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The Lockheed XF-90 Explained: Nuclear-Blast Survivor and Forgotten Pioneer

In 1945, as the U.S. Army Air Force recognized the need for a “penetrating escort” jet capable of accompanying strategic ...
The National Interest

The XF-90 Fighter Became a Legend. How? By Surviving Nuclear War.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The XF-90 reportedly achieved supersonic speeds fifteen times. However, in August 1950 the XF-90 was pitted in a fly-off against the McDonnell Douglas XF-88 Voodoo, ...
The National Interest

Meet the XF-90 that Had Nuclear Bombs Dropped on it

Key point: During the early days of the Cold War, it was assumed that nuclear weapons might well be used in the next war. Naturally, the U.S. Air Force needed to test the durability of its aircraft.
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Here’s All That Remains After You Drop Nukes on a Fighter Jet

We'd like to believe that every prototype military aircraft goes on to have a long and successful career. But especially in the early days of the Cold War, it simply didn't work out this way. But when ...
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Goblin Parasite Fighter: The Strange Little Jet Designed To Be Launched From A Bomber

As the Cold War was kicked into high gear at the end of World War II, long-range strategic bombers like the proven Boeing B-29 Stratofortress, the ironically named Convair B-36 Peacemaker, and the ...