A silver streak flashes over the Air Force Base at Muroc, California. The slim, shark-bellied McDonnell XF-88 is unveiled as another advance in America's air mastery. The twin-jet penetration fighter is capable of operating deep inside enemy territory acting as an escort for heavy bombers or serving as a dual purpose fighter-bomber. In a ship designed to fly at such high speeds, all equipment must be engineered to perform faultlessly, must be...
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