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F8 Gene Location
F8, F.VIII, F 8, F-8, or F/8 may refer to: Aviation * F 8 Barkarby, a former Swedish Air Force wing * F-8 Crusader, a 1955 American single-engine carrier-based jet fighter aircraft built by Vought * F-8 Mosquito, the designation for the de Havilland Mosquito in USAAF aerial reconnaissance service * F8C Falcon, a 1928 American single-engine carrier-based biplane fighter aircraft built by Curtiss * F8F Bearcat, a 1944 American single-engine carrier-based fighter aircraft built by Grumman * Fokker F.VIII, a 1927 Dutch large twin-engine airliner * Freedom Airlines, IATA airline designator * Kampfgeschwader 40, from its historic ''Geschwaderkennung'' code with the Luftwaffe in World War II * Shenyang F-8, an export version of the Chinese Shenyang J-8 jet interceptor aircraft Biology *Factor VIII, a protein * F8: an EEG electrode site according to the 10-20 system. Media * Frequency-8, a record label for electronic music producers Mars & Mystre * Festival 8, the 8th three-day f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
F 8 Barkarby
Svea Air Corps (), also F 8 Barkarby, or simply F 8, is a former Swedish Air Force air corps wing with the main base located in Barkarby just north of the capital Stockholm on the east coast. History The meadows in the area were used since 1913 for basic flying training. From 1919 until 1936 the airport was a permanent international airport until the commercial traffic was transferred to the newly built Stockholm-Bromma Airport with paved runways. From 1926 until 1938 the airfield was also used for evaluation of new aircraft for the Swedish Air Force. Units from other wings were also stationed here for air defense of the capital Stockholm. In 1936, the decision was made to set up a permanent fighter air wing. Three squadrons of Gloster Gladiator, J 8 were initially detached to the Västmanland Wing (F 1) but moved to Barkarby on October 1, 1938. The aircraft were rather quickly replaced in 1940 by Seversky P-35, J 9. In 1945 after the end of the war, the squadrons were reequipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
