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F-89 Scorpion interceptor conducting the first and only live test of a USAF AIR-2 Genie nuclear-tipped air-to-air rocket

Till DaisdNov 26, 2024November 26, 20240

The first and only live test of a USAF AIR-2 Genie nuclear-tipped air-to-air rocket The video in this post, which was shot on July 19, 1957, shows a US Air…

During a scramble, a pilot of a USAF F-86D remembers activating his Sabre Dog’s afterburner in the hangar to take off

Till DaisdJun 1, 2024June 1, 20240

The F-86D Sabre Dog To counter the growing Soviet threat, the US government and USAF started a massive effort in the late 1940s to establish an effective defense of US…

The first and only live test of a USAF AIR-2 Genie nuclear-tipped air-to-air rocket by an F-89 Scorpion interceptor

Till DaisdOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

Photographed on July 19, 1957, the first and only live test of a USAF Genie rocket with a nuclear warhead is shown in the video in this post, which was…

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