Post by Admin on Feb 1, 2020 9:40:01 GMT -5
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nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/pentagon-testing-flying-aircraft-carriers-can-launch-swarms-gremlins-here%E2%80%99s-how-it-would
Flying aircraft carriers have been tried before. The U.S. Navy operated two huge airships which could launch and recover F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters with hooks to latch onto their flying mothership. But both were lost in accidents. Later, an air-launched XF-85 Goblin parasite jet fighter, meant to be carried by nuclear bombers, it was intended to escort, also proved unsuccessful. However, RF-84K photo reconnaissance jets carried by B-36 bombers briefly saw operational service in the 1950s.
nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/pentagon-testing-flying-aircraft-carriers-can-launch-swarms-gremlins-here%E2%80%99s-how-it-would
Flying aircraft carriers have been tried before. The U.S. Navy operated two huge airships which could launch and recover F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters with hooks to latch onto their flying mothership. But both were lost in accidents. Later, an air-launched XF-85 Goblin parasite jet fighter, meant to be carried by nuclear bombers, it was intended to escort, also proved unsuccessful. However, RF-84K photo reconnaissance jets carried by B-36 bombers briefly saw operational service in the 1950s.