voodoo

The Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1) was an unguided air-to-air rocket with a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead.It was deployed by the United States Air Force (USAF 1957–1985) and Canada (Royal Canadian Air Force 1965–68, Air Command 1968–84) during the Cold War. Production ended in 1962 after over 3000 were made, with some related training and test derivatives being produced later.

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XF-88, s/n 46-525. The first of two prototypes. First flew 20 October 1948. Designed by McDonnell Aircraft to compete with the Lockheed XF-90 and North American Aviation YF-93A to fulfill a USAF Penetration Fighter requirement for a bomber escort. Participated in a flyoff where the XF-88 was declared the winner, but the overall program was scrapped when the Boeing B-47's performance proved a bomber escort was unnecessary. Assigned to NACA Langley Research Center, Langley AFB, VA 13 July 1953 to 16 September 1958. The first prototype was modified to the XF-88B as a propeller-research vehicle. First flown 14 April 1953 in this configuration. The propeller was driven by a nose-mounted 2,500 shp Allison XT38 turboprop. The aircraft was used to test three different propellers through 1956, to speeds slightly exceeding Mach 1.0 (the first propeller-equipped aircraft to do so). Both prototypes were scrapped at Langley AFB, VA in 1958. A considerably enlarged version of the XF-88 was chosen in 1951 to meet a USAF requirement for a long-range fighter, the revised design becoming the F-101 Voodoo.

McDonnell F-101B-95-MC Voodoo 57-376 of the MA ANG's 60th FIS @ Otis AFB in flight ca. '60.