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	F3D Skyknight
		The F3D was designed as a carrier-based all-weather aircraft and saw service with the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps.
		By the end of the war, Skyknights had shot down six enemy fighters without a loss, the first air-to-air victory occured on the 3rd November 1952, a USMC F3D-2, piloted by Major William T. Stratton, Jr.
		The F3D (under the designations F3D-1M and F3D-2M) was used to support development of a number of air-to-air missile systems during the 1950s, including the Sparrow I, II, and III and Meteor missiles, with Sparrows being later designed into fighters from the F-4 to F-14 and F-18.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/F3D_Skyknight (878 words)

	F3D Skyknight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The F3D was designed as a carrier-based all-weather aircraft and saw service with the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps.
		The F3D was not a typical sleek and nimble fighter, but it was not intended to be.
		The F3D (under the designations F3D-1M and F3D-2M) was used to support development of a number of air-to-air missile systems during the 1950s, including the Sparrow I, II, and III and Meteor missiles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/F3D_Skyknight (810 words)

	Boeing: History -- Products - Douglas F3D/F-10 Skyknight Fighter
		The Douglas F3D Skyknight was the world's first jet fighter designed for use as carrier-based night fighter.
		After 1953, Skyknights were converted as trainers for radar intercept officers and for use as electronic reconnaissance and countermeasure aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.
		The Skyknight was the only Navy/Marine fighter to fly combat missions in both Korea and Vietnam, and the last was retired in l978.
	www.boeing.com /history/mdc/skyknight.htm (308 words)

	AirToAirCombat.Com: Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight in Detail
		The Air Force was interested in the Skyknight for a time, as the Northrop "F-89 Scorpion" all-weather interceptor was suffering from development problems, but the USAF decided to acquire the Lockheed "F-94 Starfire" interceptor as an interim solution until the Scorpion's bugs were worked out.
		The Skyknight was of simple configuration, with a mid-mounted straight wings that folded straight up from the midsection, a conventional tail arrangement, tricycle landing gear with the main gear retracting outward into the wings, and a stinger-type arresting hook.
		A skid with a tiny wheel on the end was mounted in front of the arresting hook, and could be extended to protect the aircraft from bumping its tail on takeoffs and landings.
	www.airtoaircombat.com /detail.asp?id=184 (628 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, Alabama (AL)
		The Douglas F3D Skyknight, (later F-10 Skyknight) was a twin engine, mid wing jet fighter manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company in El Segundo, California.
		The F3D was not a typical sleek and nimble fighter, but as a night fighter packing a powerful radar system and 2nd crew member, it was not intended to be.
		The F3D (under the designations F3D-1M and F3D-2M) was used to support development of a number of air-to-air missile systems during the 1950s, including the Sparrow I, II, and III and Meteor missiles.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=F3D_Skyknight (931 words)

	F3D (F-10) Skyknight
		The Douglas F3D Skyknight was the world's first jet fighter designed for use as carrier-based night fighter.
		After 1953, Skyknights were converted as trainers for radar intercept officers and for use as electronic reconnaissance and countermeasure aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.
		The Skyknight was the only Navy/Marine fighter to fly combat missions in both Korea and Vietnam, and the last was retired in l978.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/f-10.htm (401 words)

	The Douglas F3D Skyknight
		While the Skyknight was not as aerodynamically advanced as the sleek MiG-15 and did not have an excess of engine thrust by any means, its four cannon packed a hefty punch, and it could easily out-turn a MiG-15 whose pilot was foolish enough to get into a turning contest.
		Probably the biggest factor in the Skyknight's favor was that the MiG-15 did not have radar, being directed to targets at night under ground radar control, and in a night fight the MiG pilot was largely blind while the Skyknight crew could "see" perfectly well.
		According to other reports by aircrew, the Skyknight was very well suited for use as a trials or countermeasures platform, since it had a large equipment bay in the fuselage, accessed through a door in the belly and big enough to allow a technician to stand up.
	www.vectorsite.net /avskykt.html (2595 words)

	Czech Model 1/48 F3D-2 Skyknight, previewed by Scott Van Aken
		The Navy operated the Skyknight in several squadrons, though with the speed of aircraft development, their active carrier borne life was rather short.
		The longest use of the F3D was as a crew trainer, test platform, and as an electronic warfare platform, the latter being basically a USMC operation.
		I've been waiting for a good Skyknight for what seems to be decades and was never able to find one of the old Allyn kits to work with.
	modelingmadness.com /scotts/korean/us/f3dpreview.htm (1121 words)

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		Skyknight was a pioneer of Navy’s jet-fighter age
		The Skyknight was capable but underpowered, in part because the principal production model, the F3D-2, retained J34 engines after plans to use more powerful J46s failed to materialize.
		An F3D Skyknight is part of the collection of the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Fla.
	www.navytimes.com /print.php?f=0-NAVYPAPER-713938.php (557 words)

