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.

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.

2024年1月21日 · Serving as one of the first jet-propelled planes for the Navy and Marines, the Grumman F9F Panther fighter jet was a capable carrier jet that was not only able to compete but eventually...

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 aircraft. The Panther began life as a design study for a multi-engine night fighter.

The Panther saw its first combat on 3 July 1950, flying strikes from USS Valley Forge (CV-45). During the Korean War, the F9F was used extensively by both Navy and Marine squadrons, notably...

2020年6月28日 · The Grumman F9F Panther was one of the US Navy's first successful carrier-based jet fighter and Grumman’s first jet fighter. It was a single-engine, straight-winged day fighter armed with four 20mm (0.79 in) cannons and could carry rockets and bombs.

2013年5月19日 · But the Panther came along just when the U.S. Navy needed it, helping the service transition from the propeller-powered fighters that shone in World War II to jets. Particularly helpful was the...

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 by a swept-wing version, the "Cougar".

2024年1月22日 · F9F Panther, a former U.S. Air Force officer gives us a detailed history: Seventy-plus-years after the fact, the question of who (as in the pilot) and what (as in the plane) scored the first...

2017年10月24日 · However, it was the F9F "Panther" carrier-based fighter that not only became the first jet-powered fighter of note for the United States Navy but the first jet fighter designed, developed and produced by the Grumman concern.