful turbojet-powered fighter. [25] [34 ...
X-32B Joint Strike Fighter F-15E Strike Eagle. Boeing Model 15; Boeing F2B; Boeing F3B; Boeing XF6B; Boeing XF8B; Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle. Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle; Boeing F-15EX Eagle II; Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Boeing EA-18G Growler; Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (partner with prime contractor Lockheed Martin) Boeing GA-1; Boeing XP ...
The P-59Bs were assigned to the 412th Fighter Group to familiarize AAF pilots with the handling and performance characteristics of jet aircraft. [17] While the P-59 was not a great success, the type did give the USAAF and the USN experience with the operation of jet aircraft, in preparation for the more advanced types that would shortly become ...
That’s the centerpiece of Lufthansa Technik’s new cabin design for the upcoming BBJ 777-9 — the private jet version of Boeing’s new widebody aircraft, the 777X.
Bell XTDL Airacobra fighter; Bell XF2L Airacomet jet fighter; Boeing PB Flying Fortress heavy bomber; Boeing P2B Superfortress heavy bomber; Boeing 314 Clipper impressed flying boat transport; Boeing XF8B prototype carrier-based fighter-bomber; Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger flying boat/patrol bomber; Brewster F2A Buffalo carrier-based fighter
The US military’s most futuristic and problematic fighter jet is the F-35, a very expensive aircraft that costs the Air Force around $82 million a pop. Exorbitant price tags like that, and other ...