Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (4 Viewers)

Donivanp · Sep 2, 2025

MIflyer said:
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I talked to a KC-135 pilot who was flying a refueling mission over Laos for that F-105 and had his crew tell him about that special artwork on that airplane.

Capt Vic Vizcarra Pussy Galore II

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GreenKnight121 · Sep 3, 2025

Viking1066 said:
466thTFS D's over the Great Salt Lake Utah HJVA
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Back in the mid-late 1970s my family was in the Silver Island Mountains west of the Bonneville Salt Flats* (northeast of Wendover Utah and just east of the Nevada border) on a trip with our local Gem and Mineral collecting club (rockhounds).

We had climbed one of the peaks and crossed a saddle to the next one (they were about 200' above the saddle) when a pair of F-105s flew over the saddle, heading south... they were below us and I looked down into the cockpit and the pilot was looking up at us! I remember that they had small bombs (250 lb HE or 125 lb training) under their wings.

* The salt flats are just north of I-80 at the west side of the Utah Test & Training Range (the largest continuous unrestricted military training air-space in the "lower 48" states), which is west of the Great Salt Lake.

GreenKnight121 · Sep 3, 2025

GTX said:
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[quote ="facebook post on Aviation Zone page"]According to an interesting post appeared on RC Universe forum, 'the tail strike occurred during a 1990 airshow in Harrison, Arkansas. Kelly, who was a technician for the FAA and somewhat of a camera buff, was tracking this guy flying a MiG-17 with his camera.

'The pilot had just completed a loop and misjudged his pull-out. Everyone considering themselves as potential victims, took-off running in all directions. But Kelly had a non-threatening position with strong motivation to take the picture. So just as the MiG scraped the ground, Kelly captured this rare image.[/quote]

Apparently, the MiG-17 is still flying airshows, as the damage was slight and easily repaired.