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McDonnell F-101B Voodoo "58-0259" 2nd FITS, Air Defense Weapons Center, Tyndall AFB, Florida, Oct 1978
General Background
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo (nicknamed One-oh-Wonder") first flew in September 1954 with the first production F-101A making its first operational flight in May 1957. In September 1957 the F-101C became operational followed by the F-101B in January 1959. When production ended McDonnell had built 785 Voodoos, 480 of them were the two-seat all-weather interceptor F-101Bs. The RF-101 reconnaissance version was the world’s first supersonic photo-recon aircraft. The only major foreign operator of the Voodoo was the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) that acquired 56 CF-101B and 10 CF-101F.
The Aircraft
McDonnell F-101B c/n 631 serial 58-0259 was built in 1958 at their St. Louis Missouri facility. 58-0259 was one of 401 F-101Bs produced between 1957 and 1961. The base was used to train interceptor pilots for the Air Defense Command duties. Since the base was so close to Cuba that during and after the Cuban Missile Crisis F-101s and F-102s were on constant alert ready to intercept any unknown aircraft. The last F-101 Voodoo in U.S. service was retired on September 21, 1982.
Specifications :
| Role: | two-seat all-weather interceptor |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length : | 67 ft 5 in (20.55 m) |
| Wingspan : | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Wing Area : | 368 ft² (34.20 m²) |
| Height : | 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) |
| Weight | |
| Empty : | 28,495 lb (12,925 kg) |
| Loaded : | 45,665 lb (20,715 kg) |
| Maximum Take Off : | 52,400 lb (23,770 kg) |
| Performance: | |
| Powerplant : | 2 X Pratt & Whitney J57-P-55 afterburning turbojets |
| Dry thrust : | 11,990 lbf (53.3 kN) each |
| Thrust with afterburner : | 16,900 lbf (75.2 kN) each |
| Internal fuel capacity : | 2,053 gal (7,771 liters) or |
| With two external tanks : | 2,953 gal (11,178 liters) |
| Maximum speed : | Mach 1.72 (1,134 mph / 1,825 km/h) @ 35,000 ft (10,500 m) |
| Range : | 1,520 mi (1,320 nm / 2,450 km) |
| Service ceiling : | 58,400 ft (17,800 m) |
| Rate of climb : | 49,200 ft/min (250 m/s) |
| Armament : | |
| Missiles : | 4 X AIM-4 Falcon Or |
| 2 X AIM-4 Falcon and 2 X AIR-2 Genie nuclear rockets | |
| Avionics : | Hughes MG-13 fire control system |