Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (2 Viewers)

[Donivanp]

Roundels?

Them's the targets not "Rondels"

 

[GreenKnight121]

Thanks one and all. That said I still think it looks like a Folland Gnats big brother

I often think that a late 1950s early 1960s air force could be decently equipped with Gnat trainers and Super Tiger fighters.

 

[GreenKnight121]

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AAAAagh, my eyes!

Javelin - NOT my favorite 1950s UK fighter.

 

[Snowman]

CASA C-207C Azor

The source: El Museo del Aire conserva dos aviones.

 

[GTX]

 

[GTX]

 

[Donivanp]

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Two 405th FW F-100 with a OV-10 in tow

 

[bf109xxl]

Tu-22M

Tu-22M3

 

[bf109xxl]

Tu-22's all look the same to me.

Tu-22 and Tu-22M(0-3) have virtually nothing in common except the name. The designation Tu-22M appeared as a result of political intrigue by Andrei Tupolev against Pavel Sukhoi. Tupolev deceived the Soviet leadership by claiming that the new airplane would be just a modification of the existing one, thus the development time and costs could be significantly reduced in comparison with the Sukhoi's project.

 

[bf109xxl]

Libyan.

Iraqi AF Tu-22B - a conversion of the Tu-22R recon to bomber for satellite countries.

 

[Donivanp]

Tu-22M3

Please please gentlemen. Please do not fight over the target, the USN has him covered!

 

[bf109xxl]

Please please gentlemen. Please do not fight over the target, the USN has him covered!

Well, I am very curious to see the result of an attack by a regiment of Tu-22M3s on a USN carrier group using nuclear Kh-22s. IIRC, the Soviets considered that one regiment should sink one carrier before it heroically dies. I have nothing against the USN, but damn, it's awfully interesting to verify theories experimentally.

 

[Donivanp]

Well, I am very curious to see the result of an attack by a regiment of Tu-22M3s on a USN carrier group using nuclear Kh-22s. IIRC, the Soviets considered that one regiment should sink one carrier before it heroically dies. I have nothing against the USN, but damn, it's awfully interesting to verify theories experimentally.

Well, the longer theory stays theoretical the better we all are. A nuclear exchange is not on the top of my list of things I wish to prove out. In theory if it floats it can sink! This theory has been proven out time after time. The "unsinkable " always seems to sink. Titanic, Yamato, Bismarck, Musashi and Shinanio. All were considered unsinkable, all have found the bottom of the ocean. An aircraft carrier is no different. Biggest GD target on the ocean. It won't be easy, but it's not impossible.