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Encyclopedia > Grumman XF12F
XF12F
Type Fighter aircraft
Manufacturer Grumman
Status Not built
Primary user United States Navy

The Grumman XF12F was a design for an all-weather missile-armed interceptor aircraft for use on US Navy aircraft carriers. Originally conceived as an uprated F11F Tiger, it soon evolved into a larger and more powerful project. Although two prototypes were ordered in 1955, development was cancelled the same year in favor of the F4H Phantom II before any examples were built. Grumman's next (and last) carrier fighter would be the F-14 Tomcat, ordered in 1968. An A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-86 Sabre, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fly in formation during an air show at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. ... An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a leading producer of military and civilian aircraft of the 20th century. ... USN redirects here. ... The MiG-25 is a Russian interceptor that was the mainstay of the Soviet air defence. ... USN redirects here. ... Two aircraft carriers, USS (left), and HMS Illustrious (right), showing the difference in size between a supercarrier and a light V/STOL aircraft carrier. ... The F-11 Tiger was a United States Navy fighter aircraft of the late 1950s and early 1960s. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1955: Events February February 26 - George F. Smith becomes the first person to survive a supersonic ejection, from a North American F-100 Super Sabre travelling (Mach 1. ... The F-4 Phantom II (simply F-4 Phantom after 1990) is a two-place (tandem), supersonic, long-range, all-weather fighter-bomber built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation. ... The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable geometry wing aircraft. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1968: Events January January 21 - a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashes in the sea near Thule AFB Greenland, carrying four nuclear weapons. ...


The aircraft was designated under the US Navy pre-1962 system (1922 United States Navy aircraft designation system), and was not given a designation under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system — the F12F is totaly different aircraft from, and should not be confused with, the Lockheed YF-12. Until 1962, the United States Navy (and the United States Marine Corps) used a system to designate its aircraft that included information about a crafts role and its manufacturer. ... On the 18 September 1962, the United States Department of Defense introduced a unified designation system for the aircraft of the United States armed forces. ... The Lockheed YF-12 was a prototype interceptor aircraft, one of several variants of the CIAs highly-secret A-12 OXCART that also spawned the now-famous USAF SR-71 Blackbird. ...


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  • F-11 Tiger

Comparable aircraft

  • F-4 Phantom II
  • F8U-3 Crusader III

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