Word: voodooed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Better jet interceptors are needed. The F-86D, the fastest fighter now in Air Defense squadrons, is hard to handle. Current interceptors have enough staying power for only one or two quick bursts at any intruders. The big new F101 Voodoo, which has the range and speed for repeated passes, is only just going into production...
After unveiling its latest jet (see above), the Air Force last week looked immediately to a future in which the Voodoo (not yet off the production line) would be outdated. In a speech at the National Press Club, Air Force Secretary Harold E. Talbott said...
Rarely has a plane been so popular throughout the Air Force as the F10 Voodoo, introduced to the public last week. This large (20 tons), one-man jet plane, manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft Corp.. can cruise for hours at supersonic speed (Mach...
...Defense Command also wants the Voodoo. Present interceptors can only stay at bomber altitude for seconds, make one pass and come back. The big Voodoos can stay at high altitudes for hours, attacking again and again. Altitude, stamina and a storehouse of weapons have replaced maneuverability as the big asset of an interceptor...
...Tactical Air Command should be a suitor, too, for the Voodoo could range far to help troops isolated from air bases and badly in need of rocket-bomb or atomic-bomb air support...