It’s taken a while, but the Peterson Air and Space Museum’s F-101 “Voodoo” is coming in for a landing.
The aircraft will soon rest in a new display site at the intersection of Peterson Boulevard and Hamilton Street. Overlooking the Peterson AFB flight line, the location is very appropriate for this former Cold War defender of North American skies.
The McDonnell F-101 was first designed as a long-range bomber escort for the Air Force’s Strategic Air Command in the 1950s. But when high-speed, high-altitude jet bombers like the B-52 “Stratofortress” entered active service, escort fighters were not needed. So, before production began, the F-101’s design was changed to fill both tactical and air defense roles.
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