Ex-120th FG (Air Defense) Northrop F-89J Scorpion 53-2547
*Converted to F-89J.
*7/19/1957: During a series of nuclear tests known as Operation PLUM BOB, this jet fired an MB-1 Genie rocket over the Yucca Flats Nuclear Test Site, and the 1.5 kT warhead was detonated at an altitude of 15,000 feet by a signal from the ground. This shot, named JOHN, made the Scorpion the first interceptor in history to launch a nuclear weapon.
*3/1960: Montana ANG 186th FIS.
*Was featured in the old Charles Bronson movie, Telefon (1977), filmed at Great Falls APT, MT.
*Currently displayed at Great Falls APT, MT.
*F-89D-60-NO. C.N.: unknown
*Photo Credit's: Unknown to me. Taken at Great Falls, (Kodachrome Slide dated December 1970)
Ex-120th FG (Air Defense) Northrop F-89J Scorpion 53-2547
*Converted to F-89J.
*7/19/1957: During a series of nuclear tests known as Operation PLUM BOB, this jet fired an MB-1 Genie rocket over the Yucca Flats Nuclear Test Site, and the 1.5 kT warhead was detonated at an altitude of 15,000 feet by a signal from the ground. This shot, named JOHN, made the Scorpion the first interceptor in history to launch a nuclear weapon.
*3/1960: Montana ANG 186th FIS.
*Was featured in the old Charles Bronson movie, Telefon (1977), filmed at Great Falls APT, MT.
*Currently displayed at Great Falls APT, MT.
*F-89D-60-NO. C.N.: unknown
*Photo Credit's: Unknown to me. Taken at Great Falls, (Kodachrome Slide dated December 1970)