Oct 29, 2023
Martin MB-1 GMB. Glenn Martin Bomber. It had a crew of three in open cockpits. First flew in 1918. A total of 20 of the type were built. It was the first purpose built bomber for the USAAS. Photographed over Washington DC in 1920
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Martin MB-1 GMB. Glenn Martin Bomber. It had a crew of three in open cockpits. First flew in 1918. A total of 20 of the type were built. It was the first purpose built bomber for the USAAS. Photographed over Washington DC in 1920
The MB-1 'Genie' - The USAF's Unguided Air-To-Air Nuke
The MB-1/AIR-2 ‘Genie’ was the world’s first nuclear-armed air-to-air weapon and remains the most powerful missile ever deployed aboard U.S. Air Force interceptors. Developed as the Cold War began to heat up it would be carried aboard a succession of aircraft including the F-89, F-101B Voodoo, and the F-106 Delta Dart. With missile guidance systems in their infancy the unguided Genie was designed to break up and destroy incoming Soviet strategic bombers.
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An MB-1 in flight over Washington DC, 1920
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A Martin MB-1 on display during a public exhibition, October 1918
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