The Massive B-36J Bomber Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

The Massive B-36J Bomber Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

Key Points and Summary – A July walk around the B-36J at the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton drives home why America built the Peacemaker: intercontinental reach when allies and bases weren’t guaranteed. Conceived in World War II and fielded in 1948, the B-36 evolved into the strategic backbone of early SAC. -It never dropped a bomb in combat, but its range, payload, and nuclear carriage made it the era’s defining deterrent. -Along the way it sp…