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F-101 Voodoo



F-101 Voodoo

F-101 Voodoo

F-101 Voodoo
F-101 Voodoo
GENERAL INFORMATION


MANUFACTURER:  McDonnell Aircraft (later McDonnell-Douglas and The Boeing Company)

PRODUCTION PERIOD:  1957 TO 1961

NUMBER PRODUCED:  885 total all sources

PRODUCTION SERIES:  F-101A, B & C; RF-101A, B, C, G; EF-101B, CF-101B, F

ROLES:  The F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic long-range escort fighter designed to accompany Strategic Air Command bombers if they were ever called upon to carry out their nuclear strike mission against the Soviet Union. The Voodoo never served in this particular role; however, it eventually emerged as a tactical reconnaissance aircraft, as a all-weather interceptor and as a nuclear strike aircraft


PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS
(Varies by model)


MAXIMUM SPEED:  1,134 mph (Mach 1.72)

SERVICE CEILING:  58,000 feet + above sea level

RANGE:  1,520 miles

WEAPONS:  F-101A: three M39 20mm cannons; F-101B: four AIM-4 Falcon short-range air-to-air missiles or two AIM-4 Falcon and two AIR-2 Genie nuclear rockets

CREW:  Two

LENGTH:  67 feet, 5 inches

WINGSPAN:  39 feet, 5 inches

HEIGHT:  18 feet

MAXIMUM TAKEOFF WEIGHT:  52,400 lbs.

POWERPLANT:  F-101A: two Pratt & Whitney J57P-13 turbojet engines with afterburner, providing 15,000 lbs. of thrust each; F-101B: two Pratt & Whitney J57P-55 turbojet engines with afterburner, providing 16,900 lbs. of thrust each

ACHIEVEMENTS:  The Voodoo served in a variety of other roles, including the fighter-bomber, all-weather interceptor aircraft and photo reconnaissance roles. RF-101s were used for low-altitude photo coverage of missile sites during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and during the mid to late 1960s in the Vietnam War


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