Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (24 Viewers)

[GTX]

 

[SaparotRob]

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Not the usual livery but boy, does it look great. Great shot!

 

[GTX]

 

[GTX]

 

[Sabrejet]

G for Germany. Despite what folks say about them, Canadian CF-104s suffered a worse accident record than did those of the Luftwaffe. Nevertheless I did see a Marineflieger F-104G crash at an airshow many moons ago.

 

[SaparotRob]

Were the F-104s in American service as trouble plagued?

 

[hw97karbine]

Tupolev Tu-16 rear gunner smiles for the camera when intercepted by a Phantom fighter from HMS Ark Royal in September 1970

 

[Airframes]

The other guy is holding a copy of "Playboy".

 

[syscom3]

An EF-111A Raven aircraft approaches the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker during Theater Force Employment Exercise IV, 24 April 1985.

 

[special ed]

Were the F-104s in American service as trouble plagued?

Only when flown.

 

[Airframes]

Re my previous post. A Russian crewman really did display a "Playboy" centrefold to a RN or RAF Phantom crew around this time.

 

[SaparotRob]

Re my previous post. A Russian crewman really did display a "Playboy" centrefold to a RN or RAF Phantom crew around this time.

It even made the papers here.

 

[GTX]

RAAF Pilots preferred Penthouse instead:

You can even model it:

 

[Donivanp]

 

[GTX]

 

[Wurger]

MiG-19PM ...

the pic source: the net.

 

[GTX]

Taking it a step further:

SM-30 interceptor, MiG-19 adapted for zero-length launch with a solid-fuel rocket booster, on its mobile launch platform

 

[GTX]

Photos of the above in use:

 

[Viking1066]

KC-130F Hercules (VMGR-152) at Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong, Thailand circa 1973 SEOR

 

[Viking1066]

HS-2 Golden Falcons HSS-1 Seabats BuNo 143940, SK-9, and BuNo 145666, SK-14, and VAW-11 Early Elevens AD-5Q Skyraider RR-758, USS Yorktown (CVS-10), March 1959 FLIK