First prototype, powered by two 4,000Â lbf (17.79Â kN) Allison J35-A-9 engines.
XF-89A
Second prototype. Fitted with more powerful 5,100Â lbf (22.69Â kN) dry (6,800Â lbf (30.25Â kN) wet) Allison J35-A-21A engines and revised, pointed nose with cannon armament.
F-89A
First production version, eight built. Fitted with revised tailplane and six cannon armament.
DF-89A
F-89As converted into drone control aircraft.
F-89B
Second production version with upgraded avionics. 40 built.
DF-89B
F-89Bs converted into drone control aircraft.
F-89C
Third production version with more powerful 5,600Â lbf (24.91Â kN) dry (7,400Â lbf (32.92Â kN) wet) Allison J35-A-33 engines. 164 built.
YF-89D
Conversion of one F-89B to test new avionics and armament of F-89D.
F-89D
Main production version which saw deletion of the six 20-millimeter cannon in favor of 104 rockets in wing pods, installation of new Hughes E-6 fire-control system, AN/APG-40 radar and the AN/APA-84 computer. This new system allowed the use of a lead-collision attack in place of the previous lead-pursuit-curve technique. A total of 682 built.
YF-89E
One-off prototype to test the 7,000Â lbf (31.14Â kN) dry (9,500Â lbf (42.26Â kN) wet) Allison YJ71-A-3 engine, converted from an F-89C.
F-89F
Proposed version with revised fuselage and wings, powered by 10,200Â lbf (45.37Â kN) dry (14,500Â lbf (64.50Â kN) wet) Allison J71-A-7 engines, never built.
F-89G
Proposed version equipped with Hughes MA-1 fire control and GAR-1/GAR-2 Falcon air-to-air missiles, never built.
YF-89H
Modified F-89D to test features of F-89H. Three converted.
F-89H
Version with E-9 fire control system, six Hughes GAR-1/GAR-2 Falcon missiles and 42 Folding Fin Aircraft Rockets (FFAR). 156 built.
F-89J
Conversion of F-89D with underwing hardpoints for two MB-1 (later AIR-2) Genie nuclear armed rocket and four Falcon missiles, and carrying either the standard F-89D rocket/fuel pod or pure fuel tanks. A total of 350 were converted from F-89Ds.
F-89B
49-2457 – Lakeview Park, Nampa, Idaho.
F-89D
52-1862 – Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska. Marked as 53-2453 (actual 53-2453 is a F-89J below)
53-2463 – Museum of Aviation, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.
53-2494 – home base of the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, Burlington Air National Guard Base, Vermont.
53-2519 – Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California.
53-2536 – EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
53-2610 – Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
53-2646 – Friendship Park, Smithfield, Ohio.
53-2674 – Pima Air & Space Museum (adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base), Tucson, Arizona.
53-2677 – Minnesota Air National Guard Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
F-89H
54-0298 – Dyess Linear Air Park, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.
54-0322 – Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
F-89J
52-1856 – Bangor International Airport / Bangor Air National Guard Base (former Dow AFB), Maine.
52-1896 – New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
52-1911 (painted as 53-2509) – National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. This aircraft was the last F-89 remaining in service when it was transferred to the Museum from the Maine Air National Guard in July 1969.
52-1927 – Castle Air Museum (former Castle AFB), Atwater, California.
52-1941 – Peterson Air and Space Museum, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.
52-1949 – March Field Air Museum, March Air Reserve Base (former March AFB), Riverside, California.
52-2129 – Air Power Park and Museum (near Langley Air Force Base), Hampton, Virginia.
53-2547 – 120th Fighter Wing of the Montana Air National Guard at Great Falls Air National Guard Base, Great Falls International Airport, Montana. It is the only F-89 to have ever fired a Genie rocket with a live nuclear warhead, having done so as part of Operation Plumbob.
53-2453 – Heritage Flight Museum, Bellingham, Washington. (note: see 52-1862 above, falsely marked as 53-2453)
53-2604 – 119th Wing of the North Dakota Air National Guard, Fargo Air National Guard Base / Hector Field, Fargo, North Dakota.
1950s Northrop F-89 Scorpion Promotional Film
Northrop XF-89 Scorpion Testing at Edwards Air Force Base
Fred Erb talks about the development of the Northrop F-89 Scorpion