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McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle

The McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle is a two-seat dual-role fighter of the United States Air Force, developed from the F-15 and first delivered in December 1988.

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, also known as the F4H Phantom II, is a supersonic fighter-bomber that entered US Navy service in 1961, with 5,195 built.

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, also called the FA-18, is a carrier-capable multirole fighter and attack aircraft of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, entering service in 1983.

McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender

The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender, or KC-10, is a three-engine tanker and cargo aircraft derived from the DC-10 that served the US Air Force from 1981 to 2024.

McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender

The McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender, later sold as the MD Helicopters Defender, is an American light multi-role military helicopter developed from the Hughes OH-6A Cayuse.

McDonnell Douglas MD-11

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is a three-engine wide-body airliner developed as a stretched successor to the DC-10, flying since 1990 and now almost exclusively a freighter.

McDonnell Douglas MD-12

The McDonnell Douglas MD-12 was a proposed four-engine, double-deck superjumbo airliner seating up to 511 passengers, studied by McDonnell Douglas from 1988 until 1992 and never built.

McDonnell Douglas MD-80

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80, also known as the Super 80 or DC-9-80, is a stretched twin-engine jet airliner, a growth version of the DC-9 produced from 1980 to 1999.

McDonnell Douglas MD-90

The McDonnell Douglas MD-90 is a twin-engine short-to-medium-range airliner developed from the MD-80, powered by IAE V2500 turbofans; 116 were built from 1995 to 2000.

McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk

The McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk is a tandem-seat, carrier-capable jet trainer derived from the British Aerospace Hawk that trains US Navy and Marine Corps pilots, entering service in 1991.

McDonnell Douglas X-36

The McDonnell Douglas X-36, later the Boeing X-36, was a 28-percent-scale remotely piloted tailless fighter demonstrator flown at NASA's Dryden center in 1997 and 1998.

McDonnell Douglas YC-15

The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 was a four-engine prototype STOL tactical transport built for the Air Force's 1970s AMST competition; its upgraded design became the C-17 Globemaster III.

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo

The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a twin-engine supersonic jet fighter built by McDonnell Aircraft for the US Air Force, serving as a fighter-bomber, interceptor, and reconnaissance aircraft into the 1980s.

McDonnell F2H Banshee

The McDonnell F2H Banshee, also called the F2D Banshee, was a twin-engine carrier-based jet fighter for the United States Navy, in service from 1949 to 1959.

McDonnell F3H Demon

The McDonnell F3H Demon was a carrier-based, all-weather jet interceptor flown by the United States Navy from 1956 to 1964, and the aircraft from which McDonnell developed the F-4 Phantom II.

McDonnell FH Phantom

The McDonnell FH Phantom, also known as the FH-1 Phantom, was a twin-engine carrier-based jet fighter that became the first U.S. jet to operate from an aircraft carrier.

McDonnell XV-1

The McDonnell XV-1 was an experimental convertiplane built by McDonnell Aircraft for a joint Army and Air Force program, first to exceed 200 mph in VTOL flight.

McDonough Steam Generating Plant

McDonough Steam Generating Plant, also called Plant McDonough-Atkinson, is a Georgia Power natural gas station in Smyrna, Georgia, with three combined cycle units totaling 2,520 MW.

McEliece cryptosystem

The McEliece cryptosystem is a public-key encryption scheme published by Robert J. McEliece in 1978, the first code-based scheme and a candidate for post-quantum cryptography.

Mcelmo Oil and Gas Field

The McElmo Oil and Gas Field is a field in southwestern Colorado whose McElmo Dome holds one of the world's largest known deposits of nearly pure natural carbon dioxide.

McGeer passive walker

The McGeer passive walker is a two-legged machine that walks stably down a shallow slope, powered by gravity alone with no motors or control, designed by Tad McGeer.

McGuire Nuclear Station

McGuire Nuclear Station is a two-unit nuclear power plant operated by Duke Energy on Lake Norman near Huntersville, North Carolina, serving the Charlotte region since 1981.

MCI Communications

MCI Communications, formally MCI Communications Corporation and originally Microwave Communications, Inc., was an American long-distance telephone company founded in 1968 that became the first sustained competitor to AT&T.

MCI D-Series

The MCI D-Series is a family of intercity motorcoaches built by Motor Coach Industries since 1992, called the workhorse of the North American motorcoach industry.

MCI Inc.

MCI Inc., also known as WorldCom, was an American telecommunications company formed from the reorganized assets of WorldCom in 2004 and acquired by Verizon Communications in January 2006.

McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility

The McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility is a natural gas power plant in Rincon, Effingham County, Georgia, owned by Georgia Power and generating about 7.8 TWh per year since 2005.

Mcity

Mcity is a University of Michigan partnership testing connected and automated vehicles at a 32-acre simulated urban proving ground in Ann Arbor that opened in 2015.

McLaren 12C

The McLaren 12C, originally sold as the McLaren MP4-12C, is a twin-turbocharged, mid-engined British sports car launched in 2011 as McLaren Automotive's first production car, its first road car since the F1 of 1992.

McLaren 570S

The McLaren 570S is a mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car produced by McLaren Automotive in Woking, England from 2015 to 2021, the entry-level model of the Sports Series range.

McLaren 650S

The McLaren 650S is a British mid-engined supercar produced by McLaren Automotive from 2014 to 2017 as the successor to the MP4-12C, offered as a coupe and Spider.