b36peacemaker

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AL247-016

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  • TVL1970 said:
    As per the caption also in this photostream:

RB-36F-1 for TOM-TCM, 1953

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  • Veedubber79 said:
    Originally Convair RB-36F-1-CF Peacemaker 49-2707, the a/c was modified to be the lone GRB-36F-1-CF used for "TOM-TOM" tests in the captive-carry FICON project (seen here w/ RF-84F Thunderflash 51-1849) ca. '53.
  • Jim Smith said:
    Very cool picture. What are those, rather large, wing tip devices for?
  • Veedubber79 said:
    Believe it or not, the devices were there to catch & release the RF-84s from their captive-carry positions on the B-36's wingtips (after they killed a test pilot trying this option on a B-29, they wisely abandoned this awful idea). But in the days before air-to-air refueling, there were several options tried to carry fighter protection and/or recce capability on very long-range missions, incl. the FICON tests with the F-84F and XF-85 Goblin on slings that retracted into the bomb bays. This option worked somewhat better and was actually fielded in the 91st SRS with RF-84Ks stationed w/ B-36Ds @ Larson AFB in Washington state, but not for long...

B-36

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  • 660_Skorpion said:
    A great Cold War warbird !
  • kodaksights said:
    Quite the photo.
  • svabodda said:
    fantastic!