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From 1951 until 1973, Dover AFB hosted fighters of the Air Defense Command's 98th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, which flew F-101s from 1959 until 1963 before moving to New York. The 98th's mission was to defend Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York against enemy bomber attacks. The F-101 painted in the squadron's colors is one of 480 B-models produced. First flown in 1954, the F-101 remained in active service until 1987. McDonnell's Voodoo was one of the largest and most complex fighters built in America and could rapidly intercept enemy aircraft thousands of miles at sea. Hangar 1301, now the Air Mobility Command Museum, was once home to the 98th's aircraft.
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