This Day in McDonnell Voodoo History
June 12:
In
1956, an F-101A participated in a proof test of one of its future weapons
during the Flathead shot of Operation
Redwing at Bikini Atoll. The device was a cobalt “salted” variant of
the TX-28 hydrogen bomb, detonating with a force of 365 kilotons.
In 1961, the Canadian
government signed an agreement for the transfer of late-production F-101B
interceptors to the RCAF following the cancellation of the magnificent Avro Arrow interceptor, to be conducted under
Operation Queen’s Row. The first two aircraft arrived within two
weeks of the order.
In
1972, the last Air National Guard RF-101A was delivered to the “Bone Yard” at Davis-Monthan
AFB, AZ from the Michigan ANG.
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