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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.
Projected version of the B-36B with six 4300 hp R-4360-51 engines driving tractor airscrews, not built and the prototype on order was cancelled. B-36C Production version of the YB-36C, variant cancelled and the 34 on order were completed as B-36Bs. B-36D As the B-36B but with four 5200 lbst J-47 engines in paired underwing pods, 22 built. RB-36D
Convair B-36D-35-CF Peacemaker, 49-2664, c/n 127, '664', triangle 'J' tail markings, of the 436th Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Texas, experiences main gear extension failure, pilot Maj. Leslie W. Brockwell bellies it in at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, with just the nose gear extended, doing such a deft job that this is the only B-36 ...
Convair B-36D Peacemaker, 1949–1950; RB-36D (24), June 1950 – 1957 (Seven B-36Bs were converted to RB-36D); 10 later converted to GRB-36D (FICON). Several RB-36D aircraft temporarily assigned to 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron for duty during Korean War. Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, 1957–1966, 1966–1968, 1968–1969, 1970–1986
1953 – A USAF Convair B-36D Peacemaker, 44-92071, upgraded from a B-36B-5-CF, crashed into the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas, at 14:37 MST (2137 GMT), during ...
In September 1953, the 95th began training with the B-36 Peacemaker bomber while the 97th flew the B-50 Superfortress. [5] On 12 February 1959, the last operational B-36J Peacemaker left Biggs AFB where it had been serving with the 95th Bombardment Wing. The 95th then transitioned to the B-52B Stratofortress and the KC-135A Stratotanker.
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