	NATIONAL MUSEUM of NAVAL AVIATION - COLLECTIONS - AIRCRAFT (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Scoring six and possibly seven kills, the "Skyknight" scored the first jet versus jet night kill in history and was later credited with the destruction of a MIG-15 jet fighter at night.
		In this capacity, the aircraft was utilized to train both all-weather pilots and Radar Intercept Officers, and as an electronic reconnaissance and countermeasure aircraft during the Cuban Missile Crisis and through much of the Vietnamese Conflict including combat missions in the latter.
		As a result, the "Skyknight" (redesignated the F-10 series in 1962) was the only tactical jet aircraft to see combat action in both the Korean and Vietnam War.
	broadcast.illuminatedtech.com /display/story.cfm?bp=109&sid=8087 (487 words)

	Douglas F3D-2/F-10B Skyknight
		The only Navy squadron to deploy the Skyknight at sea was VC-4, which participated in a 1952 cruise aboard the Coral Sea and a 1952/53 cruise aboard the Midway, both cruises being to the Mediterranean.
		Skyknights also flew with the Naval Parachute Facility at El Centro, California, with the Naval Air Ordnance Test Station at Chincoteague, Virginia, with the Naval Air Development Unit at Sout Weymouth, Massachusetts, and with the Naval Ordnance Test Station at China Lake, California.
		On such missions, the Skyknight would usually fly a straight-line course across the suspected radar station's position, and the electronic signal receiver and analyzer would reveal the approximate location, type, and range of the enemy radar installation.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/f10_2.html (1161 words)

	Douglas F3D (F-10) Skyknight - carrier-borne fighter
		Landing gear was of retractable tricycle-type, and the powerplant of the prototypes comprised two 1361kg thrust Westinghouse J34-WE-24 turbojets, mounted on the lower edges of the forward fuselage, beneath the wing roots.
		The first of these was flown on 13 February 1950 and the type began to enter service in early 1951.
		Some Skyknights had been retired by 1965, but many ECM versions were operating in Vietnam until 1969.
	avia.russian.ee /air/usa/douglas_skyknight.php (386 words)

	FlightSim.Com Feature: A Tale Of A Whale
		Crews found new features on the Skyknights flightdeck that had not appeared on previous aircraft they flew such as red, indirect panel and instrument lighting and control handles that were designed to resemble the components they operated; e.g.
		Several Air Force guys climbed up on the Skyknight for a close peek but in a short period of time, with tanks topped off, they were climbing out over the flat, brown Oklahoma landscape headed to the northeast.
		They watched as the Skyknight grew larger in the sky and then crossed the runway threshold, flared and landed, blasting a large amount of spray in its wake.
	www.flightsim.com /cgi/kds?$=main/feature/f3d.htm (4140 words)

	Original Artwork: Joseph S. Howanski: F3D Skyknight
		The end result was the Skyknight, a two-seat jet painted as fl as the night sky.
		While the F3D was designed to fly from carriers to intercept enemy aircraft at night, it was used in its primary role only by the U.S. Marines -- and only from land bases.
		The Skyknight saw much service in Korea, where its main role was sweeping the skies clean ahead of B-29 bombers heading for night raids in North Korea.
	www.artworkoriginals.com /EB5SB69G.htm (335 words)

	Douglas F-10 (F3D) Skyknight
		Оторвавшаяся лопатка турбины двигателя пробила фюзеляжный топливный бак F3D, самолет вспыхнул, а экипаж так и не смог покинуть горящий "Скайнайт".
		Рассматривая варианты боевого использования перехватчика, моряки однозначно решили передать первые F3D в авиацию морской пехоты.
		Возможности гидропневматической катапульты тогда не позволяли использовать "Скайнайт" с палубы авианосцев и первые полеты с корабля F3D совершили только в 1952-м.
	www.airwar.ru /enc/fighter/f3d.html (1320 words)

	KUNSAN AIR BASE: How It Was - VMF(N)-513 (1951-1954) Page 7 of 9
		The MiGs could pick up the Skyknights even though they were not equipped with radar because the F3D tail pipes were very short and the glow of the J-34 engines could be seen as a bright light from eight miles astern on a clear night.
		Many night kills were made this way with both the Tigercat and the Skyknight, the first evidence the plane crew had of a kill was the explosion of the enemy plane or pieces of burning enemy aircraft plunging to the ground around their plane.
		Scoring six kills and one probable, the "Skyknight" scored the first jet versus jet night kill in history and was later credited with the destruction of a MIG-15 jet fighter at night.
	kalaniosullivan.com /KunsanAB/VMF513/Howitwasa1ac_a.html (6542 words)

