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American Combat Planes of the 20th Century is an incredible reference for anyone who is interested in any American Combat Plane History. There are 758 pages and 1700 b/w photos in this substantial labor of love by Ray Wagner, who has been passionately researching and writing about aircraft for over 50 years. Whether you are already familiar with his past works, or just discovering this accomplished author for the first time... This is the book that you've been waiting for!

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AMERICAN COMBAT PLANES
OF THE 20th CENTURY

INDEX 8

F-101A (Voodoo), 505, 571, 573–74, 574
F-101B, 550, 577–78, 577, 579, 584
F-101C, 574, 574
F-101F, 578
F-102, 545, 548, 575–76, 575, 583
F-102A, 571, 575, 576, 576, 577
rocket salvo of, 503
F-102B, 575, 583
F-103, 576–77, 577
F-104 (Starfighter), 520, 570, 578–81, 578, 688
F-104A, 538, 571, 578–79, 578, 579, 580
F-104B, 578
F-104C, 579, 579
F-104D, 579
F-104DJ, 580
F-104G, 580, 580, 581, 686
F-104J, 580, 580
F-104S, 580
F-105 (Thunderchief), 505, 571, 581–83, 586, 689
F-105A, 581, 581, 582
F-105B, 581, 581, 582, 583
F-105D, 506, 581, 582–83, 582, 650, 682
F-105F, 582, 583, 583
F-105G, 583, 583
F-106 (Delta Dart), 576, 583–84, 586, 657, 695
F-106A, 583–84, 583, 584, 652, 660
F-106B, 584, 584
F-106C, 584
F-107, 573
F-107A, 584–86, 584, 585
F-108 (Rapier), 586, 657
F-108A, 586, 586
F-109, 577
F110 engine, 692, 698
F-110A, 680
F-111 (Aardvark), 689–91, 696, 704, 707
F-111A, 689, 689, 690, 691, 704, 705, 706
F-111B, 690, 690, 691, 704
F-111C, 685, 704–5
F-111D, 705, 705
F-111E, 705, 705, 710
F-111F, 705, 705, 706–7, 710, 710
F-111G (FB-111A), 704, 704, 705, 708
F-111K, 705
F-117, 710
F-117A, 709, 710
F-118 engine, 711
F119 engine, 715
F120 engine, 715
F401 engine, 692
F402 engine, 676
F404 engine, 670, 678, 689, 702, 710
F414 engine, 702
FA-1, 157, 158
F/A-18 (Hornet), 670, 674, 692, 693, 700–702, 710
F/A-18A, 701, 701, 702
F/A-18B, 702
F/A-18C, 702, 702
F/A-18D, 702
F/A-18E, 702, 702
F/A-18F, 702
Fairchild airplanes. See F-1 (photographic reconnaissance plane); SBF; SOK-1
Fairchild Hiller airplanes. See AC-119
Fairchild Republic airplanes, designations of, 677
See also A-10 (Warthog); Republic airplanes
Falcon, 85–91, 139
II, 91, 91
as attack planes, 86–87, 87
export of, 90–91, 90, 91
FF-1, 401, 443, 443, 444 as reconnaissance (observation) planes, 85–86, 85, 86, 88–91, 88-90
as seaplanes, 90
as training planes, 87
as transport planes, 87
See also A-3; A-4; A-5; A-6; O-1; O-11; O-12; O-13; O-16; O-18; O-26; O-39
Falcon missiles (formerly F-98), 504, 549, 571, 574–75, 576, 577, 578, 579, 584, 673, 681

Falke, 57, 58
Falklands War, 1982: 592, 667, 676, 684
Farman pusher, 10
Fat Man (bomb), 483–84, 500, 501
FB-1, 147, 148, 149
FB-2, 147–48, 149
FB-3, 147, 148, 148
FB-4, 148, 148
FB-5, 148, 149, 149, 153
FB-6, 148, 149, 152
FB-111A (F-111G), 704, 704, 705, 708
FB-111H, 705–6
FC-1 (Navy: TS-1), 146–47, 146, 147
FD-1 (Douglas), 444, 445
FD-1 (FH-1: McDonnell Phantom), 617, 617, 619
Fernandez, Capt. Manuel J., 534
Ferret. See F-7
FFAR (Mighty Mouse), 546, 548, 549
FG-1 (Corsair), 466, 467, 468
FG-1 (Eberhart), 156, 156
FG-1D (Corsair), 466–67, 497
FG-4 (Corsair), 468
FH-1 (FD-1: McDonnell Phantom), 617, 617, 619
FH-1 (Hall), 156, 156
Fiat airplanes, F-104 production, 580
FICON (Fighter-Conveyor). See GRB-36
Fiesler Storch, 182
Fighter (Bristol), 28–29, 271
fighters (pursuit planes)
designations of, 446, 642
1st U.S. Army to fly off Navy carrier, 297
1st U.S. to shoot down German planes, 281–82
World War I, 2, 25–36, 145
interwar period, 5, 9, 53–76, 145–62, 269–94, 443–54
World War II, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 184, 215, 295–31, 332–38, 341–60
jet fighters/ jet fighter development, 352–53
   night fighters, 347–52
Cold War, 331–32, 338–40, 355, 472–73, 519–50, 679–95, 696–700
naval fighters, 471–78, 617–42
night fighters, 474
   statistics, 494, 688, 700
   supersonic fighters, 500, 571–86
   Korean War, 338–39, 473, 494–97, 525, 528, 533–34, 540, 578, 619–21, 622–23, 624
   Vietnam War, 573, 574, 579, 582–83, 640, 681–83, 687, 691
post-Cold War, 700–702, 713, 714–16
Persian Gulf War, 683, 692, 695–96, 700
Fighting Falcon. See F-16 Finland
Brewster airplanes for, 456, 456, 458
Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes for, 290
McDonnell Douglas airplanes for, 702
Russian invasion, 456, 458
Fireball. See F2R-1; FR-1
Fisher Body, 19, 38.
See also General Motors airplanes
FJ (North American: Fury), 162
FJ-1 (Berliner-Joyce), 156, 157
FJ-1 (Grumman), 399
FJ-1 (North American: Fury), 618, 619, 619, 622
FJ-2 (Berliner-Joyce), 156–57, 157
FJ-2 (North American: Fury), 534, 631–32, 632, 633
FJ-2B, 631, 631
FJ-3 (North American: Fury), 632, 632, 633
FJ-4 (North American: Fury), 633, 633
FJ-4B (North American: Fury), 497, 498, 499, 503, 505, 633, 633
FJ-4F (North American: Fury), 679
F.K. 23: 55
FL-1, 463
Flash (Bellanca 28-90), 197, 197
Fleet, Reuben, 24, 362–63
Fleetwings airplanes. See A-39; BTK-1
flight around the world, 1st nonstop, 511
FLIR, 695
fly-by-wire control system, 696
flying boats. See seaplanes
Flying Boxcar. See C-119
Flying Tigers, 298, 301–2

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