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 …

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 …

The F9F Cougar is the swept-wing variant of its forerunner, the F9F Panther -- Grumman's first jet fighter plane. As MiG-15s tangled with the slower, less agile Panthers and McDonnell …

When the Korean war began at 4:00am, Sunday, June 25, 1950, the F9F Panther comprised the vast majority of US Navy carrier based aircraft. The Air Force had the F-80 "Shooting Star" …

The Grumman F9F Panther was the main jet fighter aircraft of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. It was used extensively as a navy jet …

The Panther aircraft became a mainstay of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps air fleets during the Korean War. Becoming the first aircraft carrier jets to fly in combat, the aircraft shot...

The Grumman F9F Panther was the first turbo-jet powered fighter to serve in quantity with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the first to see combat, and the first to shoot down hostile …

supplier of Navy carrier fighter aircraft. The Panther never enjoyed the recognition of Grumman's last piston engine fighter, the F8F Bearcat, as a spectacular performer. However, it did extend...

In the postwar period, Grumman carried on the tradition into the jet age by introducing the "F9F Panther", which performed distinguished service in the Korean War, and which was followed …

The F9F Panther was the primary US Navy and USMC jet fighter and ground-attack and was the most widely used U.S. Navy jet fighter of the Korean War, flying some 78,000 sorties and …