Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (36 Viewers)

[hw97karbine]

What the!

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

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Front view of the Leduc on the ground:

First public flight of the pair in 1955:

 

[syscom3]

F4 Phantom production line.

 

[GTX]

 

[syscom3]

1st Tactical Fighter Wing F-15A Eagle aircraft are serviced on the flight line during Exercise SOLID SHIELD 85, Langley Air Force
Base, Virginia, 30 April 1985.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Viking1066]

VF-191 Satans Kittens F9F-6 Cougar BuNo 127433, B-115, waiting it's turn to launch, USS Oriskany, CVA-34, 20 March 1954 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

VF-14 Top Hatters F-4B Phantom IIs (BuNo 151434, AB-103, BuNo 151430, AB-104, BuNo 152208, AB-102, and BuNo 149458 over USS John F Kennedy 1969 FLIK

 

[Donivanp]

VF-2B Fighting Chiefs F3B-1's at NAS San Diego Sept. 1928. In the foreground are 2-F-1, 2-F-2, 2-F-3, 2-F-4 and 2-F-5, 6-15 FLIK
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Um, um Jesse, I know my eyes are bad, but, I think you may have the wrong photo attached, maybe?

 

[Viking1066]

Um, um Jesse, I know my eyes are bad, but, I think you may have the wrong photo attached, maybe?

I do. Still half asleep. Very difficult getting up today. 29 days of school left. Thank God!

 

[BiffF15]

1st Tactical Fighter Wing F-15A Eagle aircraft are serviced on the flight line during Exercise SOLID SHIELD 85, Langley Air Force
Base, Virginia, 30 April 1985.

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Actually those are C models. A model tail numbers go up to 77, C models run 78 to 86.

 

[syscom3]

Convair Delta Dagger TF-102A-41-CO (S/N 56-2339) of the 182nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Texas Air National Guard, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, on May 1, 1965. F-102A (S/N 56-1481) is in the background.

 

[syscom3]

Lockheed YF-12A 60-6936 taking off from Edwards Air Force Base during the speed record trials, 1 May 1965. The white
cross on the aircraft's belly was to assist timers and observers.

 

[syscom3]

test pilot Colonel Robert L Stephens, 1921–May 21, 1984) (fore) and fire control officer Daniel Andre Lt Col Daniel Andre
in the open cockpit of a YF-12A jet interceptor, Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 1, 1965. The men set a new world
speed record of 2,070 mph and a world record for sustained horizontal flight of 80,257 feet in the plane, a fighter version
of the SR-71 Blackbird.

 

[SaparotRob]

Lockheed YF-12A 60-6936 taking off from Edwards Air Force Base during the speed record trials, 1 May 1965. The white
cross on the aircraft's belly was to assist timers and observers.

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I'm sure it was a big help.

Yeah I know. For low speed stuff. It's still funny.

 

[syscom3]

U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142) F-14A Tomcat aircraft flying in formation en route to Naval Air Station, Oceana,
Virginia, 1 May 1985. The aircraft are returning from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

 

[GTX]

 

[syscom3]

I'm sure it was a big help.

Yeah I know. For low speed stuff. It's still funny.

When you are tracking something 16 miles high, visual aids help a lot.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Lockheed YF-12A 60-6936 taking off from Edwards Air Force Base during the speed record trials, 1 May 1965. The white
cross on the aircraft's belly was to assist timers and observers.

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What a missed opportunity.

A big balkenkreuz instead will had made it the fastest planes on earth, mach 20 at least.

 

[SaparotRob]

When you are tracking something 16 miles high, visual aids help a lot.

It was a lame joke. I just pictured a couple of field techs with binoculars looking the wrong way as the plane already rocketed by.

 

[Viking1066]

VF-111 Sundowners F-4B Phantom II BuNo 150466, NL-204, from the USS Coral Sea drops bombs over Vietnam, 25 November 1972 FLIK