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The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" [N 1] is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built, although it was exceeded in span and weight by the one-off Hughes H-4 Hercules. It has the longest wingspan of any combat ...
A B-36J Peacemaker in flight. 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, and later of the United States Air Force with its Strategic Air Command. In 1948, the B-36 become a mainstay of the American nuclear deterrent. It underwent a ...
Experimental fighter Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (1943) Kyushu J7W Shinden (1945) Republic RC-3 Seabee with gear retracted (1945) Fokker F.25 (1946) Experimental flying wing bomber Northrop XB-35 (1946) Convair B-36 Peacemaker (1946) Alaparma Baldo (1949) Lake Buccaneer (1950) SIAI Marchetti FN 333 Riviera (1952) Piaggio P.166 (1957) Raab ...
Pages in category "Convair B-36 Peacemaker" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The aircraft is officially owned by the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF), but was on loan to the B-36 Peacemaker Museum. In 2006, it was agreed that the Peacemaker Museum did not have the proper resources to restore and exhibit the aircraft, and the aircraft was trucked to the Pima Air & Space Museum (PASM) in Tucson, Arizona where it was restored and is currently exhibited.
The Convair XC-99, AF Ser. No. 43-52436, is a prototype heavy cargo aircraft built by Convair for the United States Air Force.It was the largest piston-engined 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 B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber was at one point in the 1950s intended to function as an airborne aircraft carrier [verification needed] for up to four McDonnell F-85 Goblin parasite fighters. [11]
The 42nd Bombardment Wing was initially activated in 1953 with Convair B-36 Peacemakers as a component of Strategic Air Command's heavy bomber force. After two years flying the Peacemaker, it became the second wing to fly the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress , and the first to convert to the B-52 from propeller-driven bombers.