F-101B Specifications Manufacturer: First Flight: Wingspan: Length: Height: Weight: Max Speed: Cruising Speed: Range: Ceiling: Power Plant: Crew: Armament:	McDonnell Aircraft Company  Sept. 29, 1954 (first production aircraft)  39 ft., 8 in.  67 ft., 5 in.  18 ft.  28,495 lbs. (Empty), 45,665 lbs.   (Loaded), 52,400 lbs. (Max. takeoff)  1,134 mph  545 mph  1,520 miles  58,400 ft.  2 × Pratt & Whitney J57-P-55 turbojets,   11,990 lbs. thrust each, 16,900 lbs. ea.   w/afterburner  Two: pilot, weapons system operator  4 (originally 6) AIM-4 Falcon missiles,   or 2 AIR-2Genie nuclear rockets,   plus 2 AIM-4 Falcons	The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic jet fighter which served the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Initially designed by McDonnell Aircraft as a long-range bomber escort for the Strategic Air Command (SAC), the Voodoo was instead developed as a nuclear-armed fighter-bomber for the Tactical Air Command (TAC), and as a photo reconnaissance aircraft based on the same airframe. Extensively modified versions were produced as an all-weather interceptor aircraft, serving with the Air Defense Command (later renamed the Aerospace Defense Command (ADC)), the Air National Guard, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the unified Canadian Forces after 1968. The RF-101C saw service in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.   (Courtesy: Wikipedia
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