	The Douglas F3D Skyknight
		On the night of 2 November 1952, a Skyknight piloted by Marine Major William Stratton, accompanied by radar operator Master Sergeant Hans Hoagland, shot down what they reported from the exhaust pattern to be a Yak-15 fighter, though the type was not known to be operated by the North Koreans.
		The kill was confirmed as the Skyknight flew through the wreckage of the target, narrowly evading damage.
		The Marine Skyknights claimed a total of at least six kills, most of them MiG-15s, and no B-29s under their escort were lost to enemy fighters.
	www.faqs.org /docs/air/avskykt.html (2343 words)

	Squadron ReviewBase :: In-Box Review: Douglas F3D-2 (EF-10) Skyknight by Rowan Baylis
		The Skyknight was always chronically underpowered and the plan was to replace the J34 engines in the F3D-2 with the larger and more powerful Westinghouse J46 in larger engine-pods.
		The Skyknight was modified throughout the 1950s with new avionics allowing it to carry the Sparrow 1 missile, but was viewed by many as obsolete by the end of the decade.
		The Skyknight is such a long overdue subject that I think Czech Model have been rather clever by spotting the gap in the market.
	squadron.kitseller.net /modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=673 (1111 words)

	F3D Skyknight
		The F3D Skynight was a jet fighter aircraft in service with the United States Navy.
		It was designed for use as specialized night fighter.
		Wapipedia > Index > F > F3 > F3D Skyknight
	www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=F3D_Skyknight (104 words)

	Douglas F3D / F-10 Skyknight - History, Specifications and Pictures - Military and Civilian Aircraft
		The Douglas F3D series of aircraft holds several distinctions in the world of aviation history and in the circle of United States military aviation.
		Additionally, the Skyknight went on see action in both the Korean and Vietnam wars making it the only aircraft to serve with the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.
		During the Cold War, the F3D (later redesignated as the F-10 Skyknight from 1962 onwards), the Skyknight system proved a vital asset to USN/USMC night time operations in the Korean War with a USMC air group earning top honors for amassing the largest number of night time air kills.
	www.militaryfactory.com /aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=495 (1237 words)

	Czech Model 1/48 Douglas F3D-2 (F-10B) Skyknight
		Douglas was awarded the contract for their F3D Skyknight, which featured a number of innovations which included cabin pressurization, temperature and humidity control, and even early IFF.
		While the F3D came along too late for World War II (and the jet-powered bomber threat didn't have time to materialize), the aircraft saw extensive service in Korea and not only excelled as a night fighter, it was also an effective bomber escort for the Air Force B-29s.
		In 1963, the F3D was redesignated as the F-10.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/kits/cz/kit_cz_f3d.shtml (632 words)

	Douglas F3D Skyknight - complete description from concept to service
		The Douglas Skyknight was one of the first purpose-built jet night fighters, which served with distinction in the Korean War and survived to put in useful service in the Vietnam War as well.
		According to reports by aircrew, the Skyknight was very well suited for use as a trials or countermeasures platform, since it had a large equipment bay in the fuselage, accessed through a door in the belly and big enough to allow a technician to stand up.
		Despite the fact that most sources speak highly of the Skyknight, one US Marine familiar with the aircraft from his Vietnam days said on an Internet bulletin board that it was known as the "Drut", a term whose meaning can be deciphered by reading it backwards.
	www.wingweb.co.uk /aircraft/The_Douglas_F3D_Skyknight.html (3420 words)

	Matchbox 1/72 F3D-2 Skyknight
		Aircraft History: The Douglas Skyknight started life as the XF3D-1 in April 1946 when it was the successful design in response to a carrier based night fighter US Navy requirement.
		The Skyknight participated in the first night jet-to-jet combat when it shot down a Yak-15.
		In a twist to the tale of the Skyknight, the aircraft that was supposed to be carrier based never actually was, and served the USMC and US Navy from shore bases throughout both conflicts, and was the only US Navy/Marines fighter to do so.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/portland/971/Inbox/d-f/f3d-2-i.htm (1732 words)

	F3D Skyknight - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		F3D Skyknight - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The F3D was designed as a carrier all-weather aircraft and saw service with the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps.
		In the late 1950s, a number of the Marine F3D-2 aircraft were re-configured as electronic warfare aircraft and were designated F3D-2Q/EF-10B.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/F3D_Skyknight (450 words)

	Skyknight defended night skies in Korea [Archive] - Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans
		This night action during the Korean War was vindication for the whale-shaped F3D Skyknight, a portly plane developed in response to a 1946 Navy requirement for a night fighter.
		The F3D Skyknight went on to a long career.
		The F3D nomenclature was changed to F-10 in 1962 (the F3D-2Q model then in service became the EF-10B), and the Skyknight went on to serve the Marine Corps as an electronics-intelligence platform in Vietnam.
	www.leatherneck.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-13481.html (502 words)

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