#f-101 voodoo

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McDonnell F-101 Voodoo. The Supersonic Nuclear Armed Fighter Bomber And Photo Reconnaissance Aircraft

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Century Series Formation

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North American F-100A-15-NA Super Sabre (s/n 53-1606) McDonnell F-101A-10-MC Voodoo (s/n 53-2435) Convair F-102A-15-CO Delta Dagger (s/n 53-1798) Lockheed XF-104A Starfighter (s/n 53-7786)

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ELLINGTON AFB TX

111FIS/TX ANG 58-0312、

7th November 1981。

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The war is over, go home.

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Canadian Aggressor Squadron F-101 Voodoos

[historyofguns]

The article, authored by Peter Suciu, chronicles the evolution and significance of the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, an advanced military aircraft developed during the Cold War. Originally designed as a long-range escort for Strategic Air Command bombers, the F-101 was adapted into a long-range interceptor, nuclear strike aircraft, and tactical reconnaissance plane. Notable for its speed and altitude capabilities, the Voodoo's design stemmed from the XF-88 prototype. The article highlights its various configurations, including the single-seat F-101A, the two-seat F-101B, and the RF-101 reconnaissance models. It discusses its operational roles and deployments by the United States Air Force, Canadian Air Defence Group, and Taiwanese pilots, particularly during crises like the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. The Voodoo’s legacy is preserved in numerous museums across the globe.

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USAF sergeant refueling a F-101 Voodoo

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MiG-29OVT during cobra maneuver

1) No. 56 (F) Sqn Lightning F.3 having Firestreak missiles loaded RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, 1963.

A Florida F-106 Delta Dart Up and Over!

19 March 1959. First flight of the Boeing NB52A Stratofortress named The High and Mighty One with the X-15.

27 March 1994. First flight of the Eurofighter Typhoon DA1 from DASA at Manching. Powered by two RB199 engines. Canard-delta wing,

27 March 1957. First flight of McDonnell F-101 Voodoo F-101B-30-MC (56-0232) designated NF-101B from Lemburg Field. Two seat all-weather interceptor.

Colorized photo of a Grumman F14F Hellcat II taking down a Japanese Zero, circa 1945.

Corsairs on the ramp at the Planes of Fame Air Museum Airshow in Chino Valley, CA

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it's spooky month, what's the scariest plane to you?

Oooh, that's an interesting question! I was initially of three minds on this: should I go with spookiest name? Spookiest looking? Or the one that straight-up scares me the most.

I have some ideas for all three:

Spookiest Name: The McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo (oooh, scary)

The McDonnell CF-101 'Voodoo' was an all-weather interceptor adopted by Canada's branch of NORAD as a replacement for the obsolescent CF-100 'Canuck', after Diefenbaker killed the Avro CF-105 'Arrow' (which a lot of people are still very angry about) their main armament consisted of the AIR-2A 'Genie' unguided nuclear tipped rocket (who's adoption caused a scandal that directly caused the collapse of the Diefenbaker government)

A plane called Voodoo letting a nuclear Genie out of the bottle? Now that's spooky!

Spookiest Looking: The Flying Tiger's P-40 Warhawk

Since time immemorial, humans have been decorating their weaponry with the image of fearsome predators, and the P-40 Warhawks belonging to the American Volunteer Squadron in China (better known as the infamous 'Flying Tigers') are no exception. With their infamous and terrifying "sharktooth" paint schemes, these planes gave good service supporting the Nationalist Chinese Government against the invading Imperial Japanese Army. Many of the United States' top air aces of the Second World War started out in the Flying Tigers.

Scariest overall: the Gee-Bee R-series Air Racers

This was a very difficult choice, there's been plenty of aircraft that were infamously difficult and dangerous to fly, for instance, specifically in West German service, the F-104 'Starfighter' (Seriously, Stuka, why is that? Y'all seem like the only people who had any serious troubles with that machine) but I think I settled on the scariest of them all. The infamous GeeBee Air Racers

What's that? You don't think they look scary? Think they look like a sewer pipe with wings?

