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McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo
The
McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo
was an all-weather
interceptor aircraft
operated by the
Royal Canadian Air Force
and the
Canadian Forces
between 1961 and 1984. They were manufactured by the
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
of
St. Louis, Missouri
for the
United States Air Force
(as
F-101
s), and later sold to
Canada
. CF-101s replaced the obsolete
Avro CF-100 Canuck
in the RCAF's all-weather fighter squadrons. The Voodoo's primary armament was
nuclear
AIR-2A Genie
unguided air-to-air rockets, and there was significant political controversy in Canada about their adoption. Although they never fired a weapon in wartime, the CF-101 served as Canada's primary means of air defence from Quick Reaction Alert facilities at
Canadian airbases
. The CF-101s were retired in the 1980s and replaced with
McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet
fighters. Many examples are preserved in museums and parks in Canada and the
United States
.
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