The McDonnell Voodoo began as the XF-88 all-weather interceptor (fighter), which first flew at Muroc Dry Lake Air Base, Calif., in 1948. The two XF-88 prototypes evolved into the F-101 Voodoo, a supersonic fighter designed to escort bombers and serve as a fighter bomber, an all-weather interceptor and a photoreconnaissance aircraft. McDonnell delivered 807 F-101 Voodoos. Attack fighters, interceptor and reconnaissance versions served with the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air, Air Defense and Tactical Air Commands and in Canada. The last Voodoo retired in 1986.