The Douglas F3D Skyknight (later redesignated F-10 Skyknight) is an American twin-engined, mid-wing jet fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was designed in response to a 1945 United States Navy requirement for a jet-powered, radar-equipped, carrier-based night fighter .

The Fokker F-10 was an enlarged development of the Fokker F.VII airliner, built in the late 1920s by the Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America. It was a trimotor passenger aircraft, and it carried 12 passengers.

F10, F 10, F.10, or F-10 may refer to: Aircraft ... a United States fighter aircraft was redesignated F-10 in 1962; F-10 Vanguard, export designation of the Chinese Chengdu J-10 fighter aircraft; A reconnaissance version of the United States North American B-25 Mitchell; Falconar F10A, a Canadian homebuilt aircraft design;

Jan 22, 2024 · It would be the first jet-propelled aircraft designed and manufactured to specifically perform night missions and would go on to support U.S. bombers under the cover of darkness for over a...

May 31, 2016 · The series became the world's first jet-powered carrier-based night-fighter to enter operational service and achieved aviation history's first jet-versus-jet nighttime kill during the Korean War when an F3D Skyknight downed a North Korean Yak-15 in 1952.

Aug 26, 2020 · In 1962 the DoD standardized their aircraft designation system and the Skyknight designation was changed to F-10. The F-10s were converted to electronic jamming aircraft, EF-10Bs, for Vietnam service.

The Douglas F3D Skyknight was the world's first jet fighter designed for use as carrier-based night fighter. Its radar equipment required a wider-than-usual fuselage, so it was nicknamed "Willie...

The Douglas F3D Skyknight, later designated F-10, was an American twin-engine, all-weather, carrier-based fighter aircraft. Developed by Douglas Aircraft Company during the early Cold War, it was distinguished by its radar-equipped, wide fuselage, which earned it …

The Douglas F3D / F-10 Skyknight is a twin-engined two-seat carrier-based night jet fighter aircraft produced by the US-American manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company in operation with the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. In 1962 the F3D was redesignated F-10, the F3D-1 became F-10A and the F3D-2 became F-10B.

Jun 26, 2023 · Designed after the Second World War, the Douglas Skyknight was meant to be the defender of the American carrier group after dark. The ambitious design sought to use all of the lessons learned from night fighter design and tactics in the Second World War, and produced the first specialized all-weather jet fighter.