a-10
anti-tank
attack experimental (a-x) program
close air support
cold war
fairchild a-10
fairchildaircraftcorporation
pierre sprey
republic a-10
tactical air command
united states air force
warthog
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
early 1950s
fairchildaircraftcorporationfairchild engine and airplane corporation
nuclear powered aircraft
oak ridge national laboratory
united states
united states air force
1950s
aircraft nuclear propulsion program
atomic energy commission
cold war
early 1950s
fairchildaircraftcorporationfairchild engine and airplane corporation
nuclear powered aircraft
strategic air command
united states
united states air force
http://www.navyhistory.org/2014/01/remembering-admiral-kinnaird-mckee/
Note that the above excerpt implies that the X-1 was, at least briefly, a commissioned vessel.
Attached photos via wikimapia.org.
Found while trolling through Google for STOL data. The Fairchild M-232 STOL test bed using the wing in slipstream technique of the Crouch-Bolas Dragonfly. Kind of a proto OV-10...
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200005.html
Fairchild M-232 experimental short take-off...
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