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The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 was the largest mass-produced piston engine aircraft ever made. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built (230 ft 70.1 m) although there have been larger military transports. The B-36 was the first bomber capable of delivering any of the nuclear weapons in the U.S.