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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.
B-36D As the B-36B but with four 5200 lbst J-47 engines in paired underwing pods, 22 built. RB-36D Strategic reconnaissance variant of the B-36D with two of the four bomb-bays housing camera installations, 17 built. RB-36E The YB-36A and 21 B-36As converted to RB-36D standard. B-36F As the B-36D but with six R-4360-53 and four J-47 engines, 34 ...
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
Arrival of the first XB-36 at Carswell AFB [note 1] in June 1948 along with a 7th Bomb Wing B-29. 7th Bombardment Wing Consolidated B-36D-1-CF Peacemaker, AF Ser. No. 44-92097, showing Triangle-J tail code, September 1950 Consolidated B-36B-1-CF Peacemaker, AF Ser. No. 44-92033, in flight XB-52 prototype bomber at Carswell AFB, 1955 shown with ...
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 ...
18 April 1951: B-50D 49-0279 after takeoff crashed 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the base. 1 crewmember killed. [21] 11 December 1953: B-36B 44-92071 crashed into the Franklin Mountains while on approach to Biggs. All 9 crewmembers were killed. [22] 28 August 1954: B-36D 44-92097, lost power on approach to Briggs and crashed. 1 crewmember killed [23]
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