Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (4 Viewers)

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I didn't say it was a bad thing, I like the Jag, just didn't know it was nasalized! I think it's pretty cool.
Well that's interesting and helps explain why I haven't heard of it. Well that's interesting and I'm an American and we only know about ourselves and well you know. I do like the Jaguar's but only knew of the land based variants. Got this think about hanging things on top of wings.
 
Not a rectal exam, but a Thor IRBM being loaded into a C-133, possibly for transport from California to its deployment location in the UK. Note the sign that indicates it was at Clover Field airport, which was near the Douglas production facility. I think that mainly C-124's were used for those flights. I was the last USAF program manager for the Thor.

 
B-58 with a display of its stores options, including out in front the M-61 20MM tail gun with its ammunition. Originally the B-58 was supposed to be equipped with a center pod that could be launched as a missile. The rocket engine, built by Bell, was called the Hustler. While not deployed operationally on B-58's the engine was used as the propulsion for Lockheed Agena upper stages, many of which were launched on Thor boosters, including those that carried the first "spy" satellites.
 
Picture this image the next time you need to visit the proctologist...
 
Clover field is Santa Monica airport.
 
I don't know, looks like my last colonoscopy!
 
Four B43 free fall nuclear weapons and two different variants of the center line fuel/weapons pod, which was a W43 nuclear warhead.
 
BEE SIXTY SIX. They did not last long as bombers but were converted into recon and electronic warfare aircraft. Supposedly the B-66 and Douglas A-3 Skywarrior were supposed to be USAF and USN versions of the same aircraft but in reality they turned out to be about as different as possible, the USN keeping them in service much longer than the USAF, and using them as tankers, among other things. But I don't think either service ever used them as actual bombers. Photo source: Wikipedia

 

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