General Electric J79
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The General Electric J79 is an axial-flow turbojet engine built for use in a variety of fighter and bomber aircraft and a supersonic cruise missile. The J79 was produced by General Electric Aircraft E
J79 on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
Sectioned compressor stage of a J79
GE-J79-3 and Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter
J79-15A at the USAF Museum
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor. Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fighter aircraft for the United States Air F
General Electric J79
…produced by General Electric Aircraft Engines in the United States, and under license by several other companies worldwide. Among its major uses was the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Convair B-58 Hustler, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, North American A-5 Vigilante and IAI Kfir. A commercial version, designated the CJ805, powered…
A former Royal Netherlands Air Force F-104G
A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-104G Starfighter in flight on 2 June 1963.
Lockheed F-104A
Detail of F-104G's GE J79 turbojet exhaust (red coloring added by Technik Museum Sinsheim, Germany)