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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.
Boeing 400 XF8B; Boeing 401 two-seat helicopter project; Boeing 404 six-engine pusher flying-wing bomber; Boeing 417 post World War II feeder liner design, never built [30] Boeing 424 pre-B-47 project: a B-29 with two turbojets in nacelles placed above (1943-44) Boeing 431-16 high-wing transport project with two Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp engines
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; Brewster SBA/Naval Aircraft Factory SBN - Carrier-based ...
The pilot of Boeing B-29-60-MO Superfortress 44-86473 of the 509th Composite Group assigned to Roswell AAF in New Mexico attempted to taxi without energizing the hydraulic brake system and could not stop the bomber, which collided with Boeing B-29-36-MO 44-27296 "Some Punkins" (also of the 509th). "Some Punkins" was destroyed in August 1946 ...
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]
The four joined Boeing Satellite Systems, a company subsidiary, later becoming the Satellite Development Center, part of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. [32] In 2003 the remaining parts of Hughes Electronics (DirecTV, DirecTV Latin America, PanAmSat, Hughes Network Systems) were purchased by News Corporation from GM and renamed The DirecTV ...
Fighter aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-air combat.This list does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles, where they have some secondary air-to-air capability.
Boeing EA-18G Growler; Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet; Boeing F2B; Boeing F3B; Boeing F4B; Boeing XF5B; Boeing XF6B; Boeing XF7B; Boeing XF8B; Boeing XP-15; Boulton Paul Balliol; Bréguet 960 Vultur; Bréguet 1050 Alizé; Brewster F2A Buffalo; Brewster SB2A Buccaneer; British Aerospace Harrier II; British Aerospace Sea Harrier