1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum - Other Exhibits / 09 Air-2 A Genie Rocket
Bill Maloney
9/21/2009

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09 Air-2A Genie Rocket

Douglas Air-2A Genie Nuclear Air Launched Missile Specifications:

More AIR-2 Genie Nuclear Air Launched Missiles at other aviation museums in the northeast
Douglas Air-2 Genie Nuclear Missile AIR-2 Genie Nuclear Missile
Another Douglas Air-2 Genie Nuclear Missile can be found at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, DE An Air-2 Genie Nuclear Missile at the Vermont Militia Museum in Essex Junction, VT

Length: 9 feet 7 inches
Wingspan:
3 foot 4 inches
Diameter:
17 inches
Weight: 830 lbs
Max Speed: Mach 3
Range: 6 miles
Powerplant: Thiokol TU-289 solid propellant rocket motor 36,000lbs thrust
Guidance: Unguided
Warhead:
 Nuclear 1.5 kiloton yeild
First Flight : 1957
Cost: $11,000

Here's a Youtube video of an AIR-2 Genie Nuclear rocket being tested on an F-104 Starfighter. Another video of AIR-2 Genie rockets being test fired.