Lockheed F94C Starfire USA Air Force Aviation Photo 6233143
F-94C Starfire S/N 50-980 painted to represent F-94C 01054, Buzz Number FA-054, assigned to the 60th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Otis Air Force Base, Mass. during the late 1950s. On display at the Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio .
Lockheed F94C Starfire USA Air Force Aviation Photo 0867855
The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was the United States Air Force 's first operational jet-powered all-weather interceptor aircraft. It was a development by Lockheed from the twin-seat T-33 Shooting Star trainer aircraft. Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Operators 5 Aircraft on display 6 Specifications (F-94C Starfire)
Lockheed F94C Starfire USA Air Force Aviation Photo 1838703
Being heavier and faster than its predecessor, the F-94C was also the first production fighter to use a braking parachute. The swinging doors contain the rockets of the F-94C Starfire interceptor. These 24 rockets represent half of the firepower complement of this all-weather fighter of the 48th Fighter-Interceptor Sq.
ATOMICANNIHILATION 1949 F94C 'Starfire'
The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was a first-generation jet powered all-weather day/night interceptor aircraft designed and produced by Lockheed Corporation. It was the first operational United States Air Force (USAF) fighter equipped with an afterburner as well as being the first jet-powered all-weather fighter to enter combat during the Korean War .
Lockheed F94C Starfire USA Air Force Aviation Photo 5241207
Aircraft: Lockheed F-94C Starfire Serial #: 880-8359 Photo date: 2022-10-09 Uploaded: 2022-10-27 Likes: 6 0 Views: 692 Location: McMinnville Municipal Airport - KMMV, USA - Oregon By: Yan777 Photos | Profile | Contact Album Like Share Airline: United States - US Air Force (USAF) Reg: 51-13560 photos Aircraft: Lockheed F-94C Starfire
Des pilotes et des avions. Lockheed F94C Starfire
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The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was the first United States Air Force jet-powered day/night all-weather interceptor. It was also the first operational USAF fighter equipped with an afterburner. Introduced in February 1950, its primary user was the Air Defense Command.
Lockheed F94C Starfire USA Air Force Aviation Photo 2042559
The next 'Open Aircraft Day' will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2022!Visitors will have the unique opportunity to look inside the F-94C Starfire and F-86D S.
Airplanes in the skies + FAF history Lockheed F94 Starfire
Lockheed F-94C Starfire The U.S. Air Force recognized in the late 1940s that it suffered from a serious lack of a modern all-weather jet interceptor to combat the threat of Soviet bombers. The search for a quick solution to the problem led to the development of the F-86D, F-102A, and the F-94.
Lockheed F94C Starfire USA Air Force Aviation Photo 2019673
The F-94 (nicknamed "Starfire" in the "C" model only) was developed from the successful twin-seat Lockheed trainer aircraft known as the T-33 Shooting Star, which in itself was based on the single-seat P-80 / F-80 Shooting Star.
Lockheed F94C Starfire by SergeanTrooper on DeviantArt
Final version was the F-94C with a thinner wing, longer nose, swept horizontal tail surfaces, larger vertical surfaces, a more powerful engine, and the radome centred in the fuselage nose and surrounded by a ring of 24 air-to-air rockets housed in firing tubes, faired by a retractable shield.
Lockheed F94C Starfire USA Air Force Aviation Photo 0882526
Final version was the F-94C with a thinner wing, longer nose, swept horizontal tail surfaces, larger vertical surfaces, a more powerful engine, and the radome centred in the fuselage nose and surrounded by a ring of 24 air-to-air rockets housed in firing tubes, faired by a retractable shield.
Lockheed F94 Starfire Specifications Technical Data / Description
Price: US$0.5 million (1952) Performance Weights Dimensions Avionics: AN/APG-40 radar Engine: 1x Pratt & Whitney J48-P-5 Jet Power: 8,750 pound-force Max Cruise Speed: 560 knots
Lockheed F94C Starfire USA Air Force Aviation Photo 5501417
Next The F-94 series all-weather interceptors were developed from the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. The prototype F-94 first flew on July 1, 1949. The Starfire was subsequently produced in the A, B and C series. The F-94C (originally designated the F-97A) was a fundamental redesign of the F-94B and made its first flight on Jan. 18, 1950.
Lockheed F94C Starfire USA Air Force Aviation Photo 1313812
F-94 Starfire Specifications. Primary Function: All-weather interceptors (F-94C stats below) Contractor: Lockheed: Crew: Two: Unit Cost: $534,000: Powerplant : One Pratt & Whitney J48-P-5 or J48-P-5A at 8,750 lbs. thrust with afterburner: Dimensions: Length: 44 ft 4 in: Wingspan: 37 ft 4 in:
F94C StarFire Jet Aircraft, Aircraft Art, Military Jets, Military
The first USAF fighter to have an afterburner, the F-94 Starfire was an all-weather interceptor derived from the F-80 and T-33 although the F-94C was much modified. Machine guns were replaced in the F-94C by a neat ring of 24 unguided rockets around the nose behind four doors that moved inwards for combat, as shown here.
Lockheed F94C Starfire > National Museum of the United States Air
The F -97A, endorsed by the Air Force in February 1950, formally became the F-94C--third, biggest, and last of the F-94 model series as well as the final upshot of the basic Shooting Star.
