MB-3 | |
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General information | |
Type | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Thomas-Morse Aircraft & Boeing |
Designer | B. Douglas Thomas[1] |
Primary users | United States Army Air Service |
Number built | 265 |
History | |
Introduction date | March 1919 |
First flight | 21 February 1919[1] |
Retired | 1925 |
Variants | Thomas-Morse MB-6 Thomas-Morse MB-7 |
The Thomas-Morse MB-3 was an open-cockpit biplane fighter primarily manufactured by the Boeing Company for the U.S. Army Air Service in 1922. The MB-3A was the mainstay fighter for the Air Service between 1922 and 1925.