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    The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is...
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    The development of the Convair B-36 strategic bomber began in 1941 with the XB-36, which was intended to meet the strategic needs of the US Army Air Forces...
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    land-based transport aircraft ever built, and was developed from the Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber, sharing the wings and some other structures with it. The...
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    development of Convair's earlier mixed-power B-36 Peacemaker. On 25 August 1950, Convair issued a formal proposal for a swept-winged version of the B-36 with all-jet...
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    such as the Convair B-36 Peacemaker and Convair B-58 Hustler strategic bombers, and the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger and Convair F-106 Delta Dart interceptors...
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    The B-36 Peacemaker Museum is a non-profit organization "Dedicated to the preservation of the rich aviation history of North Texas". The museum was originally...
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    Service ceiling: 12,200 m (40,000 ft) Related development Convair B-36 Peacemaker Convair X-6 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Tupolev...
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    Convair X-6 was a proposed experimental aircraft project to develop and evaluate a nuclear-powered jet aircraft. The project was to use a Convair B-36...
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  • Exposition in San Francisco Colt Single Action Army, a handgun Convair B-36 Peacemaker, a bomber aircraft An early name for the LGM-118 Peacekeeper, or...
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    FICON project (redirect from B-36 Ficon)
    United States Air Force in the 1950s to test the feasibility of a Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber carrying a Republic F-84 Thunderflash parasite fighter in...
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    weapons for Cold War–era deterrence missions, the B-52 Stratofortress replaced the Convair B-36 Peacemaker. Superior performance at high subsonic speeds and...
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    States from 1944 to 1948 and deployed until the withdrawal of the Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber aircraft in 1958. It was one of a small class of bombs designed...
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  • on the River Dnieper that had been captured by German forces. The B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber was at one point in the 1950s intended to function...
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    on San Francisco. Convair B-36B 44-92075 was flying on a simulated nuclear strike combat mission against the Soviet Union. The B-36 took off on 13 February...
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    F-86K Boeing B-47 Stratojet Boeing KB-50J Superfortress Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter Chase XC-123A Convair B-36 Peacemaker Convair NB-36 Curtiss XF-87...
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    McDonnell XF-85 Goblin (category Convair B-36 Peacemaker)
    McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to deploy from the bomb bay of the Convair B-36 bomber as a parasite fighter. The XF-85's intended role was to defend...
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  • B36 (redirect from B 36)
    B36 Tórshavn, a Faroese football team Convair B-36 Peacemaker, a Cold War era strategic bomber B-36 Peacemaker Museum, an organization associated with...
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    accusations of impropriety by Johnson in regard to the purchase of the Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber led to an investigation by the House Committee on Armed...
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    commander of Strategic Air Command (SAC), deemed it inferior to the Convair B-36 Peacemaker and having little capacity for further improvement, while requiring...
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  • Electric J47-19 jet engines, originally used as boosters for the Convair B-36 Peacemaker intercontinental bomber, were mounted atop an existing Budd Rail...
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    with Vultee Aircraft to become Convair. Whilst at Convair, Hillaker worked on the Convair B-36 Peacemaker and the Convair B-58 Hustler. On 2 October 1943...
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    present Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1942–1945 Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1946–1948 Convair B-36 Peacemaker, 1948–1958 Boeing B-52F Stratofortress, 1958-1963...
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    Boeing B-50 Superfortress (28,000 lb (13,000 kg)) Convair B-36 Peacemaker (72,000 lb (33,000 kg)) Tupolev Tu-4 – reverse-engineered version of B-29 Superfortress...
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    on August 27, 1954. The large display of aircraft including a Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber, was a marvel for its time. The building became the Central...
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    nuclear weapons ever put into service by the United States; only the Convair B-36 Peacemaker was capable of carrying them. The bomb used manual in-flight insertion...
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    to the Continental United States in 1947, being equipped with Convair B-36 Peacemaker strategic bombers, both in the bomber and strategic reconnaissance...
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    Bombardment Wing. In 1952, the 6th converted from the B-29 to the Convair B-36 Peacemaker. The Peacemaker did not require air refueling, so the 307th Squadron's...
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  • military aircraft of the United States Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, US heavy bomber under development "B-17G Flying Fortress". Air Mobility Command Museum...
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    bombers, such as the B-29 Superfortress during World War II, was continued during the Cold War period. In 1946, the Convair B-36 Peacemaker became the first...
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    pounds (4,500 kg) bombs that had been developed for the massive Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber but had never been used. The U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force...
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