-=> Quoting Jim Sanders to Derek Wakefield <=-
 > When were the F-101B Voodoos finally phased out of service?
 JS> Production ended March 1961.
 JS> The F-101B came to the museum from the ANG in Feb. 1981 so they
 JS> must have been phased out a bit before this. The RF-101C was
 JS> delivered to the Museum on Oct.27, 1978 from Miss ANG, Key Field,
 JS> Miss.
 JS> McDonnel made 785 of them.  My multi-engine instructor (civilain)
 JS> had been a Voodoo pilot. :)
The CAF retired theirs in 1983.  409 Nighthawk Sqn. based in Comox, B.C. was
one of the last units to operate them.  They used to open the Abbotsford
airshow every year at noon.  One year a Voodoo exploded when it pulled up
in full afterburner after its final fly-past (apparently one of the fuel 
lines to the afterburner failed).  Both crew ejected safely.  One spectator
remarked "that was interesting, but isn't that a little expensive?"
Incidentally, 1983 was also the year the Vulcan was retired.  I remember
seeing a Vulcan perform a slow roll at Abbotsford.  Mighty impressive.
Scott
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