North American AJ Savage - Wikipedia The North American AJ Savage (later A-2 Savage) is an American carrier-based medium bomber built for the United States Navy by North American Aviation The aircraft was designed shortly after World War II to carry atomic bombs and this meant that the bomber was the heaviest aircraft thus far designed to operate from an aircraft carrier
AJ-2 Savage - NHHC In August 1945, as a global war neared its end, the U S Navy sought to arm its expanded carrier fleet with a platform capable of carrying a bomb load five times that of the front-line bombing
The U. S. Navy Savage: First Tailhook Nuclear-Capable Aircraft The North American AJ Savage was the first carrier-based U S naval aircraft built specifically to carry a nuclear weapon (A dozen P2V Neptunes were modified to the P2V-3C configuration to carry nuclear weapons; they could take off from but not land aboard carriers )
North American AJ Savage - Aero Corner The North American AJ Savage was developed by North American Aviation as a carrier-based medium bomber intended for the United States Navy It was built soon after the Second World War to carry nuclear weapons and was fitted with two piston engines and a turbojet
North American AJ Savage - bomber The first naval combat aircraft designed to carry an atomic bomb and for a time the world's largest carrier based aircraft, the Savage was developed (as the North American NA-146) to meet a US Navy requirement for a high performance attack bomber capable of carrying a nuclear weapon
AJ (A-2) Savage - GlobalSecurity. org On 24 June 1946, the Navy awarded North American a contract to build the aircraft that would become the AJ Savage Intended as a carrier based bomber, the AJ was first reported in
North American AJ Savage | Military Wiki | Fandom The North American AJ Savage (later A-2 Savage) was a carrier-based heavy bomber built for the United States Navy by North American Aviation The aircraft was designed shortly after World War II to carry atomic bombs and this meant that the bomber was the heaviest aircraft thus far designed to