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F (New York City Subway service) The F Sixth Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange on route signs, station signs, and the official subway map, since it runs on the IND Sixth Avenue Line through Manhattan.
F connector The F connector is a type of RF connector commonly used for Over The Air terrestrial television, cable television and universally for satellite television and cable modems, usually with RG-6/U cable or (in older installations) with RG-59/U cable.
F factor The F Factor is a bacterial incompatibility group that determines whether a bacterium can produce a pilus necessary for conjugation. It contains 20 tra (for "transfer") genes and a number of other genetic sequences responsible for incompatibility, replication, and other functions.
F Line (RTD) The F Line, part of the light rail system operated by the Regional Transportation District in the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area in Colorado, was added to the system on November 17, 2006 as part of the Southeast Corridor project (the "T-Rex Project"). It is one of four routes that are part of the RTD's service plan for the corridor.
F Market The F Market line is one of several light rail lines in San Francisco, California. Unlike the other LRV lines, the F line is operated as a heritage railway using exclusively historical equipment both from San Francisco's retired fleet as well as from cities around the world.
F programming language F is a compiled, structured, array programming language especially well suited to education and scientific computing. It is a subset of Fortran 95 developed by Walter Brainerd, Richard Hendrickson, and David Epstein.
F region The F region of the ionosphere, also called the Appleton layer, is a region containing ionized gases in the Earth’s upper atmosphere, at a height of 150–400 km above the E region (formerly the Kennelly-Heaviside layer). It acts as a dependable reflector of radio signals as it is not affected by atmospheric conditions, although its ionic composition varies with the sunspot cycle.
F sharp major F sharp major is a major scale based on F sharp, consisting of the pitches F sharp, G sharp, A sharp, B, C sharp, D sharp, E sharp (enharmonic to F natural) and F sharp. Its key signature consists of six sharps.
F Troop F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired from 1965-1967 on ABC. It premiered in the United States on September 14, 1965, ran for two seasons and finished its first run on April 6, 1967, for a total of 65 thirty-minute episodes.
F wave In neuroscience, an F wave is the second of two voltage changes observed after electrical stimulation is applied to the skin surface above the distal region of a nerve. F waves are often used to measure nerve conduction velocity, and are particularly useful for evaluating conduction problems in the proximal region of nerves (i.
F'dor F’dor are fictional beings in fantasy novel series The Symphony of Ages by Elizabeth Haydon. In the series, F'dor are demonic spirits born of dark fire in the Before-Time, hunted by the Dhracians, with an ultimate goal of destroying the world.
F'lessan F'lessan is a key character in Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonriders of Pern" series. A Benden Weyr native, F'lessan was born as "Felessan", and is the son of the Benden Weyrleaders, F'lar and Lessa.
F'Murr F'Murr, whose real name is Richard Peyzaret, (born in Paris, March 31, 1946) is a noted French comics artist. He is most famous for the long running series Le GĂ©nie des alpages, featuring a shepherd, a shepherd's dog, a flock of sheep and other odd characters behaving madly in the Alps.
F-100 Super Sabre The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. It was first US fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight.
F-101 Voodoo The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic military aircraft flown by the USAF and the RCAF. Initially designed as a long-range bomber escort (known as a penetration fighter) for the Strategic Air Command, the Voodoo served in a variety of other roles, including the fighter bomber, all-weather interceptor aircraft, and photo reconnaissance roles.
F-102 Delta Dagger The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger fighter aircraft was part of the backbone of the United States air defenses in the late 1950s. Entering service in 1956, its main purpose was to intercept invading Soviet bomber fleets.
F-105 Thunderchief The Republic F-105 Thunderchief, commonly known as the "Thud" by its crews, was a single-seat supersonic fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force. The largest single-engined fighter ever employed by the service, F-105 saw extensive use during the Vietnam War in both strike and SEAD roles.
F-11 Tiger The Grumman F11F Tiger was a single-seat carrier-based United States Navy fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s. It was originally designated the F11F Tiger in April 1955 under the Pre-1962 Navy designation system, but was redesignated as F-11 Tiger under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.
