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As initially envisioned by the Air Force, one B-36 in the-then typical three-plane attack formation would be filled with up to seven GAM-71s apportioned within its three bomb bays. A mixture of Ducks and other weapons was also possible, although the Air Force did not specify that it intended to use
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as the mothership. However, the program was delayed due to funding issues. Convair also had higher priorities. A total of seven flights were conducted before the program was cancelled in
January 1956, an event that researcher Dennis Jenkins attributes to the B-36's anticipated phase-out by
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on 16 August 1954. The USAF's
Materiel Command project designation for the program was MX-2224. When the Air Force decided to put the project into production, it received the designation GAM-71.
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To fit in the bomb bay of a B-36, the GAM-71 was relatively small; its wings were folded when it was stowed in the bay. To mimic the radar cross-section of the B-36, it carried internal
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