F3D SkynightDouglas F3D Skyknight airplane model. 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 Whale". The Navy asked Douglas to develop a carrier based night fighter in 1946. Specifications included twin jet power, side by side seating for a radar operator, a top speed of 500 mph, a combat radius of 500 miles,

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cratering bomb to establish landing zones ("LZs") in dense jungles

The squadron exhibits the professional qualities the Air Force develops in the people who fly

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which had received the popular name "Wildcat" a few months earlier