F-15 Strike Eagle (computer game) F-15 Strike Eagle is an F-15 Strike Eagle combat flight simulator released in 1985 by MicroProse and is the first in the F-15 Strike Eagle series comprising also of the sequels F-15 Strike Eagle II and F-15 Strike Eagle III.
F-15 Strike Eagle II F-15 Strike Eagle II is an F-15 Strike Eagle combat flight simulator released in 1989 by MicroProse and is the sequel of F-15 Strike Eagle. It was followed in 1992 by F-15 Strike Eagle III, the final game of the series.
F-15E Strike Eagle The F-15E Strike Eagle, colloquially referred to as the Beagle (Bomber Eagle) or Mud Hen, is a modern United States all-weather strike fighter, designed for long-range interdiction of enemy ground targets deep behind enemy lines. A derivative of the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, the Strike Eagle proved its worth in Desert Storm, carrying out deep strikes against high-value targets and providing close air support for coalition troops.
F-15S/MTD The McDonnell Douglas F-15S/MTD (Short Takeoff and Landing/Maneuver Technology Demonstrator) is a modified variant of the F-15 Eagle. Developed as a technology demonstrator, the F-15S/MTD carried out research for studying the effects of vectored thrust and enhanced maneuverability.
F-19 "F-19" is a designation for a United States fighter aircraft that has never been officially used, and has engendered much speculation that it might refer to a type of aircraft whose existence is still classified.
F-19 Stealth Fighter F-19 Stealth Fighter is a combat flight simulator released in 1988 by MicroProse, featuring a fictional United States military aircraft. It was the 16-bit version of the 1987 game Project Stealth Fighter, which was released for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
F-20 Tigershark The Northrop F-20 Tigershark (initially F-5G) was a privately financed fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop in the USA, starting in 1975 and offered for sale starting in the 1980s and formally ending in the early 1990s.
F-22 Raptor The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a stealth fighter aircraft. It was originally envisioned as an air superiority fighter for use against the Soviet Air Force, but is equipped for ground attack, electronic warfare and signals intelligence roles as well.
F-22 Total Air War F-22 Total Air War also known as Total Air War or by the acronym TAW is a flight simulator game released in 1998 about the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft. The game was published by Infogrames Entertainment then Atari and developed by Digital Image Design.
F-302 The F-302 Fighter is a fictional spacecraft in the science fiction television show, Stargate SG-1. It is the production model of the X-302 prototype and the first production series craft using reverse-engineered knowledge of alien technology.
F-35 Lightning II The F-35 Lightning II—descended from the X-35 of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program—is a single-seat, single-engined military strike fighter, a multi-role aircraft that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air-to-air combat. Its development is being funded by the United States, the United Kingdom, and other partner governments.
F-4 Phantom II The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIThe aircraft was originally designated the AH "Super Demon," and later redesignated F4H. The F-4 designation came in 1961 when the designation systems for all branches of the military were unified by the order of Robert McNamara.
F-450 Elli The HS Elli (F-450) (Greek Φ/Γ Έλλη) is the lead ship of the Greek Elli frigate class and the third Hellenic Navy ship by that name. It is based on the Royal Netherlands Navy Kortenaer class and was built in a Dutch shipyard; however, unlike later members of its class in the Hellenic Navy, it was not originally in Dutch service, but was sold directly to Greece.
F-82 Twin Mustang The North American F-82 Twin Mustang was the last piston-powered fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force. Based on the P-51 Mustang, the F-82 was originally designed as a long-range escort fighter in World War II, its postwar role changed to that of night-fighting.
F-9 Flying Fortress During World War II, several B-17 Flying Fortresses were converted to long-range photographic reconnaissance aircraft, designated F-9 Flying Fortress. (The F- here stands for 'fotorecon' and must not be confused with F- for 'fighter', which was not introduced until after the war.
F-ATPase F-ATPase, also known as F-Type ATPase, is a transmembrane protein found in bacterial plasma membranes, mitochondrial inner membranes and in chloroplast thylakoid membranes. It uses a proton gradient to drive ATP synthesis by allowing the passive flux of protons across the membrane down their electrochemical gradient and using the energy released by the transport reaction to synthesise ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate.
