The National Interest

Northrop F-89 Scorpion–The First Combat Aircraft Armed with Air-to-Air Nuclear Weapons

The all-weather, twin-engine Northrop F-89 Scorpion was the first jet-powered interceptor aircraft designed specifically for that role to enter service with the Air Defense Command. The two-seat ...
The National Interest

F-89 Scorpion: America’s Nuclear-Armed Jet Russia Feared

Here’s What You Need to Know: It was a crazy idea, but also one typical of the Cold War. The all-weather, twin-engine Northrop F-89 Scorpion was the first jet-powered interceptor aircraft designed ...
WKOW

Video archive: F-89 Scorpions at Truax Field in 1955

MADISON (WKOW) -- The 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard is will hold it's last evening training flight of the week Thursday night. Training flights with the F-15 fighter jets ...
Kotaku

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Northrop F-89 Scorpion

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - Northrop F-89 Scorpion The classic Cold War design of the F-89 Scorpion was the product of a 1945 USAAF ...
Argus Leader

Vintage F-89 warplane gifted to Sioux Falls for restoration and display

A piece of warplane history has made its way to Sioux Falls. Actually, make that “pieces.” Members of the South Dakota Air National Guard 114 th Maintenance Group drove three semis 26 hours west to ...