10/31/2007. Remarks by Curtiss Aldrich: "This historic airplane of late 1940s design, was conceived/built for the need of a deep penetration (long-range) fighter capable of providing cover for the long-range bombers of the day. Pictured is the first of two prototypes.

The two planes were initially put in storage, but then with the advent of the immediate need for a longe range fighter from the Korean War, they were pulled from storage. The pictured plane was re-equippped with afterburning engines, and most weirdly, fitted with a Allison XT-38A turboprop in the nose! This tri-motored fighter was redesignated the XF-88B. The plane was eventually scrapped, but the design went on to become the F-101 Voodoo."