MDD YRS-76A 'Bomber Concorde'

In 1977, the USAF took delivery of their one and only McDonnell Douglas YRS-76A Skystreak II (s/n 72-9245), a B.A.C./Aerospatiale Concorde modified by MDD to fit an Air Force requirement for a supersonic reconnaissance jet aircraft. A second aircraft (s/n 74-6615) was due but not delivered following the polemic over the noise generated by the civilian Concorde in US skies.

There is no indication that the Skystreak II (dubbed the "Skyfreak" by the ground crew) was ever used again after 1980. It is said to have been modified in the early 1980s as a pilotless target as the YQS-76B and shot down over the Antarctic by a pair of F-15A interceptors.

The current whereabouts and condition of whatever's left of it are not known.

NOTE: a version of the same picture with the aircraft painted all black is also known [link]

Please note that this is strictly an imaginary aircraft and story and should therefore not be taken seriously by any researcher.
Concept and photo manipulation © Stéphane Beaumort / AviaDesign 2010