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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 58-0274 entered service on March 31, 1960 assigned to the 15th FIS at Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona. In June 1964 the aircraft was transferred to the 13th FIS at Glasgow AFB, Montana. Just prior to the 13th FIS being deactivated on June 30, 1968 58-0274 was transferred to the 62nd FIS at Sawyer AFB, Michigan June 12, 1968. After six more transfers 58-0274 was dropped from the USAF inventory in September 1974 and in 1978 went to the Peterson Air and Space Museum at Peterson AFB, Colorado.

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