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The F-94B remained in USAF service through 1954 before being transferred to the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

In ANG service, some were modified with a pod under each wing for two additional .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns, bringing the total to eight.

The first production F-94C aircraft were delivered in July 1951, 387 examples being delivered before May 1954.

The largest problem discovered in service was that of the nose-mounted rockets which blinded the crew with their smoke and fire.

Lockheed F-94B (S/N 50-876). Note the pod-mounted guns on the wing.

(U.S. Air Force photo)

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The most severe problem of firing the nose-mounted rocket was that the exhaust could cause a [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] of the jet engine and could lead to the loss of the aircraft.

Mid-wing fuel and rocket pods were added, each holding 12 rockets. Most of the time, the nose rockets were not
installed, and the mid-wing pod rockets were the sole armament.

This version of the aircraft was extensively used within the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] (SAGE) air defense system.

The F-94C was retired from USAF service in 1959, as newer and more capable interceptors entered service.

Air National Guard units retired their F-94s a year later.

Variants

YF-94

TF-80Cs converted into YF-94 prototypes, two built.

F-94A

Initial production version, 110 built.

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YF-94B

One F-94A modified with new flight director, modified hydraulic
systems and two enlarged wingtip tanks.

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F-94B

Production model based on YF-94B, 357 built.

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YF-94C

F-94Bs modified with [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] J48 engine, leading edge rocket pods and swept tailplane, originally designated YF-97A, two modified.

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The Lockheed YF-97A was the early designation of the F-94C Starfire.

Lockheed built two prototype aircraft; the first, S/N 50-955, was constructed on speculation without military equipment.
Because of the USAF need for an all-weather interceptor and the delays in the North American F-86D and Northrop F-89 programs, a second militarized version of the YF-97A was built for evaluation (S/N 50-877).

The YF-97A was based on the F-94B, but was modified during the test program to carry 24 Folding Fin Aerial Rockets in the nose, thus becoming the first USAF fighter to be armed exclusively with rockets.

An order for 118 F-97As was reassigned as the first block of F-94Cs.

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F-94C

Production version of the YF-94C with longer nose, rocket and gun armament removed and provision for underfuselage [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] rockets, originally designated F-97A, 387 built.

EF-94C


Test aircraft for proposed reconnaissance variant

Side view of Lockheed EF-94C (S/N 50-963), the reconnaissance version test aircraft.

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YF-94D

Prototype single-seat close support fighter version based on the F-94C, one partly built but construction was abandoned when program was cancelled.