F-block The f-block of the periodic table of the elements consists of those elements (sometimes referred to as the inner transition elements) for which, in the atomic ground state, the highest-energy electrons occupy f-orbitals.
F-Beat Records F-Beat records was one of the early record labels setup by Jake Rivera before he started Demon Records. The label's first release, I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down by Elvis Costello & The Attractions, reached number 4 in the UK Charts, the highest singles chart position the label managed.
F-factor The F-factor, in diagnostic radiology, is the conversion factor between rontgens and rads (or, in more modern units, coulombs/kg to grays). In other words, it converts between the amount of ionization in air (rontgens) and the absorbed dose in tissue (rads).
F-Head Engine The term F-head engine specifies one valve arrangement for an internal combustion engine of the Otto cycle type. In this type of engine, the intake manifold and its valves are located atop the cylinders (in the cylinder head) and are operated by pushrods, but the exhaust manifold and its valves are located beside the cylinders (in the block).
F-Minus F-Minus were a hardcore punk band formed in 1997 in Huntington Beach, California. F-Minus was known for their dueling male and female vocals in songs that were sometimes as short as 12 seconds ("Fuck You O.
F-number In optics, the f-number (sometimes called focal ratio, f-ratio, or relative apertureSmith, Warren Modern Lens Design 2005 McGraw-Hill) of an optical system expresses the diameter of the entrance pupil in terms of the effective focal length of the lens. It is the quantitative measure of lens speed, an important concept in photography.
F-plan The F-plan is a high fibre diet designed to induce healthy weight loss, created in the 1980's by British author Audrey Eyton. The diet works by restricting the daily intake of calories to less than 1,500 whilst consuming well-above the recommended level of dietary fibre.
F-ratio In oceanic biogeochemistry, the f-ratio is the fraction of total primary production fuelled by nitrate (as opposed to that fuelled by other nitrogen compounds such as ammonium). This fraction is significant because it is assumed to be directly related to the sinking (export) flux of organic material from the surface ocean by the biological pump.
F-statistics In population genetics, F-statistics (also known as fixation indices) describe the level of heterozygosity in a population; more specifically the degree of (usually) a reduction in heterozygosity when compared to Hardy-Weinberg expectation. Such changes can be caused by the Wahlund effect, inbreeding, natural selection or any combination of these.
F-Secure F-Secure plc (formerly Data Fellows) is an anti-virus and computer security software company based in Helsinki, Finland. The company has large branch offices in the USA and Japan, where some antivirus analysis and software development work is also being undertaken.
F-term (patent law) In Japanese patent law, F-term is a system for classifying Japanese patent documents according to the technical features of the inventions described in them. It is not a replacement for the International Patent Classification (IPC) or other patent classifications, but complements other systems by providing a means for searching documents from different viewpoints.
F-theory A branch of String Theory known as F-theory, developed by Cumrun Vafa, creates mathematical descriptions involving a second temporal or time variable. One of the first physicists to suggest such a thing was Andrei Sakharov in the 1980s page 235..
F-Zero F-Zero is a futuristic fast-paced racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was first released in Japan on November 21, 1990 and later in North America on August 13, 1991 and in Europe on June 4, 1992.
F-Zero (series) The F-Zero series is a futuristic racing video game series created by Nintendo EAD with Shigeru Miyamoto serving mainly as producer. The games are primarily set on a futuristic Earth, although some circuits have been set on different planets.
F-Zero GX/AX Original Soundtrack F-Zero GX/AX Original Soundtracks is the video game music soundtrack album from the futuristic racing games F-Zero GX for the Nintendo GameCube video game console and F-Zero AX for the arcade developed by Sega and produced by Nintendo.
F-Zero X Original Soundtrack F-Zero Original Sound Track is the video game music soundtrack album from the futuristic racing game F-Zero X for the Nintendo 64 video game console developed and produced by Nintendo. The album contains musical tracks from the game composed by Taro Bando.
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity F-Zero Maximum Velocity (F-Zero for Game Boy Advance in Japan) is a futuristic racing game for Game Boy Advance. It is the fourth video game in the F-Zero series, but the first to be released on a handheld game console.
