Silent/Color MS Gassing of F9F. MS LSO landing F4U-4B's and AD-1's (SV). MS Pilot climbs into F9F. MCU Crewman fastening pilot's shoulder straps. MLS F9F with wings up. MS Pilot puts on crash helmet. MS Men gassing F9F wing tanks. MLS F9F towed to catapult by tractor. MS F9F attached to catapult. MS USMC helicopter lands on flight deck. MS F9F attached to catapult. MS Tractor towing F4U-4B down flight deck. MS Helicopter lands on flight deck. DA F9F lands on flight deck (SV). MS Superstructure of bridge; man with blinker light. LS F9F's land on carrier.
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The Grumman F9F Panther was the manufacturer's first jet fighter and one of the United States Navy's first successful carrier-based jet fighters. A single-engined, straight-winged day fighter, it was fitted with an armament of four 20 mm (0.79 in) cannons and could carry a wide assortment of air-to-ground munitions.
The Panther was used extensively by the U.S. Navy and the United States Marine Corps in the Korean War. It was also the first jet aircraft used by the Blue Angels flight team, being used by them from 1949 through to late 1954. The aircraft was exported to Argentina and was the first jet used by the Argentine Naval Aviation.
Total F9F production was 1,382. The design evolved into the swept wing Grumman F-9 Cougar.
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