C-9 Skytrain US NavyNavy C 9 Skytrain airplane model. Among the Navy's proud possessions are the McDonnell Douglas C 9B Skytrain II transports. These twin jets have brought the Navy into the jet transport age, replacing outmoded piston engine transports as combined personnel cargo haulers. The prototype DC 9 flew on 25 February 1965, and DC 9s have since become the most widely used twin jet airline transports. The DC 9 has grown considerably in dimensions and gross

-built airplane to get into combat during WW I

when several were converted into C-73 transports and trainers

Douglas produced 268 Skyknights

Improvements to the B200 were many

The US Navy will operate 48 aircraft in the combat search and rescue mission

and state-of-the-art Collins Pro Line 21 avionics

These flights

a Looking Glass aircraft was in the air at all times 24 hours a day

On the airplane's ninth flight

Key improvements introduced with the GR7 included forward-looking infrared systems

The HARM missile was officially produced in March 1983 and was introduced in 1985 as an equipment of the VA-72 and the VA-46 aboard USS America

The Douglas AD-6 Skyraider was designed to be a replacement for the current naval torpedo/dive bombers that were then in use