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Manufacturer | Chance-Vought Aircraft, Inc.
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Type | Carrier-based fighter
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Crew | 1 Pilot
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| wingspan | 38 feet 11 inches |
| length | 58 feet 8 inches |
| height | 16 feet 4 inches |
| wing area | 450 square feet |
| Engine | One Pratt & Whitney J75-P-5A/6 turbojet, 16,500 lb.s.t. dry, 29,500 lb.s.t. with afterburning |
| Maximum speed | 1457 mph (Mach 2.21) at 50,000 feet, 800 mph (Mach 1.05) at sea level |
| Crising speed | 575 mph |
| Stalling speed | 154 mph |
| Initial climb rate | 32,500 feet |
| Combat ceiling | 51,500 feet |
| service ceiling | 60,000 feet |
| Combat range | 645 miles |
| Maximum range | 2044 miles |
| Maximum fuel | 2036 US gallons |
| Weights: | 21,862 pounds empty, 32,318 pounds combat, 37,856 pounds gross, 38,772 pounds maximum takeoff. |
| armament | armament three AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles. carried in slots cut into each lower side of the fuselage and on the fuselage belly just behind the forward landing gear. In addition, four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles could also be carried. |
