Northrop F-89 Scorpion je bil dvomotorni reaktivni lovec 1. generacije, ki ga je zasnoval Jack Northrop ob koncu 1940ih. Bil je prvo vsevremensko reaktivno letalo in prvo ameriško letalo, ki je oboroženo z vodljivimi raketami. F-89 je bil tudi prvo bojno letalo oboroženo z jedrskimi raketami zrak-zrak in sicer z 1,5 kilotonsko raketo AIR-2 Genie.
Specifikacije (F-89D)
Ortografska projekcija F-89 Scorpiona
Podatki iz Scorpion with a Nuclear Sting; Air International July 1988, p. 49
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