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二战期间,在针对德国进行战略性轰炸的过程中,美国陆军航空队面对着来自德国空军拦截机的拼命拦截。为了对抗这种威胁,护航轰炸机的远程战斗机的发展便成为美国陆军航空部队的最高优先项目。随着诸如P-47、P-51等远程护航战斗机的发展解决了战时问题,但是当战争结束的时候,美国陆军航空队已经开始发展诸如波音B-50和B-36这样的轰炸机,它们的作战范围是用来对抗德国人的B-17、B-24轰炸机的3～5倍。这就迫使护航战斗机的发展也要能够匹配更远的航程,但这显然有问题,因此美国陆军航空队开始考虑其他更激进的解决方案。早在1944年夏天,当美国陆军航空队正在考虑他们的困境的时候,曾经考虑过发展一种能够装载在轰炸机上的护航战斗机。其实这一设想在30年代早期就己经实现过了,寇蒂斯F9C-2“雀鹰”战斗机就多次从美国海军飞艇AKron和Macon拖吊的一个秋千装
During World War II, the United States Army Air Corps faced desperate interceptions from German air force interceptors during its strategic bombing against Germany. To counter this threat, the development of long-range fighters for escort-bomber aircraft has been the highest priority for the U.S. Army Aviation Corps. With the development of long-range convoy fighters such as the P-47 and P-51 resolving the wartime problems, when the war was over, the United States Army Air Corps has begun to develop bombers such as the Boeing B-50 and B-36 The range of combat is used against the German B-17, B-24 bomber 3 to 5 times. This forced the development of escort fighters to be able to match farther voyages, but this clearly has problems, so the United States Army Air Corps began to consider other more radical solutions. As early as the summer of 1944, when the United States Army Air Corps was considering their predicament, they had considered the development of a convoy capable of being loaded on bombers. Actually, this idea had already been realized in the early 1930s, and the Curtis F9C-2 / Sparrow fighter juggled a number of swings from the US Navy airships AKron and Macon