The North American AJ Savage (later A-2 Savage) is an American carrier-based medium bomber built for the United States Navy by North American Aviation. The aircraft was designed shortly after World War II to carry atomic bombs and this meant that the bomber was the heaviest aircraft thus far designed to operate from an aircraft carrier.

Mar 22, 2024 · One contribution the naval aviation community made to the emerging U.S. nuclear delivery capability was the North American AJ Savage. The AJ Savage was an elegant twin radial piston engine...

The North American AJ Savage was the first carrier-based U. S. naval aircraft built specifically to carry a nuclear weapon. (A dozen P2V Neptunes were modified to the P2V-3C configuration to carry nuclear weapons; they could take off from but not land aboard carriers.)

The North American AJ Savage (later A-2 Savage) was a carrier-based heavy bomber built for the United States Navy by North American Aviation. The aircraft was designed shortly after World War II to carry atomic bombs and this meant that the …

The North American AJ Savage was developed by North American Aviation as a carrier-based medium bomber intended for the United States Navy. It was built soon after the Second World War to carry nuclear weapons and was fitted with two piston engines and a turbojet.

It was powered by two piston engines and a turbojet buried in the rear fuselage. The AJ-1 first became operational in 1950 and several were based in South Korea during 1953 as a deterrent against the Communists. Of the 140 built, plus three prototypes, 30 were reconnaissance aircraft.

May 19, 2019 · The North American AJ-1 Savage was the first aircraft in the category of bomber with a strategic capability designed and built for the US Navy. On 13 August, 1945 a design competition was announced for a carrier-based aircraft capable of carrying a 4,536 kg (10,000 lb) bomb, the contract being awarded to North American Aviation, the aircraft ...

The first naval combat aircraft designed to carry an atomic bomb and for a time the world's largest carrier based aircraft, the Savage was developed (as the North American NA-146) to meet a US Navy requirement for a high performance attack bomber capable of carrying a nuclear weapon.

AJ-1 (A-2A) - Initial production version with two 2,400 hp (1,790 kW) R-2800-44W radial engines and one J33-A-10 turbojet, 55 built, survivors re-designated A-2A in 1962.

The AJ Savage was the first U.S. bomber designed especially to carry the atomic bomb. It was North American's first attack bomber for the U.S. Navy and was designed shortly after the end of World War II.