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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 .
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 ...
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
VMF-115 F9F Panthers at Pohang, Korea, in 1953. In 1949, VMF-115 was the first Marine Corps squadron equipped with Grumman F9F-2 Panther jets, and on 20 November 1950, the first Marine squadron to carrier qualify all 18 pilots aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. [3] The squadron then deployed to Pohang, Korea, for combat operation in February ...
In March 1953, the Red Devils transitioned to the jet age with the receipt of the Grumman F9F Panther. In 1954, homebase for 232 was changed from MCAS El Toro, to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, where they flew the FJ Fury, the "Navalized" version of the F-86 Sabre. In March 1956, the Red Devils, VMF 232 set a "till that time ...
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.
F9F may refer to: Grumman F9F Panther jet fighter (straight wing) Grumman F9F Cougar jet fighter (swept wing development of the Panther) This page was last edited on ...