F&C F&C is an eroge maker, one of the long-established store makers which exist from the beginning of H game history. It is said that the origin of the company name is each initial of Fairytale and Cocktail Soft.
F&N Coca-Cola F&N Coca-Cola is a division of the Singaporean Company Fraser and Neave Limited that supplies and distributes Coca-Cola, F&N Fun Flavours, 100 PLUS isotonic drink, Seasons drinks and Fruit Tree drinks in Singapore and other trading nations, such as Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Brunei.
F&N Foods F&N Foods - officially Fraser and Neave Foods Limited - is a division of Fraser and Neave Limited. F&N Foods Ltd is a leading dairy company in Singapore that manufactures, markets and distributes of a wide range of canned and packaged milk, ready-to-drink milk, fruit juices and ice cream products.
F+F School for Art and Media Design Zurich The F+F School for Art and Media Design ZĂĽrich or F+F is a private art school in ZĂĽrich, Switzerland. F+F stands for "Form und Farbe", a discipline practiced at the German art and architecture school Bauhaus.
F. A. Voigt Frederick Augustus Voigt (1892-1957), British journalist and author of German ancestry, most famous for his work with the Manchester Guardian and his opposition to dictatorship and totalitarianism on the European Continent.
F. Burrall Hoffman Francis Burrall Hoffman, Jr. (March 6, 1882 – November 27, 1980), was an American architect best known for his design of Villa Vizcaya, the Italian Renaissance-style estate in Miami, Florida which is now a museum.
F. C. De Kampioenen FC De Kampioenen is a long-running sitcom on the Belgian channel EĂ©n chronicling the misadventures of a local football team. Starting in 1990, it is currently (2007) in it's 17th series with over 200 episodes produced, making it one of the most successful comedy programs on Belgian television.
F. C. Indiana (NPSL) FC Indiana are an American soccer team, founded in 2007. The team is a member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and will make their debut in the Midwest Conference in 2007.
F. David Mathews Forrest David Mathews (born December 6 1935) served as Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare from 1975 to 1977. Despite being a Democrat, he served during the the Republican administration of President Gerald R.
F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, GCSI, PC (12 July 1872–30 September 1930) was a British Conservative statesman and lawyer of the early 20th century. He was a skilled orator, noted for his staunch opposition to Irish nationalism, his wit, pugnacious views, and hard living and drinking.
F. F. Bruce Frederick Fyvie Bruce (12 October 1910 - 11 September 1990) was a Bible scholar, and one of the founders of the modern evangelical understanding of the Bible. His work New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?
F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre Fergus (also Feargus) Gwynplaine MacIntyre is a Scottish-born journalist, novelist and poet, who now resides in Wales and New York City. MacIntyre's writings have been praised by Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Auberon Waugh, Harlan Ellison, John Brunner, Charles Sheffield, David Brin, Charles Ardai, William Safire and other authors.
F. J. M. Stratton Frederick John Marrian Stratton FRS (16 October, 1881 – 2 September, 1960) was a British astrophysicist and Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge from 1928 to 1947. In 1947 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society.
F. Kenneth Iverson F Kenneth Iverson (September 18 1925 – April 14 2002) is credited with transforming Nucor Steel from a nearly bankrupt company in the 1960s into the largest and most successful steelmaker in the United States. His management philosophy has been used as a model for other companies around the world.
F. Keogh Gleason Francis Keogh Gleason (1906 - 1982) was a resident set decorator at MGM studios for over 40 years. In that time he won 4 Academy Awards (for An American in Paris in 1951, The Bad and the Beautiful in 1952, Somebody Up There Likes Me in 1956 and "Gigi" in 1958) and was nominated an additional 3 times.
F. L. Green Frederick Lawrence Green (1902 - 1953) was a British author who had 14 titles published between 1934 and 1952. He is best known for his 1945 novel, Odd Man Out, which was memorably filmed by Carol Reed in 1947.
F. L. Maytag III Frederick Louis Maytag III (born December 9 1937 in Newton, Iowa), or Fritz Maytag, is the owner of Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco and is Chairman of the Board of the Maytag Dairy Farms. He is also the owner of York Creek Vineyards in St.
