Northrop F-89 Scorpion, the first jet-powered interceptor of the U.S. Air Force. Best remembered for the Battle of Palmdale where two F-89s failed to shoot down a runaway F6F-5K Hellcat drone after firing 208 rockets.
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Unmanned Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat takeoff - GIF
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