Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (11 Viewers)

[special ed]

Appears five turning. Is No. 1 feathered?

 

[Capt. Vick]

Happened all the time

 

[herman1rg]

Good spot Ed

 

[syscom3]

Britain's experimental Harrier ''jump jet'' hovers prior to landing on the Royal Fleet Auxilliary Green Rover at Greenwich, London, 22nd September 1971.

 

[syscom3]

U.S. Navy A-7B Corsair II, BuNo 154430, NM411, attack squadron VA-215, the ''Barn Owls,'' assigned to USS Oriskany (CVA-34). Lost operationally, through engine failure, 22 September 1971. Pilot, LCDR Charles E. Gudmunson, ejected and was rescued.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Frog]

From the Photo Base Section, 10th TRW Spangdahlem AFB :

 

[SaparotRob]

When I was but a lad, the B-66 was very impressive.

 

[Frog]

In this case these are RB-66s.

 

[SaparotRob]

But not when I was 8.

 

[SaparotRob]

Then I grow up.

 

[syscom3]

An air-to-air left underside view of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft before launching an advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) over the Pacific Missile Test Center Range, Point Mugu, California, 23 September 1981.

 

[GTX]

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[Ovod]

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Boy, I'd say that was noisy...

 

[syscom3]

An air-to-air left side view of a U.S. Navy F/A-18A Hornet aircraft from Fighter Attack Squadron 125 (VFA-125) over the Lake Tahoe region, 1 September 1981.

 

[Wurger]

 

[syscom3]

An air-to-air left side view of a U.S. Air Force F-15B Eagle aircraft equipped with an Integrated Flight Fire Control (IFFC) system, Edwards Air Force Base, California, October 5, 1981. Figures quoted in connection with the USAF's IFFC/Firefly III program suggest an increase in air-air gunfight lethality of 24:1 and an increase in survivability during air-ground missions of 10:1.

 

[Graeme]

From a 1964 publication.

 

[Capt. Vick]

I'll say!