F. Marian McNeill F. Marian McNeill was a Scottish folklorist, best known for writing The Silver Bough (not to be confused with The Golden Bough), a four-volume set of Scottish Folklore, considered essential by many in the field.
F. Matthias Alexander Frederick Matthias Alexander (January 20, 1869–October 10, 1955) was an Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique—a method of helping people learn to free habitual reactions of moving, learned by improving one's kinesthetic judgment. He was born in Tasmania, later moved to Melbourne, Australia, and finally settled in London in 1904.
F. Nelson Blount F. Nelson Blount was president and founder of Blount Seafood Corporation, and as a millionaire collector of vintage steam locomotives and rail cars, he founded "Steamtown USA", whose collection is the basis of Steamtown National Historic Site.
F. R. Higgins Frederick Robert Higgins (24 April 1896 - 6 January 1941) was an Irish poet and theatre director. He was born in Foxford in County Mayo, grew up mainly in Ballivor in County Meath, and spent the largest part of his adult life in Dublin.
F. R. Leavis Frank Raymond Leavis CH (July 14, 1895 - April 14, 1978) was an influential British literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth century. He taught and studied for nearly his entire life at Downing College, Cambridge.
F. S. L. Lyons Francis Steward Leland Lyons (1923–1983) was one of Ireland's premier historians. Based in Trinity College, Dublin, his principal works include Ireland Since the Famine (the standard university textbook for Irish history from the mid-19th to late-20th century) and a biography of Charles Stewart Parnell.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21,1940) was an Irish American Jazz Age novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century.
F. T. F. Lovejoy Francis Thomas Fletcher Lovejoy (1854-1932) was an American industrialist and an associate of Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, Henry Phipps and Charles M. Schwab in the creation of the United States Steel Corporation.
F. Thomson Leighton Frank Thomson ("Tom") Leighton is a professor of Applied Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served as the head of the Algorithms group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory since 1996, and co-founded Akamai Technologies with student Daniel Lewin in 1998.
F. Van Wyck Mason Francis Van Wyck Mason (November 11, 1901 – August 28, 1978, Bermuda) was an American historian and novelist. He had a long and prolific career as a writer spanning 50 years and including 65 published novels.
F. W. S. Craig Frederick Walter Scott Craig (1929 - March 23, 1989) was a Scottish psephologist and compiler of reference books. Starting off in public relations, he compiled election results in his spare time, and later launched his own business.
F. W. Winterbotham Frederick William Winterbotham (1897–1990) was a British Royal Air Force officer who during World War II was responsible for the distribution of Ultra intelligence, gleaned chiefly by decryption of German Enigma machine ciphers at Bletchley Park, fifty miles northwest of London. Later, as an author, Winterbotham published the first popular account of Ultra.
F. William Engdahl Frederick William Engdahl, (born 1944) has written on issues of energy, politics and economics for more than 30 years, beginning with the first oil shock in the early 1970s. He has contributed regularly to a number of publications, including Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Foresight magazine, Grant's Investor.
F.C. Catanzaro Football Club Catanzaro is a football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria. The club was founded in 1929 as Catanzarese, then changed its denomination to Unione Sportiva Catanzaro in 1946, shortly after the end of the World War II.
F.C. Copenhagen season 2005-06 FCK won the Danish Superliga trophy in the season 2005-06. The championship came home on May 7 after a 0-1 defeat at Fionia Park against Odense BK, but the championship came home after AC Horsens beated Brøndby IF 4-1.
F.C. International Turku Football Club International Turku (commonly known as FC Inter or Inter Turku) is a football club based in Turku, Finland. It was founded in 1990, and has played in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of Finnish football since 1996.
F.C. United of Manchester Football Club United of Manchester (FC United of Manchester, FC United, FCUoM or FCUM for short) is a semi-professional English football club currently based in nearby Bury. The club was formed in 2005 by Manchester United supporters, many of whom decided to withdraw their financial support for the club following Malcolm Glazer's takeover.
