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  • The XAF was an experimental radar set constructed in 1938, which survived World War II as a historical artifact, and is now placed on exhibit at the National...
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  • registration plates code XIAP-associated factor XAF Radar, an experimental pre-World War II U.S. Navy radar Xaf (music producer), an electronic music producer...
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    earlier prototype systems, such as the NRL radar installed in April 1937 on the destroyer Leary; its successor, the XAF, installed in December 1938 on the battleship...
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    acronym RADAR (for RAdio Detection And Ranging) was coined by the U.S. Navy in 1940, and the subsequent name "radar" was soon widely used. The XAF and CXAM...
    151 KB (22,278 words) - 05:42, 28 July 2024
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    began taking on patrol and training duties. New York was fitted with XAF RADAR in February 1938, including the first United States duplexer so a single...
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    were added to improve the light AA armament. New York was fitted with XAF radar in February 1938, including the first United States duplexer so a single...
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    along with a high-altitude flying suit, the diving log of U-505 and the XAF Radar Receiver from the battleship USS New York (BB-34). The Home Front. Featuring...
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  • prototype system, the 200-MHz (1.5-m) XAF, was tested at sea. The Navy coined the acronym RAdio Detection And Ranging (RADAR), and in late 1940, ordered this...
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    decided to acquire six experimental XAF radar sets; on being delivered to the Navy, they were designated as CXAM radar; one set was installed aboard California...
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    later redesignated as XAF-1. AF-2S Production variant with 2,400 hp R-2800-48 engine, 193 built. AF-2W Hunter variant with search radar in a ventral radome...
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    Robert Morris Page (category Radar pioneers)
    1937. Initially designated the XAF, the system was improved and tested, then placed into production as the CXAM radar, the first such system deployed...
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    Leo C. Young (category Radar pioneers)
    1937. Initially designated the XAF, the system was improved and tested, then placed into production as the CXAM radar, the first such system deployed...
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  • 1989 No. 2729 (City of Lincoln) Squadron RAuXAF Regiment, RAF Waddington — SHORAD No. 2890 Squadron RAuXAF Regiment, RAF Waddington — SHORAD, formed 1...
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    War. Wikimedia Commons has media related to No. 609 Squadron RAF. 609 RAuXAF Battle of Britain history of No. 609 Squadron Battle of Britain pictures...
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    Squadron RAuxAF Regiment (RAF Lossiemouth) No. 2623 (East Anglian) Squadron RAuXAF Regiment (RAF Honington) No. 2624 (County of Oxfordshire) Squadron RAuxAF...
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