Pictures of Cold War aircraft.

Donivanp · Thursday at 9:58 AM

Snowman said:
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Now that's the"Cold" war!

Donivanp · Thursday at 11:20 AM

syscom3 said:
A OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft from the 169th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, 13 November 1984.

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And there were Bears in the air with the Illinois National Guard, cause we got a Convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight a great big convoy ain't nothing gonna get in our way come on and join our convoy across the USA. You wanna back off there Pig Pen, it's getting mighty intense up here.

GTX · Thursday at 12:28 PM

Snowman said:
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Cool

Donivanp · Thursday at 12:29 PM

GTX said:
Cool

No COLD

GTX · Thursday at 12:35 PM

GTX · Thursday at 12:58 PM

bf109xxl · Thursday at 1:18 PM

GTX said:
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A desperate attempt by the French to surpass the creativity of the gloomy Teutonic genius in designing an exotic undercarriage.

Sabrejet · Thursday at 1:50 PM

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IIRC that Taon was up against the FIAT G.91 and others in the NATO lightweight fighter competition. Makes you wonder what it would have looked like, developed and in service.

syscom3 · Thursday at 3:15 PM

On this day 50 years ago, Nov 14 1974; the first of one of the finest fighters ever produced was turned over to the USAF.

The very first operational McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle air superiority fighters were delivered to the 555th Tactical Training Squadron, 58th Tactical Training Fighter Wing, at Luke Air Force Base, west of Phoenix, Arizona. The acceptance ceremony was presided over by President Gerald R. Ford. McDonnell Douglas F-15A-8-MC Eagle 73-0090 at Luke Air Force Base. The two aircraft in this photograph are painted "Air Superiority Blue"