Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (18 Viewers)

[SaparotRob]

It was a monster for a Nimtz class carriers

Kinda' thought so but on an Essex? Double yikes!

 

[Viking1066]

LTV A-7A Corsair II Japan 1975 AIRH

 

[GreenKnight121]

The USN acquired some B-17's in 1945 to be equipped with early warning radars, they were designated PB1 and remained in service well into the 50s. This was the only one with a top mounted radar.

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Nice closer shot. The radar was the AN/APS-20, the same as on the Avenger AEW, Skyraider AEW, Gannet AEW, and Shackleton AEW.:

The other 21 were like this...

 

[tyrodtom]

357th Tactical Fighter Squadron Republic F-105D Thunderchief 62-4229 en route to target over Vietnam on February 6th 1970, note the fuze extenders fitted to some of the bombs to detonate them above ground and maximize blast and fragment damage to targets in the open.

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We called those fuse extenders "daisey cutters" .

 

[syscom3]

An F-15 Eagle aircraft is prepared for a flight during a 1st Tactical Fighter Wing operational readiness inspection, Langley Air
Force Base (Virginia), 28 April 1985.

 

[GTX]

 

[Viking1066]

Grumman A-6A Intruder (G-128/A2F-1) NL-513 NAS 1969 AIRH

 

[SaparotRob]

How can one not love a plane nicknamed "The Iron Tadpole?

 

[GTX]

And in different schemes:

 

[GTX]

 

[Viking1066]

McDonnell FH-1 Phantom (VMF-122) at NAS Memphis, Tennessee - 1948 SEOR

 

[Viking1066]

A-6A Intruder (VMA(AW)-242) takes off from Da Nang, South Vietnam - circa 1967 SEOR

 

[Viking1066]

VA-192 Golden Dragons A-7E Corsair II BuNo 159655, NH-315, next to VA-95 Green Lizards A-6E Intruder BuNo 159895, NH-512, NAS Fallon, 05 November 1980 FLIK

 

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[GTX]

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This image actually inspired some whatif dreaming that resulted in this story:

Intruders and Electric Jets

Intruders and Electric Jets

beyondthesprues.com

and associated fictional profile:

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[hw97karbine]

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footage from the same shoot

 

[syscom3]

What the!

SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc mother ship F-ZLAV carrying a Leduc 0.21 ramjet powered research plane 1953.

 

[SaparotRob]

What the!

SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc mother ship F-ZLAV carrying a Leduc 0.21 ramjet powered research plane 1953.

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Cool!

 

[Viking1066]

VA-165 Boomers A-6A Intruder BuNo 155719, NG-504, in-flight with VF-96 Fighting Falcons F-4J Phantom II BuNo 155769, NG-106, over the South China Sea off USS Constellation, CVA-64, 20 September 1974 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

VFP-63 Eyes of the Fleet RF-8G Crusader BuNo 146895, AJ-602, in-flight over the USS Shangri-La, CVA-38, 28 July 1968 FLIK