military-aircraft-f-94

In the fall 1947, just six months after its creation, the US Air Force asked Lockheed for an all weather interceptor. It was soon suggested that the T-33 trainer, itself a development of the F-80 Shooting Star fighter, could form the basis of such a plane. Thus an f-80 modified as the T-33 prototype was revised as the YF-94 prototype. With a lengthened fuselage to accept nose mounted fire control radar and the 6,000 lb. after burning thrust Allison J33-A-33 turbojet it first flew in April 1949. The two YF-94s suffered power plant problems, but even so the F-94A enter service in December of the same year. Total production of the Starfire was 854 aircraft The type served the USAF well into the 1950s and the Air National Guard up to 1959.

Description	Specifications
Manufacturer: Lockheed	Length: 44 ft. 6 in.
First Flight: January 1950	Height: 14 ft. 11 in.
Model: C	Wing Span: 37 ft. 4 in.
Crew: Two	Wing Area: 232.8 sq. ft.
Nickname: Starfire	Empty Weight: 12,708 lb.
Basic Role: All weather interceptor.	Max. Weight: 24,184 lb.
Other Versions: F-94A initial model with an armament of four 0.5-in 12.7-mm machine gun.F-94B second model with J33-A-33 or -33A engine detail improvements, and large tip tanks.F-94C definitive model with a new wing and tail plane, all rockets armament, and a new engine in the form of a license built version of the Rolls Royce Tay.	Armament: Forty eight 2.75-in 70-mm folding fin aircraft rockets ( 24 in the nose and 12 in each of the two wing leading edge pods.
Principal User: USA.	Propulsion
Performance	Power Plant: Pratt & Whitney J48-P-5 turbojet.
Range: 805 miles.	Horsepower: After burning thrust.
Max. Speed: 640 mph.	No. Of Engines: One
Ceiling: 51, 400 ft.
Climb Rate: 7,980 ft. per minute.