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The Massive B-36J Bomber Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

Key Points and Summary - A July walk around the B-36J at the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton drives home why America built the Peacemaker: intercontinental reach when allies and bases weren’t ...
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Book Review: Convair B-36 Peacemaker: Cold War Nuclear Bomber and Largest Mass-Produced Piston-Engine Aircraft Ever Built

Barnsley, Eng.: Air World Pen and Sword / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2025. Pp. 304. Illus., plans, tables, biblio., index. $54.95. ISBN: 1526787318 The First ...
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The XF-85 Goblin ‘Parasite Fighter’ Summed Up in 4 Words

Key Points and Summary - The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin was a bizarre Cold War experiment: a tiny, egg-shaped "parasite fighter" designed to be carried inside the bomb bay of a massive B-36 bomber. -The ...