![Image of : Firebee (Q-2A); Douglas A-26 (B-26) Invader Family. [photograph]](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-objects/record-images/NASM-NASM-9A12997.jpg "Firebee (Q-2A); Douglas A-26 (B-26) Invader Family. [photograph]")
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
One-half right rear air to air view of a Ryan Firebee Q-2A pilotless drone target in flight shortly after launch from its Douglas B-26 Invader mothership (above) in flight over the desert during U. S. Air Force development tests at Holloman Air Development Center, Alamagordo, New Mexico, circa 1952-1953.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics, Military
- Aircraft
- Drone aircraft
- Cold War, 1945-1989
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Restrictions & Rights
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photographer
United States Air Force
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Date
Circa 1952-1953
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-9A12997
