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Former featured articleConvair B-36 Peacemaker is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
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March 26, 2005Featured article candidatePromoted
January 18, 2007Featured article reviewDemoted
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 8, 2006, and August 8, 2016.
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Comparison and references to Amerikabomber

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I noticed several long references to the Amerikabomber program in the Development section. Do we have any sources actually stating that intelligence of the Amerikabomber development in any way motivated or impacted the development of the B-36? Because if not, I am not sure I fully understand the relevance of this comparison other than two countries with very large military development budgets happened to be researching long range bombers at the same period in history. While I do not have the stated book sources available, I noticed that the extensive source for the date and content for the letter of intent, makes almost no mention Germany, much less that the development was a respone to the Amerikabomber on some level. While this might be true, I would be very interested in studying the sources that supports such statements?

Additionally, while I find the initial statement of the section quite plausible: "The genesis of the B-36 can be traced to early 1941, prior to the entry of the United States into World War II. At the time, the threat existed that Britain might fall to the German "Blitz", making a strategic bombing effort by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) against Germany impossible with the aircraft of the time." it is not supported by the quoted source. Does anyone know of a better source for such a statement? askeuhd (talk) 13:17, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sentence Fragment Proposal 'Strategic Reconnaissance'

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In the 3rd paragraph of the 'Strategic Reconnaissance" section I think we can assume what was meant and what it can be edited to is "...needed to operate the reconnaissance equipment carried." And we can get rid of the Sentence Fragment tag. Stall84 (talk) 02:57, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done - ZLEA T\C 03:18, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]