B-36D Peacemaker escorted by Marine F9F-5P Panthers
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The 6 - 'prop' B-36 is the largest piston-engine aircraft ever built, and has the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft - (the Hughes Hercules 'Spruce Goose') had longer span and was heavier. (1948-59).
The Grumman Panther was the U.S. Navy's first jet fighter to see air-to-air combat and it was also Grumman’s first jet fighter. (1949-58).
















