McDonnell F-101 Voodoo

The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter designed and produced by the American McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. It began in the late 1940s as a long-range bomber escort for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command, was adapted as a nuclear-armed fighter-bomber and as a photo reconnaissance aircraft, and made its maiden flight on 29 September 1954. The F-101A set world speed records for jet-powered aircraft in December 1957. Delays to another interceptor project led to the F-101B, which entered service with the USAF Air Defense Command in 1959 and the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1961. RF-101 reconnaissance versions were important in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War, and Canadian Voodoos served until 1984.