Weapons

TYPE
TYPE SUBTYPE NUMERICTYPEDESIGNATOR MODELNUMBERS COMMONNAME STATUS PURPOSE SVC PRIMECONTRACTOR OTHERCONTRACTORS SPECIFICATIONS REMARKS
aircraft fighter F51 – Mustang Obsolete Fighter USAF – – – Korean War
Formerly calssified as P-51
aircraft fighter F6F -1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Hellcat Obsolete Fighter/Close Air Ground Support USN/USMC Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. Pratt & Whitney (Engine) Engine: R-2800-10W, Power 2,000 hp, Wing Span: 42′ 10, Length 33′ 4, Height 14′ 5, Max. Speed 330 kts., Econ. Cruise 146 kts. Disposable Stores: 2,500 pounds. Service Ceiling 37,300′ In excess of 12,000 aircraft were built remaining in service from 1941 until 1963. UK had 1,277 aircraft with other countries having smaller number of aircraft.
WW II
aircraft fighter F6U 1 Pirate Obsolete Fighter USN/USMC Vought – – –
aircraft fighter F7F -1, 2, 3 Tigercat Obsolete Night Fighter USN/USMC Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. Pratt & Whitney (Engine) Engine: 2 R-2800-34W, Power 2,100 hp,Wing Span 51′ 6, Length 45′ 4.5, Height 16′ 4, Service Cieling 40,700′, Max Speed 391 kts, Econ. Cruise 192 kts. Disposable Stores 4,000 pounds. Originally entered the service at the end of W.W.II. Did not see combat. Was used a night Fighter by USMC. Rate of climb was one of the fastest of all non jet aircraft.
WW II
aircraft fighter F8E – Crusader Obsolete – Navy – – – Vietnam War
aircraft fighter F8F – Bearcat Obsolete – USN Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. – – –
aircraft fighter trainer P-59 A Airacomet Obsolete fighter trainer Army AC Bell General Electric – WW II
aircraft fighter-bomber F-111 A – deployed fighter-bomber AF Lockheed – – 1960s-90s
First terrain-following radar
aircraft fighter/attack AV-8B – Harrier Active Fighter attack MC McDonnell Douglas Rolls Royce (engine) – Capable of vertical takeoffs and landings
aircraft fighter/attack F/A-18 C/D;E/F Hornet deployed carrier-based F-A Navy McDonnell-Douglas – – –

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