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Probably removed for incendiary missions to save weight and fuel.

We know what ‘foo fighters’ that buzzed Second World War pilots really were, say scientists New study suggests the phenomena were plasmas, or ionised gases, drawn to the electrical charge of aircraft, spacecraft and satellites. Experts from the universities of California, Arizona and the...

Kaga in Kagoshima Bay

I thought it was a Mosin too.

A-36

Declassified film comparing MiG-21 to USAF and USN contemporaries presented by the pilots who flew a Fishbed acquired from Israel in 1968. Lots of great footage of classic 60s Jets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8feZ3T_VM0

Sometimes I forget the RAF even used Thunderbolts.

Mitsubishi Ki-46 'Dinah'

Artist was Shori Arai.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtJT14InwF0

M4A2(76)W of Soviet 9th Mechanized Corps in Manchuria August 1945

Whenever I see the name Tejas, it reminds me of this gatefold picture from an old ZZ Top album which I thought was Tejas but was actually Tres Hombres. Seeing this picture always makes me crave Mexican food and cold beer.

That is a cool looking plane, what is it?

The Lewis Air Legends VC-121A Constellation made its first flight in 8 years after restoration. This is 'Bataan', personal aircraft of MacArthur during the Korean War. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqgZL7z4Nx0&ab_channel=Skyes9

B-25s of a CAF USAAF Composite Wing escorted by P-51s, 1945