In 1946, Air Materiel Command issued a formal
letter contract for the production of two experimental XP-88 VooDoo penetration fighters by McDonnell.
On the same date in 1955, the armament
configuration for the new F-101B interceptor was specified as radar-guided
GAR-1 and heat-seeking GAR-2 Falcon missiles
along with MB-1 Ding Dong rockets. All weapons were tied into a Hughes MG-3 fire
control system, borrowed from the Convair F-102A and modified for a two-place
layout.
In 1962, Taiwanese RF-101As
began intensive reconnaissance operations across the Taiwan Strait over
mainland China as both sides threatened invasion. The four Nationalist Chinese aircraft were
augmented by four more RF-101Cs of the 45th TRS at Misawa AB, Japan,
which were hastily repainted in Taiwanese markings for the operation.
Photo Credit: Jim Sullivan Collection
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