Image: F11F short and long nose at NAS Kingsville

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Description: Two U.S. Navy Grumman F11F-1 Tiger fighters of Training Squadron VT-23 Professionals at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas (USA). The first aircraft (BuNo 138643) is a "short nose" version from the first production batch (42 aircraft), while the one in the back (BuNo 141797) is from the second "long nose" production batch (157 aircraft). The latter had provisions for a radar, which was actually never carried.
Title: F11F short and long nose at NAS Kingsville
Credit: U.S. Navy photograph in: Bert Kinzey F11F Tiger (Detail & Scale No. 17), Arms and Armour Press, London 1984, p. 14. ISBN 0-85368-618-1.
Author: USN (cited as U.S. Navy photo)
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