F.J. Schlink Frederick John Schlink (October 26, 1891 - January 15, 1995) has been called the Ralph Nader of his day and his book (co-written with Stuart Chase) Your Money's Worth was called the consumer's Uncle Tom's Cabin. These descriptions, made 50 years apart, represent some of the opinions of a true consumer pioneer, caught up in too much contradictory dogma and ideology, and nearly forgotten in the history of the consumer movement.
F.R.U.I.T.S. Are Moscow based cult duo Alexei Borisov & PAVEL JAGUN, formed in 1992 to combine different directions of experimental music, such as abstract electronica, noise, rhythmical, minimalism, micro and macro sounds and waves, free improvised voice. Their Laton release „FORBIDDEN BEAT“ represents F.
F/A-18 Hornet The Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) F/A-18 Hornet is a modern all-weather carrier-capable strike fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets. Designed in the 1970s for service with the U.
F/X: The Series F/X: The Series was a television series based on the film F/X starring Cameron Daddo, Christina Cox, Kevin Dobson (season 1), Jacqueline Torres (season 2), Carrie-Anne Moss and Jason Blicker. It ran for 39 episodes from 1996 through 1998.
F00f f00f (pronounced "foof"), an abbreviation of f0 0f c7 c8, is the hexadecimal encoding of an instruction that exhibits a design flaw in the majority of Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX, and Pentium OverDrive processors.
F1 helmet The F1 helmet is a modern firefighter's helmet made by the French company Gallet, who also produce the SPECTRA military helmet. In service since 1985, the F1 helment provides protection against impact, fires and electricity, fulfilling the EN 443 European standard.
F1 hybrid F1 hybrids are the first filial generation seeds/plants or animal offspring resulting from a cross mating of distinctly different parental types, the offspring of which produce a new, uniform variety with specific and/or desirable characteristics from either or both parents. In fish breeding, those parents frequently are two closely related fish species, while in plant and animal genetics those parents usually are two inbred lines.
F1 Powerboat Racing Inaugurated in 1981, the F1 Powerboat World Championship is similar to Formula 1 car racing and similar rules apply. Each F1 Powerboat race lasts approximately 45 minutes following a circuit marked out in a selected stretch of water, usually a lake, river, or sheltered bay.
F1 Racing Championship F1 Racing Championship was a game published by Ubisoft in 2001. It featured all the 22 drivers and 11 teams from the 1999 Formula One World Championship, as well as the 16 tracks (including the brand new Sepang Circuit.
F1 Rejects Formula One Rejects (F1 Rejects) is a Formula One website dedicated to, statistically, the worst drivers and teams in Formula One history. It features over 100 driver profiles and over 15 teams who set standards for mediocrity in F1 with their results.
F1 ROC II: Race of Champions F1 ROC II: Race of Champions is a Super NES game that takes place in the not-so-distant future. During this time, open wheel racing and NASCAR-style racing has melded together to become a elite racing circuit for the fastest, youngest, and most daring race car drivers in the world.
F125 class frigate F125 is the project name for the Type 125 class of frigates, currently in development for the German Navy by ARGE F125, a joint-venture of Thyssen-Krupp and LĂĽrssen. F125 is officially classified as frigates but in size and role they could be classified as destroyers.
F2G Corsair The Goodyear F2G "Super" Corsair was a development by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of the FG-1/F4U-1 Corsair design as a special low-altitude version of a fighter equipped with a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 twenty-eight cylinder, four row radial air-cooled engine. Although often cited that the origin of the aircraft was as an interceptor of low-flying Japanese suicide airplanes, its actual beginnings came about in 1939 when the Pratt and Whitney company first proposed its enormous new engine.
F2H Banshee The McDonnell F2H Banshee was a military carrier-based jet fighter aircraft, used by the United States Navy from 1948 to 1959 and by the Royal Canadian Navy from 1955 until 1962. The Banshee had unswept wings, a single seat, and two engines.
F2Y Sea Dart The Convair F2Y Sea Dart was a unique seaplane fighter aircraft that rode on twin hydro-skis for takeoff. It only flew as a prototype, and never entered production, but it is still the only seaplane to exceed the speed of sound.

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