Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (27 Viewers)

[SaparotRob]

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This seems worthy of some description.

 

[GTX]

This seems worthy of some description.

This was part of a US army trial - along side the Northrop N-156 and modified version of A-4 Skyhawk. See here:

I Jet dell’U.S. Army (1956-1961) e la battaglia Army-USAF sul Close Air Support

“E’ mia ferma convinzione che le Forze Aeree non abbiano alcun interesse nei confronti del supporto tattico ravvicinato. Esse pensano che sia una pratica infruttuosa e sono inoltre assa…

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[SaparotRob]

This was part of a US army trial - along side the Northrop N-156 and modified version of A-4 Skyhawk. See here:

I Jet dell’U.S. Army (1956-1961) e la battaglia Army-USAF sul Close Air Support

“E’ mia ferma convinzione che le Forze Aeree non abbiano alcun interesse nei confronti del supporto tattico ravvicinato. Esse pensano che sia una pratica infruttuosa e sono inoltre assa…

sobchak.wordpress.com

It unusual for me to see fixed wing aircraft in U.S. Army livery, in the "jet age". Also an import. Something out of the ordinary.

 

[Donivanp]

This seems worthy of some description.

It's an illegal and totally unauthorized waste of taxpayers money. The Army can't fly fixed wing aircraft, that's what they have the Air Force for!

 

[SaparotRob]

Informative. I'd have thought that they would have put a more positive spin on that.

 

[Viking1066]

USMC Stinson L-5 Sentinel launched from the USS Sicily off Korea September 1950 REDD

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

It's an illegal and totally unauthorized waste of taxpayers money. The Army can't fly fixed wing aircraft, that's what they have the Air Force for!

The Army flies aircraft, the Air Force has boats, and the Navy has its own army. What is this world coming to?!

 

[GreenKnight121]

The original G.91 versions were - they had a single Bristol Orpheus turbojet. The G-91Y variant, which was based on the G.91T trainer fuselage, had this replaced by 2 afterburning GE J85 turbojets which increased thrust by 60% over the single-engined variant. Further structural modifications to reduce airframe weight increased performance further and an additional fuel tank occupying the space of the G.91T's rear seat provided extra range. Combat manoeuvrability was also improved with the addition of automatic leading edge slats. The image below gives you a bit of a side-by-side comparison:

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Yep.
G91R:

G91Y:

I wonder where it's design came from... .
F-86K & G91 (Gina and her papà):

The US Army's eternal quest to anger the USAF:

 

[Donivanp]

The Army flies aircraft, the Air Force has boats, and the Navy has its own army. What is this world coming to?!

And don't forget the Marines, they are a one man army navy air force.

 

[GreenKnight121]

And don't forget the Marines, they are a one man army navy air force.

They are what was referred to as "the US Navy's Army". Which has its own Air Force.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

And don't forget the Marines, they are a one man army navy air force.

America's Swiss army knife.

 

[Viking1066]

F-35 and F-16 joining the final flight of the KDC-10 for its retirement REDD

 

[Viking1066]

F16, Gripen E, F15 and other jets from CRUZEX 2024 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon during Japanese-American Friendship Festival 2025 at Yokota AB Japan May 2025 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

CF-104s of No.439 Squadron at Baden-Sollingen PETF

 

[Viking1066]

Danish F-100 '55-2779' 1969 ROBE

 

[GTX]

 

[Viking1066]

North American F-86F Sabre '5361' Monte Real Portugal AIRF

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

North American F-86F Sabre '5361' Monte Real Portugal AIRF
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The non-dognose F-86 is one of the prettiest and most elegant designs to take the sky.