Northrop F-89B Scorpion 49-2434
Northrop F-89B Scorpion 49-2434 (buzz number FV-434), on display at Lackland Air Force Base, in December 1965. Accepted by USAF in January 1951 as an F-89A; modified as EF-89A test-bed for the unsuccessful Martin F-1 four-gun swivelling turret; converted to F-89B, but retaining the mock-up of the martin F-1 turret in the nose. To USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX
Picture No
13451114
Media ID
47800135
Size
5433px x 1997px
(1.2MB)
Credit
© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
unattributed photographer - original negative acquired from the WILL BLUNT collection
Date
1965
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