May 17, 2025 #4,722 Donivanp Lieutenant Colonel 11,472 11,059 Feb 23, 2014 Katy Texas Viking1066 said: Starfires in formation AORP View attachment 831936 Click to expand... F-94C
May 17, 2025 #4,723 GreenKnight121 Staff Sergeant 913 1,792 Mar 16, 2014 Viking1066 said: FJ-1s of VF-5A preparing for launch from USS Boxer March 1958 USNA View attachment 831078 Click to expand... . 1948, not 1958. VF-5A conducted suitability trials aboard Boxer from 10 March 1948 to sometime after 21 March 1948. VF-5A was redesignated VF-51 on 16 August 1948. VF-51 went aboard Boxer again in May 1949. All FJ-1s were retired in 1953. Boxer was the jet suitability training carrier in 1948-49.
Viking1066 said: FJ-1s of VF-5A preparing for launch from USS Boxer March 1958 USNA View attachment 831078 Click to expand... . 1948, not 1958. VF-5A conducted suitability trials aboard Boxer from 10 March 1948 to sometime after 21 March 1948. VF-5A was redesignated VF-51 on 16 August 1948. VF-51 went aboard Boxer again in May 1949. All FJ-1s were retired in 1953. Boxer was the jet suitability training carrier in 1948-49.
May 17, 2025 #4,724 GreenKnight121 Staff Sergeant 913 1,792 Mar 16, 2014 BiffF15 said: Looks like a much larger drop tank than the earlier version. Click to expand... The smaller ones look like leftover Lockheed P-38 tanks.
BiffF15 said: Looks like a much larger drop tank than the earlier version. Click to expand... The smaller ones look like leftover Lockheed P-38 tanks.
May 17, 2025 #4,725 GreenKnight121 Staff Sergeant 913 1,792 Mar 16, 2014 GTX said: View attachment 831393 Click to expand... How do we bomb thee? Let me count the ways...
May 17, 2025 #4,726 GreenKnight121 Staff Sergeant 913 1,792 Mar 16, 2014 Viking1066 said: CVW-6 embarked on USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) - 1964 SEAO View attachment 831502 Click to expand... The photo appears to be looking forward, not aft. I see: F-4Bs, F-8Es (and/or RF-8As), at least one A-1H, A-4Cs, A-5As, And an E-1B in the far distance on the right. I don't see any UH-2As. Squadron list found here: Deployments of USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65)
Viking1066 said: CVW-6 embarked on USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) - 1964 SEAO View attachment 831502 Click to expand... The photo appears to be looking forward, not aft. I see: F-4Bs, F-8Es (and/or RF-8As), at least one A-1H, A-4Cs, A-5As, And an E-1B in the far distance on the right. I don't see any UH-2As. Squadron list found here: Deployments of USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65)
May 17, 2025 #4,727 GreenKnight121 Staff Sergeant 913 1,792 Mar 16, 2014 Thumpalumpacus said: Aside from CVN-65, USS Long Beach and USS Bainbridge running escort ... all three nuclear-powered ships. Click to expand... Yep... they deployed on a "Nuclear Navy" PR cruise with no conventional escorts - CVN-65, CGN-9, & DLGN-25. They would have had to wait until mid 1967 for the other nuke escort of the 1960s (DLGN-35 Truxton). DLGN became CGN in 1975.
Thumpalumpacus said: Aside from CVN-65, USS Long Beach and USS Bainbridge running escort ... all three nuclear-powered ships. Click to expand... Yep... they deployed on a "Nuclear Navy" PR cruise with no conventional escorts - CVN-65, CGN-9, & DLGN-25. They would have had to wait until mid 1967 for the other nuke escort of the 1960s (DLGN-35 Truxton). DLGN became CGN in 1975.
May 17, 2025 #4,728 GreenKnight121 Staff Sergeant 913 1,792 Mar 16, 2014 Viking1066 said: FJ-1s of VF-5A preparing for launch from USS Boxer 1958 USNA View attachment 831887 Click to expand... Again, 1948.
Viking1066 said: FJ-1s of VF-5A preparing for launch from USS Boxer 1958 USNA View attachment 831887 Click to expand... Again, 1948.
May 17, 2025 #4,729 C c1951 Airman 1st Class 182 124 May 2, 2008 GTX said: View attachment 831873 Click to expand... Could it be the Soko J-22 Orao Soko J-22 Orao - Wikipedia
GTX said: View attachment 831873 Click to expand... Could it be the Soko J-22 Orao Soko J-22 Orao - Wikipedia
May 17, 2025 #4,730 Viking1066 Major 10,076 26,019 Jul 19, 2021 WI Refueling buddy system. An FJ-4B of VA-146 takes fuel from a Fury of VA-116 while an F-8 Crusader takes fuel from an A-1 Skyraider over NAS Miramar USNF
Refueling buddy system. An FJ-4B of VA-146 takes fuel from a Fury of VA-116 while an F-8 Crusader takes fuel from an A-1 Skyraider over NAS Miramar USNF
May 17, 2025 #4,731 GTX Lieutenant General 24,828 81,107 Dec 18, 2015 Viking1066 said: FJ-3M of VF-143 at Davis Monthan AFB being readied for storage August 1960 LARK View attachment 831904 Click to expand... Somebody went overboard on the pre-shading...
Viking1066 said: FJ-3M of VF-143 at Davis Monthan AFB being readied for storage August 1960 LARK View attachment 831904 Click to expand... Somebody went overboard on the pre-shading...
May 17, 2025 #4,732 GTX Lieutenant General 24,828 81,107 Dec 18, 2015 c1951 said: Could it be the Soko J-22 Orao Soko J-22 Orao - Wikipedia Click to expand... Close: Avioane Craiova IAR-93 Vultur
c1951 said: Could it be the Soko J-22 Orao Soko J-22 Orao - Wikipedia Click to expand... Close: Avioane Craiova IAR-93 Vultur
May 17, 2025 #4,736 Viking1066 Major 10,076 26,019 Jul 19, 2021 WI 2nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron Lockheed F-94A-5-LO AERO
May 17, 2025 #4,737 Viking1066 Major 10,076 26,019 Jul 19, 2021 WI A-6E Intruder (VMA(AW)-242) at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan - March 1981 SEOR
May 17, 2025 #4,739 GTX Lieutenant General 24,828 81,107 Dec 18, 2015 And associated video: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD0ISzsit8M
May 17, 2025 #4,740 Sabrejet Senior Airman 689 1,036 Apr 5, 2023 Viking1066 said: FJ-3M of VF-143 at Davis Monthan AFB being readied for storage August 1960 LARK Click to expand... Litchfield Park rather than Davis Monthan.
Viking1066 said: FJ-3M of VF-143 at Davis Monthan AFB being readied for storage August 1960 LARK Click to expand... Litchfield Park rather than Davis Monthan.