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The Grumman F9F Panther is an early carrier-based jet fighter designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman.It was the first jet-powered fighter aircraft to see air-to-air combat with the United States Navy as well as being Grumman’s first jet fighter.
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.
English: A U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-2 Panther of Fighter Squadron 112 (VF-112) "Fighting One Twelve" in flight. VF-112 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 11 (CVG-11) for four deployments to Korea aboard the aircraft carriers USS Valley Forge (CV-45) and USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) in 1950-1952.
Grumman F-11A Tiger: USN 141824: On indoor display. Painted as it was in 1967, flying for the Blue Angels. Grumman F-14A Tomcat: USN 160684: On indoor display Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat: USN 80410: On outdoor display Grumman F9F-4 Panther: USMC 125183: On outdoor display Grumman TF-9J Cougar: USN 147387: On outdoor display Grumman F9F-8B Cougar ...
VF-121 F9F-8s launching from USS Hancock (CV-19) c. 1955 VF-121 FJ-3M in 1957 VF-121 F3H in 1956 VF-121 F-4J lands at NAS Miramar in 1978. VF-121 (Fighter Squadron 121) of the US Navy was a former Pacific Fleet Replacement Air Group (RAG) unit.
After its return from Korea, VF-114 moved from propeller aircraft to jets, first flying the Grumman F9F Panther. This was soon followed by the McDonnell F2H Banshee and in 1957 VF-114 transitioned to the McDonnell F3H Demon, the first jet operated by the squadron able to carry air-to-air missiles.
VF-111 F9F-2 dropping bombs over Korea, 1951-52. On 9 November 1950, early in the Korean War, Lieutenant Commander William T. Amen scored the first combat manned jet-on-jet kill, downing a Soviet MiG-15 while flying a Grumman F9F-2B Panther from the USS Philippine Sea.
The Grumman F9F Panther was the manufacturer's first jet fighter and the U.S. Navy's second. The Panther was the most widely used U.S. Navy jet fighter of the Korean War. It flew 78,000 sorties and was responsible for the first air kill by the US Navy in the war—the downing of a North Korean Yakovlev Yak-9 fight