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Grumman Aerospace Grumman F-11 Tiger 

VF-21 F11F-1 Tigers in left echelon formation
Role Fighter aircraft
Manufacturer Grumman
First flight 30 July 1954
Introduction 1956
Retired 1961 (Carrier)
1967 (Training)1969 (Blue Angels)
Status Retired
Primary user United States Navy
Produced 1954–1959
Number built 199
Variants Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger
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Grumman F11F-1/F-11A Tiger  Produced 1954–1959



The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman. For a time, it held the world altitude record of 76,939 feet (23,451 m), as well as being the first supersonic fighter to be produced by Grumman.

Design and development

XF9F-9 prototype
An F11F-1 Tiger on USS Independence (CVA-62), with downward-folded wingtips
An early production "short nose" F11F and a later "long nose" from VT-23

The origins of the F11F (F-11) Tiger can be traced back to a privately funded 1952 Grumman concept to modernize and improve the F9F-6/7 Cougar, a popular early jet-powered carrier aircraft. The design team opted to implement the area rule along with several other advances into the project, which was internally designated G-98. Design objectives included the minimisation of the aircraft's size. By the time that the design process was concluded during 1953, it had become a complete departure from the Cougar, bearing little more than a vague resemblance to the preceding aircraft.

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Grumman F11F-1/F-11A Tiger Produced 1954–1959

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General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 45 ft 10.5 in (13.983 m)
  • Wingspan: 31 ft 7.5 in (9.639 m)
  • Width: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) wing-tips folded
  • Height: 13 ft 2.75 in (4.0323 m)
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  • Empty weight: (6,264 kg)
  • Gross weight:  (9,541 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 10,641 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright J65-W-18 afterburning turbojet engine, 7,450 lbf (33.1 kN) thrust at 8,300 rpm, military power dry, 10,500 lbf (47 kN) with afterburner
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  • Maximum speed: (726 mph, 1,169 km/h) / M1.1 at (10,668 m); 1,211 km/h) at sea level
    • Cruise speed: (577 mph, 928 km/h)
    • Range: 1,110 nmi (1,280 mi, 2,060 km)
    • Service ceiling:  (15,000 m)
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    • Guns: 4 × 20 mm (.79 in) Colt Mk 12 cannon, 125 rounds per gun
    • Hardpoints: 4 with a capacity of –, with provisions to carry combinations:
      • Rockets: Aero 6A or Aero 7A "Rocket Package"
      • Missiles: AIM-9 Sidewinder
      • Other: 150 US gal (570 L) drop tank
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Seven U.S. Navy squadrons flew the Tiger, these included VF-21 and VF-33 in the Atlantic Fleet and VA-156 (redesignated VF-111 in January 1959), VF-24 (redesignated VF-211 in March 1959), VF-51, VF-121, and VF-191 in the Pacific Fleet.

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F11F-1/F-11A Tiger

By 1961, the Tiger had been permanently withdrawn from carrier operations.

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While the Tiger's career as a fighter was relatively short, the Blue Angels performed in the aircraft between 1957 and 1969, 

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