...yeah, that's what people thought at the time too.

Designed around the then-brand-new Pratt and Whitney R-1340 Wasp radial engine, delivering well over 800 horsepower, they were built for one purpose and one purpose only: to have the absolute most engine possible for the absolute least plane... At the expense of literally everything else. Weighing only 1840 lbs (843 kg) dry, they were built to dominate the air races of the 1930's. Piloted to victory by Jimmy Doolittle (yes, that Jimmy Doolittle) in the 1932 Thompson Trophy Race, easily lapping all but one other aircraft and setting an official record of 296.3 mph. It was destroyed in a fatal crash one year later, killing pilot Russell Broadman.

Doolittle was quoted as saying "I didn't trust the little monster... flying it was like balancing a pencil on the tip of your finger". The wreckage of the R-1 was rebuilt with parts from her (also-crashed, though non-fatally) sistership, the R-2, and turned into what was dubbed the "Gee-Bee long tail". It was purchased by Cecil Allen after it was crashed yet again (forcing it's builders, the Grandville brothers, to declare bankruptcy) who redesigned the wing and added a new, larger fuel tank. Warned strongly by the Granvilles to not fly with that tank filled as it would disrupt the center of gravity, Allen didn't heed the warnings. On the morning of the 1935 Bendix trophy race, he took off from Burbank with all tanks full, wallowed, and crashed into a field just beyond the runway, killing him instantly and writing a sad end to the sega of the R-series GeeBees.

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Description  * In-the-cockpit perspective on aerial warfare during the Vietnam War  * Many never-before-heard stories--some of them tragic, others humorous

At the height of the Vietnam War, in 1968 and 1969, Reginald Hathorn (call sign NAIL 31) flew 229 combat missions as a forward air controller for the U.S. Air Force. He inserted Special Forces teams into North Vietnam and Laos, completed missions for the CIA, and flew missions with the Lao Army. Most of the time, he flew into Laos and called in airstrikes against targets inside that country--in a war which did not officially exist, about which the world knew nothing, and which the U.S. government denied.

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F-101B - Hector International Airport - Nov 1975

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27 March 1957. First flight of McDonnell F-101 Voodoo F-101B-30-MC (56-0232) designated NF-101B from Lemburg Field. Two seat all-weather interceptor.

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Voodoo update!

The filling on the wings isn’t perfect, but it’s as perfect as it’s gonna get. And since it was spring already for a day here, I did get to throw down a base coat. As I’m plugging along, there are a few seams and fit issues, but I’m realizing this old kit (1985) is never going to be up to modern standards. The nose is simply smaller than the fuselage. I should be able to hide that when doing the final paint.

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US Navy surveillance of the first Soviet F-class submarine to surface near the Cuban quarantine line (October 25th, 1962).

A Lockheed P-2 Neptune patrol plane flies over a Soviet freighter (October/November 1962).

The Soviet ship Kasimov removes 15 Soviet Ilyushin Il-28 aircraft from Cuba (October/November 1962).  The USSR was in the process of providing them for local assembly in Cuba, but this was halted by the missile crisis, and Khrushchev agreed to remove them.

Soviet personnel and six missile transporters are loaded onto a Soviet ship in the Port of Casilda (Cuba, November 6th, 1962).  The RF-101 reconnaissance jet taking the photograph casts a shadow on the lower right.

A Soviet submarine near the Cuban coast controls the withdrawal of Soviet missiles in accordance with the US-USSR agreement (November 10th, 1962).  American planes and helicopters flew at a low level to keep watch on the dismantling and loading operations, and Americans warships watched over Soviet freighters carrying the missiles back to the USSR.

The USS Dahlgren (DDG-43), a guided missile ship, trails the SS Leninsky Komsomol as it departs the Port of Casilda (Cuba, November 10th, 1962).

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F-101 Voodoo in RCAF service. It was the first American supersonic fighter bomber that was nuclear-capable.