Scorpions

F-89B of the 190th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Idaho Air Guard. Head boss (and all-around good guy) LtCol Martin Johnson stands in the cockpit.

F-89C presents a not unflattering view of the Scorpion’s usually rather chunky appearance.

F-89D used as a weapons test bed. This, of course, included the Falcon missiles, as seen here poking into the slipstream.

F-89D cruising past Long Beach harbor.

F-89J of the 178th FIS, S. Dakota Air Guard in the mid-1960s.

Scorpions of the 66th FIS, Elmendorf AFB, AK.

F-89D of the 61st FIS, Ernest Harmon AFB, Labrador.

This view of the Scorpion’s 3-in-1 Fuel/Rocket/Missile pods brings to mind one of those “Transformer” kid toys…