Adler's Post-War and Modern Military Aircraft

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I have been going through my photos and organizing them. I already have a WW2 Warbirds album of pictures I have taken located here: Adler's Warbirds I cannot wait to add to it once I see the aircraft at Pearl Harbor this summer. In this thread, I will post pics of post-war and modern aircraft that I have taken. I hope you enjoy it.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

First up an aircraft, I am very familiar with and fond of. The F-22 Raptor. I took these in Moline, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa.

 

[Wurger]

Superb!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

An aircraft that I am even more familiar and fond of. The UH-60L Blackhawk. I took this picture in Ansbach, Germany shortly before crewing it on its last flight in Germany before it was shipped back to the United States. This was the aircraft assigned to me. Aircraft tail number: 95-26648. I crewed it (along with others) from 2001 to 2006. Unfortunately I found out that it was lost during combat operations on April 18, 2010 near Tikrit, Iraq.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

This next aircraft is a North American FJ-3 Fury. It essentially was navalized carrier version of the Air Force's F-86 Sabre. I took this picture back in 2013 on the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum located in New York City. It is SN 135868, and is painted in the colors of VF-33 which flew off the USS Intrepid during NATO Exercise Strikeback in 1957.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

This next aircraft is the Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever. The aircraft type first flew in 1948, and 339 were built fo the US Army, US Navy, Canadian Navy, and French Navy. This is serial number 128159, and I also took it on the USS Intrepid. It is painted to resemble one that flew from Intrepid between 1954 and 1961.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

More to come later...

I have a lot. I mean a lot...lol

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff.

 

[Snautzer01]

Colour pictures ehhhhjj. Someone was looking for one.

 

[Airframes]

Good shots Chris.

 

[rochie]

Nice shots Chris

 

[Wurger]

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Colour pictures ehhhhjj. Someone was looking for one.

huh? lol

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots Chris!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Here we have an A-4B Skyhawk. It is aircraft number 142833, and it was assigned to attack squadron VA-95 and saw combat in Vietnam in 1966.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Here we have a Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra, serial number 159218. This particular aircraft is a Gulf War veteran, and was the last operational AH-1J in service, making its final flight on October 29, 1993.

 

[Wurger]

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Here we have a Bell UH-1A Huey. It is serial number 59-01621, and is one of the original 183 A models that were built. Also pictured are a US Army Bell AH-1G Cobra.

 

[Wurger]

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Here we have a Grumman A-6F Intruder. This particular aircraft, serial number 162185 was used for testing new radars and avionics equipment.