McDonnell F-101B Voodoo - Texas Air Museum, Slaton, TX - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a two-seat, twin-engine, supersonic military jet fighter which served the US Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Initially designed by McDonnell Aircraft as a long-range bomber escort (known as a penetration fighter) for the Strategic Air Command (SAC), the Voodoo was instead developed as a nuclear-armed fighter-bomber for the Tactical Air Command (TAC), and as a photo reconnaissance aircraft based on the same airframe. Extensively modified versions were produced as an all-weather interceptor aircraft, serving with the Air Defense Command (later renamed the Aerospace Defense Command (ADC)), the Air National Guard, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the unified Canadian Forces after 1968.

The Voodoo's career as a fighter-bomber was relatively brief, but the reconnaissance versions served for some time. Along with the US Air Force's U-2 and US Navy's 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. Interceptor versions served with the Air National Guard until 1982, and in Canadian service they were a front line part of NORAD until their replacement with the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet in the 1980s.

While the Voodoo was a moderate success, it may have been more important as an evolutionary step towards its replacement in most roles, the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II, one of the most successful Western fighter designs of the 1960s. The Phantom would retain the twin engines, twin crew for interception duties, and a tail mounted well above and behind the jet exhaust but was an evolution of the F3H Demon while the Voodoo was developed from the earlier XF-88 Voodoo.

Source: Wikipedia

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): F-101B Tail Number: (S/N): s/n 59-0429 Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Slaton Municipal Airport, Slaton, TX inside / outside: outside Other Information:: http://www.thetexasairmuseum.org/ Access restrictions: None that I am aware of-I visited while the museum was closed.

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