On this day in 1948, the carrier-based night fighter Douglas F3D (F-10) Skyknight flew for the first time. Nicknamed the whale, even the 'Drut' (read backward) , it was not as famous as the F-86 Sabre, its contemporary. Yet it accomplished its mission by shooting down MiGs at night above Korea. Equipped with a big radar for this mission, this aircraft was at the genesis of the first radar-guided air-air missiles, with the development of the Sparrow.

2018 , Arizona , Douglas , F-10B , F3D , F3D-2 , F3D-2T2 , Marine Corps , museum , Pima , Pima Air & Space Museum , Skyknight , TF-10B , Tucson , US Marine Corps , USA , USMC

Exposure Time	1/320 s
ApertureFNumber	f/8.0
ISO	200
Model	Canon EOS 70D
Lens	EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Focal Length	26 mm
Date Time of Original	2018:05:07 16:23:49

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Monday 7 May 2018

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Saturday 23 March 2019

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2018, Arizona, Douglas, F-10B, F3D, F3D-2, F3D-2T2, Marine Corps, museum, Pima, Pima Air & Space Museum, Skyknight, TF-10B, Tucson, US Marine Corps, USA, USMC

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