Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (8 Viewers)

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[MIflyer]

NB-36H. A B-36 carrying a nuclear reactor. It did not power the airplane but just was an experiment to see if hauling around nuclear reactors presented any special problems.

 

[MIflyer]

Canadair CF-104 Starfighter '104785' 441 Sqn AIRH

As I understand it, originally CF-104's had no guns but were set up to be very low level recon and nuclear strike aircraft in NATO. Eventually Canada decided that was unacceptably rude behavior and put the M-61's in.

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[Donivanp]

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XB-60

 

[Viking1066]

Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket (front), two swept-wing F-86 aircraft and a B-29. (NACA)

 

[Viking1066]

reserve FJ-2 Furies of NAS St. Louis 1956 LARK

 

[Glider]

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Can you imagine trying to land this thing. He doesn't seem to be able to look backwards and presumably would have to rely on mirrors. It has to be a really bad idea from the start.

 

[MIflyer]

What are those F-86A-5's painted with? I guess the earliest ones had pearl gray paint jobs like the early P-80A.

 

[MIflyer]

They had a F-4D with two or three MiG kills painted on it. It was BDR training aircraft that was kept behind the museum of aviation. There came a new General wanted to know why an aircraft of douch linage was in south shape and not on display was informed the aircraft had never even left the US and that the BDR teams had painted the stars on as a joke. I remember the 105.

In March 1988 I was TDY to Brooks AFB, TX. On one run along the closed runways I found a "Bare Base" set up, with sandbagged positions and fighters that had been damaged in order to practice repairs. They had a F-105B and an F-101B and some others. I think the 101B had a hole in the canopy that had been patched with AL plate.

 

[Viking1066]

I can look into it if you interested in more info.

 

[GTX]

 

[GTX]

 

[Viking1066]

The Bell X-1A rocket-powered transonic/supersonic research aircraft (NACA)

 

[Viking1066]

U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-94A-5-LO Starfire fighter from the 178th Fighter Interceptor Squadron AERO

 

[Donivanp]

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Convair F-102 TF-102 and F-106

 

[Donivanp]

In March 1988 I was TDY to Brooks AFB, TX. On one run along the closed runways I found a "Bare Base" set up, with sandbagged positions and fighters that had been damaged in order to practice repairs. They had a F-105B and an F-101B and some others. I think the 101B had a hole in the canopy that had been patched with AL plate.

Lackland has five or six F-105 fenced off for security police training. They came out of Hill and were put in a section for security training. Don't think they have them anymore but was cool.

 

[Sabrejet]

What are those F-86A-5's painted with? I guess the earliest ones had pearl gray paint jobs like the early P-80A.

Standard chromate primer; most F-86s went through production in primer and were either painted prior to acceptance, or more commonly stripped to bare metal before being delivered. The pearl grey was applied to the #1 XP-86 during 1948 and most P-86A-1s received the finish but it was deleted on the F-86A-5 due to poor in-service wear and resistance to hydraulic fluid.

 

[Viking1066]

CVW-6 embarked on USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) - 1964 SEAO

 

[cammerjeff]

F-8's & Vig's! I like it, and some scooters

 

[Donivanp]

How do you fit anything else in after you get two Viggies in?