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* The McDonnell "F-101 Voodoo" was one of the US Air Force's first operational supersonic fighters. It served as a tactical nuclear strike aircraft, an interceptor, and in particular as a photo-reconnaissance platform, with considerable combat experience in the reconnaissance role during the Vietnam War.. F-101B: Two-seat all-weather.
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The F-101, developed in the mid-1950s by the McDonnell Aircraft Company from their prototype XF-88 Voodoo, fitted the bill. The maiden flight took place on 29 September 1954, but the official commissioning into the air force was delayed until the spring of 1957. The F-101 was part of the so-called "Century" series (F-100 to F-110).
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THE MCDONNELL F-101B (CF-101) Voodoo was a supersonic, all-weather interceptor employed by the Royal Canadian Air Force starting in 1961. In its day, the Voodoo could zoom higher, faster and further and intercept an enemy sooner than any other aircraft. It also had more "kill" potential than any of its contemporaries. The Voodoo's primary armament
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F-101B Voodoo The Voodoo became the principle aircraft of the 98th Fighter Interceptor Squadron stationed at Dover Air Force Base in the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Their job was to defend Washington D.C. and the Eastern U.S. over the course of the Cold War. At any time the 98th was ready to scramble into the air within five minutes.
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Aircraft Type: F-101B, S/N 59-0462, VooDoo, McDonnell. Mission: All weather fighter-interceptor. Number Built: The Air Force bought a grand total of 807 F-101s: 2 experimental models (first known as XF-88s), 77 F-101As, 47 F-101Cs, 35 RF-101As, 166 RF-101Cs, and 480 F-101B and F-101F interceptors.. Powerplant: Two Pratt & Whitney J57-P-55 afterburning turbojet engines, 11,990 lbs. thrust.
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Multiple versions, with multiple distinct intentions, of the F-101 Voodoo were produced. The F-101A was a fighter/bomber; the F-101B was a long-range interceptor with two seats instead of one; the F-101C was an upgraded version of the F-101; the RF-101A was designed for reconnaissance purposes as was the RF-101C.
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The first Voodoo, an F-101A fighter version, made its initial flight on Sept. 29, 1954. Development of the unarmed RF-101, the world's first supersonic photo-reconnaissance aircraft, began in 1956. When production ended in March 1961, 807 Voodoos had been built. While 35 RF-101As and 166 RF-101Cs were produced, some single- and dual-seat.
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The F-101B was originally designed as a long-range bomber escort for Strategic Air Command in 1959. However, this mission changed, once more effective bombers like the B-52 entered service.
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Designated F-101 in November 1951, the Voodoo was originally designed as a long range escort fighter for the Strategic Air Command and borrowed heavily from McDonnell’s earlier XF-88 penetration fighter design.
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The Voodoo, also known as the "One-oh-Wonder," was developed from the XF-88 Voodoo and first flew on 29 September 1954; a total of 807 were built. Interesting Facts. The museum F-101B has the distinction of having made the very last Voodoo flight in the USA when it was flown from Canada to its present location on 7 April 1987.
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McDonnell F-101B Voodoo Development. The United States Air Force (USAF) started looking for a new long-range escort fighter to supplement its existing fleet of aircraft in the middle of the 1940s when the McDonnell F-101 Voodoos development history began. The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation proposed the XF-88, a supersonic interceptor built to.
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The two-seat, all-weather fighter-interceptor version, the F-101B, was the most numerically significant and longest-lived Voodoo. The Air Force's ambitious two-step interceptor program with Convair—the Mach 1 F-102A to be followed by the Mach 2 F-102B (redesignated F-106A in 1956)—was well behind schedule by the end of 1953.
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Big and bad The F-101 Voodoo was a product of the great fighter dynasty founded by James S. McDonnell in St. Louis, Missouri and inherited by today's Boeing Corporation. The F-101 was big, heavy, sturdy, and fast. It was unforgiving. Some pilots say it was more difficult to fly than any other warplane that ever entered squadron service.
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The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was affectionately called the "One-oh-Wonder" and known moreso early on for its many record-setting achievements in the early years of use. The twin-engine fighter-bomber was a design that nearly wasn't thanks to the development of more potent high-flying long range bombers.
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The F-101B was the tandem two-seat all-weather interceptor version of the Voodoo for the Air Defense Command, powered by two 5438kg thrust afterburning J57-P-55 turbojets. The first F-101B flew on 27 March 1957 at St Louis. For long-range intercept, it could carry two Douglas MB-1 Genie nuclear unguided rockets as well as three Falcons.