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4 days ago · As the B-47 and B-52 came on-line, a B-36 recon variant was introduced. Convair Aircraft also tried to enter the passenger market with the B-36. First, they built a double decker cargo version for the Navy, called the XC-99.
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YB-36 Peacemaker Walter Soplata Collection Newbury, OH. The...
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XC-99 sitting in a field outside of Kelly AFB in San...
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RB-36H Peacemaker Castle Air Museum Atwater, CA. ... Prior...
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B-36J on display at the United States Air Force Museum in...
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B-36J on display at the Strategic Air Command Museum. This...
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5 days ago · Thus it was that the B-29 Superfortress ushered in the Atomic Age, and paved the way for future nuclear bomb-wielding strategic bombers such as: the Convair B-36 Peacemaker, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Rockwell B1-B Lancer (AKA "Bone"), and B-2 Spirit on the American side; and the Tupolev Tu-4 "Bull" (a very blatant ripoff of the B-29), Tu-22M ...
6 days ago · Dec. 16, 1958. The first missile launch from what-was-then Vandenberg Air Force Base was a Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile. The base was created from the former U.S. Army garrison Camp...
3 days ago · Yet there is more than meets the eye, as on one February evening in 1953, the city was on the brink of disaster, as a United States Air Force (USAF) Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber almost crashed into the city.
4 days ago · He single-handedly saved a several WWII warbirds, an extremely rare P-82 Twin Mustang, several early jets, and one of only five of the remaining giant B-36 Peacemaker bombers. Walter recovered these aircraft as wrecks, as surplus, and even a few that were discarded by the fledgling USAF Museum in the 1960s.
2 days ago · The Convair B-36 Peacemaker aircraft arrived at Kirtland AFB in September 1948, most likely into the hands of the HQ Squadron 3170th Special Weapons Group. The B-36 was a state-of-the-art bomber and was large and heavy, weighing 300,000 pounds.
3 days ago · These were the North American B-45 Tornado, Convair B-46, Boeing B-47 Stratojet, and the Martin B-48. Early on in the all-jet build-off, it was apparent that the B-45 and B-46 would be ready well before the other two aircraft.
