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B-36 Far East 04 - A black and white photo of an airport
B-36 Far East 09 - A black and white photo of two planes flying over a dirt road
B-36 Cockpit 1 - A black and white photo of a control panel
B-36 Far East 08 - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway
B-36 Far East 11 - A black and white photo of a propeller plane
B-36 USAFM Arrival - A black and white photo of a plane on a runway
B-52A First Flight, US Air Force Photo
B-36 Far East 12 - A black and white photo of a man standing on the nose of an airplane
B-36 Wreck 1 - A black and white photo of a plane on the ground
B-36 Far East 06 - A group of men standing in front of an airplane
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NARA B40556..Far East Deployment, 28 August 1953 Yokota
Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" was a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built, at 230 ft (70.1 m). Entering service in 1948, the B-36 was the primary nuclear weapons delivery vehicle of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) until it was replaced by the jet-powered Boeing B-52 Stratofortress beginning in 1955. All but five examples were scrapped. The B-36 was the first bomber capable of delivering any of the nuclear weapons from inside its four bomb bays without aircraft modifications. With a range of 10,000 mi (16,000 km) and a maximum payload of 87,200 lb (39,600 kg), the B-36 was capable of intercontinental flight without refueling.
The Album features American Aviation Historical Society photographs of pre- and post- WWII airplanes.
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