Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (10 Viewers)

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U.S. Seventh Fleet F-4 Phantom jets are repaired from Vietnam war damage and overhauled at the private American Air Asia company, a tenant at Tainan Air Force Base, Taiwan, April 12, 1972. Air Asia maintains the largest airplane repair facility in Asia. Chinese mechanics at work over the shark-mouthed Phantom jets.

 
Graeme said:
Stealthy Stroller...

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Tripple Nickel......
F-4E-44-MC 69-7555 1979-82: USAF 3rd TFS (3rd TFW). 4/5/1982: Caught fire and crashed after take-off from Kunsan AB, South Korea.
 
herman1rg said:
I don't think we would be able to do the same today
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I don't see why not, the navy has two carriers with F-35Bs, plus the RAF has Typhoons and SAM batteries at MPA, not to mention the capability of positioning combat aircraft down there within a 24 hour period. There might not even need to be a ground force...

(Let's not forget that Argentina is in no position militarily to launch a sustained attack campaign against the islands, let alone invade.)
 
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