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USA |
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Type: Fighter |
| Manufacturer:
McDonnell |
| Service:
1957 - 1982 |
| First
Flight: 29 September 1954 |
| Production:
885 |
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The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic military fighter flown by the USAF and the RCAF. Initially designed as a long-range bomber escort (known as a penetration fighter) for the Strategic Air Command (SAC), the Voodoo served in a variety of other roles, including that of an all-weather interceptor aircraft with the Air Defense Command / Aerospace Defense Command (ADC) and fighter bomber and photo reconnaissance roles with the Tactical Air Command (TAC).
Along with the Air Force U-2 and Navy RF-8 Crusaders, the RF-101 reconnaissance variant of the Voodoo was instrumental during the Cuban Missile Crisis and saw extensive service during the Vietnam War.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( F-101B) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 67 ft 5 in (20.55 m)
- Wingspan: 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
- Height: 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
- Wing area: 368 ft (34.20 m)
- Airfoil: NACA 65A007 mod root, 65A006 mod tip
- Empty weight: 28,495 lb (12,925 kg)
- Loaded weight: 45,665 lb (20,715 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 52,400 lb (23,770 kg)
- 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 US gal (7,771 L)
- Fuel capacity with 2 external tanks: 2,953 US gal (11,178 L)
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 1.72 (1,134 mph, 1,825 km/h) at 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)
- Wing loading: 124 lb/ft (607 kg/m)
- Thrust/weight: 0.74
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
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