F-101 Voodoo

F-101 General Information:  The F-101 Voodoo, also known as the "F-One-Oh-Wonder."

A young Bill in his partial pressure suit in front of the F-101B Voodoo two seat interceptor. He flew out of Hamilton Field in California with the 84th FIS.  The "B" was equipped with Falcon and two nuclear tipped Genie air to air missiles.  It set the time to climb record but had a nasty habit of "pitching up"  end over end at high angles of attack which required 15,000 feet to recover--- a tough problem to handle when turning base leg!  Otherwise, she was a Cadillac in flight.  RF-101's saw much service in Vietnam in high speed recce as flown by Bill's good friend and squadron commander, Col Jim Brickel (Now LtGen (ret)).