Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (43 Viewers)

[MIflyer]

1983: The first all-female USAF transatlantic flight occurred on May 9, 1983, when an 18th Military Airlift Squadron crew flew a C-141B Starlifter from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, to Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany.

And they only had to stop and ask for directions three times.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[cammerjeff]

I learned something today, I had no Idea that the Argentine Air Force had tried out the IA-58A with WWII era US Mark 13 Torpedo's for use against the British Navy in the Falklands War

source The IA-58A Pucará Torpedo Bomber

 

[GTX]

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[Viking1066]

U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star fighter bombers from the 8th Fighter Bomber Squadron AERO

 

[BiffF15]

U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star fighter bombers from the 8th Fighter Bomber Squadron AERO
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Looks like a much larger drop tank than the earlier version.

 

[Donivanp]

Looks like a much larger drop tank than the earlier version.

Misawa tanks. Built at Misawa AB in Northern Japan where they flew combat missions from.

 

[Viking1066]

Fury pilots of VF-64 man their aircraft aboard the USS Randolph September 1958 USNS

 

[Sabrejet]

Fury pilots of VF-64 man their aircraft aboard the USS Randolph September 1958 USNS
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FJ-3Ms

 

[c1951]

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The Brits captured two or three in 1982. They were tested at the AAEE or Farnborough. Some were dismantled and the bits given away. I had an Astazou from one of them in my books.

 

[c1951]

Looks like a much larger drop tank than the earlier version.

Are those the ones that came through Scotland in 1948? They flew through Stornoway and came n the USS Sicily-the numbers look familiary though they had the earlier drop-tanks

 

[Sabrejet]

The Brits captured two or three in 1982. They were tested at the AAEE or Farnborough. Some were dismantled and the bits given away. I had an Astazou from one of them in my books.

IIRC only one was flight tested; many did however get taken back to the UK for assessment and donation to museums.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

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I saw one of these OV-1s at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum on my tour in March, on static display of course. I'll post pics in my museum thread when I get to it.

 

[Donivanp]

I saw one of these OV-1s at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum on my tour in Merch, on static display of course. I'll post pics in my museum thread when I get to it.

They have one at Ft Rucker AL at the Army Aviation Museum.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

They have one at Ft Rucker AL at the Army Aviation Museum.

I've always loved the way they look, all insectoid.

 

[Donivanp]

I've always loved the way they look, all insectoid.

Indeed a Dragonfly on steroids.

 

[GTX]

The Brits captured two or three in 1982. They were tested at the AAEE or Farnborough. Some were dismantled and the bits given away. I had an Astazou from one of them in my books.

Yep:

 

[Snautzer01]

Indeed a Dragonfly on steroids.

Its grand pah is the fw189...jowohl kinder es war wonderfull

 

[Donivanp]

Its grand pah is the fw189...jowohl kinder es war wonderfull

Fine lineage

 

[SaparotRob]

Yep:

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Needs a P inside a circle.