In 1952, McDonnell proposed a reconnaissance
derivative of the new F-101A, equipped with the new, high-resolution KA-1
camera. Circumspect about the idea, the
USAF subsequently considered an interchangeable reconnaissance nose carrying
cameras instead of radar and guns.
On
the same day in 1966, a pair of RF-101Cs that were apparently several miles
inside the Chinese border with North Vietnam at 40,000 feet sighted a pair of fast-moving contrails coming toward them on a southerly heading, which then made
an abrupt turn to the west. Although no
positive ID could be made, they were suspected to be Chinese MiGs.
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