(Image: Stephen Freskos – website; abandoned F-101 Voodoo on the edge of Edwards AFB)
Recently featured in our epic round-up of the world’s most impressive airplane graveyards and abandoned aircraft boneyards, the derelict shell of this McDonnell Douglas F-101 Voodoo stands quietly out on the old photo test range, located on the periphery of the vast Edwards Air Force Base in California.
It’s many years since this heavy ‘century series’ fighter jet went supersonic, and like the abandoned B-52 bombers and other derelict craft that also haunt the vast desert ranges of Edwards AFB, the old Voodoo represents another era in the evolution of military jet aviation.
The early NF-101A carries the US Air Force serial number 53-2422, and is one of the last A-model Voodoos understood to survive around the world. Designed in the 1950s, the retired nuclear-armed fighter bomber has stood derelict to the southeast of Rogers Dry Lake since at least 1979.
The dry climate of the Mojave Desert has helped keep corrosion to a minimum on abandoned airframes in the region, meaning the neglected hulk of Voodoo 53-2422 could survive for many years to come.
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