CF 101B Voodoo - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

The F-101B Voodoo was developed for the USAF, as a back-up interceptor to the F-102. Modifying the aircraft from the earlier single seat F-101 fighter involved extend- ing the fuselage forward to house a new weapons system and a second crewman to operate it. The bigger F-101B Voodoo was fitted with more powerful Pratt & Whitney J-57-P-55 engines, with their characteristic large afterburners. It entered service with the USAF in January 1959.
After the cancellation of the Avro Arrow in February 1959, Canada urgently needed a fast interceptor to meet the continued threat from manned Soviet bombers. By late 1959, the RCAF picked the Voodoo as the aircraft that best met Canada’s requirements. In June 1961, the RCAF agreed to purchase sixty six nearly new CF-101B Voodoos from existing USAF stocks. The deal transferred the aircraft to five front line squadrons and an OTU, to replace obsolete CF-100s.
At the beginning of the 1970’s, the aging CAF Voodoo fleet was exchanged for sixty six lower timed USAF Voodoos. These replacement aircraft were equipped with a superior missile control system. Even with the Voodoo fleet restored to its original size, servic- ability began to be a problem. In 1977, the CAF launched a program to find a new fighter to replace the Voodoo and by April 1980, the search eventually narrowed down to the CF-18 Hornet.
Most of the Voodoo fleet was phased-out by the end of 1984 and the last Voodoo flight anywhere was made in April 1987, when #101006 was delivered to CFB Chatham for display at CFB Cornwallis.

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): 101B Voodoo Tail Number: (S/N): 101006 Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): CFB Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada inside / outside: outside Other Information:: I had a nice chat with the curator of the military museum where this aircraft now stands. There was a reunion taking place on the weekend for all the folks who had trained at Cornwallis, once a main training area for the Canadian military. Take in the T-33 aircraft nearby and the two tanks in the area. Access restrictions: Not listed

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