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AMERICAN COMBAT PLANES OF THE 20th CENTURY INDEX 13
Matador missile (B-61), 570
Maughan, Lt. Russell L., 59
Mauler. See AM-1
Maverick missile (AGM-65), 600, 652–53, 653, 669, 673, 674, 676, 677, 685, 698, 701
MB-1 (GMB), 22, 28–29, 28, 39–40, 39, 116
MB-1 missile (Genie), 550, 578, 584
MB-2, 28, 29, 40, 40, 65, 654
MB-3, 29, 33–34, 35, 53, 59, 146
MB-3A, 34, 36, 36, 58
MBT, 116
McCampbell, Capt. David, 470
McClellan, Sen. John L., 689
McConnell, Gen. John P., 673
McConnell, Capt. Joseph, Jr., 534
McDonnell, James S. (1899-1980), 208, 356, 617
McDonnell airplanes, 693n
designations of, 356, 631
export of, 578, 676, 677–78, 684–85
See also AV-8B; F2H; F3H; F-4; F-23; F-85; F-88; F-101; FH; P-67
McDonnell Douglas airplanes, 693n
export of, 694–95, 694, 696, 702
See also F-15; F/A-18
McGuire, Maj. Thomas, Jr., 313
McKeever, Maj. Andrew E., 28
McNamara, Robert, 606, 689, 704 ******
Me 163, 543, 544
Me 262: 267, 353, 520
Menasco B-6 engine, 136
Mercator. See P4M
Merlin engine (Packard). See V-1650
Merlin engine (Rolls-Royce), 302–3, 334, 338
Messerschmitt airplanes, 332
109: 274
Bf 109: 288, 297, 298, 302, 313, 331
Bf 110: 306, 344
Bf 209: 475
Meteor (British), 352
Mexico
Bellanca airplanes for, 198
Douglas airplanes for, 84, 95–96, 96, 212
Republic airplanes for, 331
Vought airplanes for, 397, 398, 408
Meyer, John C., 336
MF-1A, 292
MF-3B (Navy: F3H-2M: Demon), 630, 631, 631, 633
Mi-8 (Iraqi), 692
Mi-8 (Syrian), 699
MiG-15 (Russian), 254, 355, 493, 508, 515, 522, 533, 555, 621, 622, 628, 631, 650
MiG-17 (Russian), 500, 515, 558, 574, 582, 583, 640, 650, 681, 683
MiG-19 (Russian), 558, 561, 573, 650, 683
MiG-21 (Russian), 574, 576, 650, 654, 681, 683, 684, 685, 694, 696, 702
MiG-23 (Iraqi), 695, 696, 700
MiG-23 (Libyan), 692
MiG-23 (Russian), 693
MiG-25 (Iraqi), 696, 700
MiG-25 (Russian), 658, 693, 694
MiG-29 (Iraqi), 696
Mighty Mouse (FFAR), 546, 548, 549
Miller, Jay, 652n
Miller L-510 engine, 344
Minuteman missiles, 570, 708, 710
Mirage (French), 698
Mirage (Iraqi), 695, 696
Missileer. See F6D
missiles
air-to-air, 503, 504, 545–50, 569, 574, 652, 665, 703
air-to-surface, 652–53
ballistic, 568, 570, 584, 586, 654, 703, 704, 710, 713
cruise, 679, 706, 707–8
designations of,
decoy, 567, 570
submarine-launched, 570, 703, 707, 708, 710
surface-to-air (SAM), 563, 567–68, 569, 573, 654, 665, 666, 667, 673, 682, 683, 685, 703, 704
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Mitchell. See B-25; PBJ-1
Mitchell (British), 256, 261
Mitchell, Brig. Gen. William (1879-1936), 40–41, 42, 43–44, 77
Mitsubishi airplanes
F-86 production, 537
G3M, 232
Ki-20, 229
Zero, 13, 276, 281, 293, 322, 463
Mk XI bombsight (Norden), 106, 111, 415
Mk XV bombsight (Norden), 127, 225, 362, 363, 418
MO-1, 5, 131, 132, 132
Moffett, Rear Adm. William, 9–10, 159
Mohawk (British), 289, 290
Monomail, 223
monoplanes, replacement of biplanes with, 164, 175, 450, 452, 454
Morane airplanes, 25
Morocco, North American airplanes for, 665
Mosquito, 219
Moss, Sanford A., 65
MS-1, 136
MT-1 (TM-1), 116, 116
Mustang. See P-51
Mustang (British), 298, 332, 333, 333, 334, 335, 337
Mutual Assured Destruction, 650
Mutza, Wayne, 591n
MX-324, 519
Myasishchev M-4 (Russian), 498, 558, 575
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N-1 (Navy), 115
N-1M, 343, 510
N-3PB, 373–74, 373
N-9M, 511
NA-21 (B-21), 232–33, 233
NA-40, 198, 199, 202, 254
NA-40B, 199, 199
NA-44, 198, 198
NA-50, 292, 293, 294, 332
NA-62. See B-25
NA-68 (P-64), 294, 294
NA-69 (A-27), 198, 199
NA-72, 199
NA-73, 332–33, 332
NA-74, 199
NA-82. See B-25
NA-87. See B-25D
NA-90. See B-25C
NA-97, 334
NA-98. See B-25H
NA-101, 334
NA-105, 338
NA-108. See B-25J
Nakajima E4N, 138
NAS Pearl Harbor, Hawaiii. See Pearl Harbor
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), 14, 296
airfoil, 2300 series, 282
National Guard aviation
interwar period, 85, 86, 91, 96, 98, 180, 184
Cold War, 331
Navaho missile (B-64), 570
Naval Aircraft Factory airplanes, 4, 5
Curtiss airplane production, 101–103
DT-2 production, 118
PB-2 production, 105
TS production, 147
VE-7 production, 130
See also F-5 (Navy); N-1; NO-1; NO-2; PBN-1; PN-7/12; OS2N-1; OSN-1; P2N; P4N; PT-1; PT-2; SBN; SON; T2N; TF; TN-1
Naval Air Transport Service, 376
Navy aviation, U.S.
1st centralized digital computer in, 598
World War I, 4, 39, 129
interwar period, 5–10
amphibian planes, 81, 132–36
attack planes, 115, 415–18, 419–24, 425–26, 428–29
bombers, 361–67, 380–81
dive bombers, 115, 127–28
fighter planes, 64, 69, 145–62, 443–54
patrol planes, 99–114
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