Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (1 Viewer)

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May 10th, 1972, Operation Linebacker, USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in the Gulf of Tonkin off North Vietnam. BARCAP/MIGCAP F-4B
Phantom IIs of VF-51 "Screaming Eagles" heading out. BuNo 151398, NL110, pilot Lieutenant Kenneth L. "Ragin Cajun" Cannon
and RIO Lieutenant Roy A. "Bud" Morris, Jr. Credited with shooting down a MiG-17 over North Vietnam on this date.

 
Lieutenant Randall H. Cunningham (center), of U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron (VF) 96, in the VF-96 ready room aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64), describing how he downed three MiG-17 fighters in aerial combat over North Vietnam on 10 May 1972. At right is Cunningham's Radar Intercept Officer, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William P. Driscoll. They had earlier downed two other enemy fighters, and were the Navy's only Vietnam War fighter "Aces." Combat damage forced them to eject from their F-4J Phantom II just after the triple kill, but they were quickly rescued by a helicopter from USS Okinawa (LPH-3). After receiving a hot meal and dry clothing on board Okinawa they were flown back to Constellation to receive a joyous welcome.

 
A real american hero, for awhile. Sad story.
 
Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 30, 1972. The Northrop YA-9A Cobra specialized ground attack aircraft made its first
flight, flown by company test pilot Lew Nelson. The aircraft subsequently lost the A-X competitive prototype flyoff against the
A-10, and never went into production.

 
I am not sure this was called the cobra. I think Northrop used that name for the YF-17.
 
A view of a four-ship wedge formation of A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft flying over Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on 31 May 1982. The aircraft are from the 18th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 343rd Composite Wing, participating in a training mission.

 
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