F9F-5 PantherGrumman F9F Panter airplane model. The Grumman F9F Panther was the first jet powered aircraft to be built by Grumman, a long time manufacturer of carrier based fighter aircraft for the US Navy. The Panther bore the brunt of carrier based jet fighter operations in the Korean War and had the distinction of downing the first MiG 15 to be destroyed by a US Navy plane. However, it was to be in the ground attack role that the Panther was to gain its primary