Weapons

TYPE
TYPE SUBTYPE NUMERICTYPEDESIGNATOR MODELNUMBERS COMMONNAME STATUS PURPOSE SVC PRIMECONTRACTOR OTHERCONTRACTORS SPECIFICATIONS REMARKS
aircraft fighter F9F -2, 3, 4, 5, 5P Panther Obsolete Fighter USN/USMC Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. Pratt & Whitney (Engine) Engine: J42-P-8, Thrust 5,000 lbs., Wing Span: 38′ 0, Length: 37′ 5.375, Height:11′ 4, Max Speed 499 kts at Sea Level, 423 kts with 3,000 disposable stores. G limit +7.5 One of the first sea going jet aircraft. Saw action in Korea from straight deck carriers. Approximately 1,400 aircraft produced. Active from 1949 to 1969. Disposable stores 3,000 pounds.
Korean War
Jul 3 1950, F9F’s launched from Valley Forge for attack on Pyongyang were the first strike by carrier-launched jet aircraft.
aircraft fighter FG – Corsair Obsolete fighter Navy Goodyear – – Goodyear-manufactured version of Vought F4U Corsair
WW II
aircraft fighter FM – Wildcat Obsolete fighter Navy Eastern Aircraft – – WW II
Similar to F4F but with R-1820 engine
Built by Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors Corp.
aircraft fighter JD-1 – – Obsolete light bomber Navy Douglas – – Navy version of Army A-26
aircraft fighter JM-1 – – Obsolete medium bomber Navy Martin – – WW II
Army version is B-26
aircraft fighter P-12 B, C, D, E, F – Obsolete pursuit Army AC Boeing – – 1930s
aircraft fighter P-26 B, C – Obsolete fighter Army AC Boeing – – 1930s
WW II
Obsolete at beginning of war
1941, in Philippines
aircraft fighter P-30 A – Obsolete fighter Army AC Consolidated – – 1930s
aircraft fighter P-35 – – Obsolete – Army AC – – – WW II
Obsolete at beginning of war
1941, in Philippines
aircraft fighter P-36 A Mohawk IV Obsolete fighter Army AC Curtiss – – –

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