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.. Development of the Panther commenced in the final months of World War …

The Grumman XF9F-1 Panther began life in 1946 as design G-79, the company's first serious attempt to build a jet powered aircraft. It was a rather cluttered looking craft with 4 Westinghouse J-30 jet engines poking through the wings.

2 天之前 · The F9F-8, also known as the F-9 Cougar, was a successor to the straight-winged F9F panther. Due to the swept-winged Soviet jet known as the MiG-15, Grumman started the project in the early 1950s with an earlier variant known as the XF9F-6 performing its maiden flight on 20 September 1951.

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 fighter during the war and flew 78,000 sorties.

2020年1月1日 · Grumman’s F9F Panther marks one of the earliest jet-powered single engine aircraft to be used exclusively from a naval aircraft carrier. Up until the F9F’s initial release in 1949, the United States Navy predominantly depended upon propeller fighter airplanes to protect the naval carrier group.

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 down...

The F9F Panther was the first carrier jet to see combat when the Korean War broke out in 1950. Swift and packing a punch with bombs, underwing rockets, and 20mm cannons, the Panther flew hazardous missions attacking targets deep in enemy territory or in direct support of hard-pressed United Nations troops on the front line.

Grumman's first jet fighter, the F9F Panther was introduced in November 1947, but it wasn't until May 1949 that the first production models were delivered to the Navy's Fighter Squadron (VF) 51....

Starting in 1951, the F9F Panther became the main aircraft of the US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team; the Blue Angels used the Panther/Cougar for four years, and it was the first jet to be used by the Blue Angels.

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 scoring the first air-to-air kill by the U.S. Navy, the downing of a …