stug3
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Vought RF-8G Crusader
VFP-63 USS Oriskany (CVA-34) 1969
VFP-63 USS Oriskany (CVA-34) 1969
Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (3 Viewers)
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syscom3
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U.S. Air Force Captain Steve Ritchie, 30, of Reidsville, North Carolina, the Air Force's first Vietnam War ace, stands
by five stars painted on his jet at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airbase in Vietnam, Tuesday, August 29, 1972. Ritchie
shot down his fifth North Vietnamese MiG on Monday.
by five stars painted on his jet at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airbase in Vietnam, Tuesday, August 29, 1972. Ritchie
shot down his fifth North Vietnamese MiG on Monday.
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syscom3
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Do you know where?
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syscom3
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A munitions crew attaches a CBU-87B cluster bomb to the wing pylon of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during Combined Effects Munitions testing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 31 August 1982. Note protective MOPP gear on ground personnel.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I hope our protective gear is as good as Russian equipment.
No sorry
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syscom3
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The U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds fly their F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft in a six-ship delta formation over Nevada, September 1982.
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syscom3
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What in the world caused those discolored panels?
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syscom3
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Feb 6 1991, Saudi Arabia. KC-135 callsign 'Whale 05' encounters severe wake turbulence at 25,000 feet. In seconds, it banks
over 90 degrees in both directions and engines number 1 and 2 are ripped off the wing. Speed brakes are deployed and
the captain regains control, safely landing at Jeddah AFB.
over 90 degrees in both directions and engines number 1 and 2 are ripped off the wing. Speed brakes are deployed and
the captain regains control, safely landing at Jeddah AFB.
They follow the lines of panels and joins, which leads me to suspect they might be an anti-corrosive agent placed around the panel lines directly onto the aircraft. A common anti-corrosive agent was Dinitrol, which is liquid but dries into a wax like substance. It can be brushed on or sprayed on from a can. It produces a reddish brown tinge, like in the undercarriage bay of this C-130:
Alternatively it could be an application of zinc chromate paint for the same reason, anti-corrosive measures...
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syscom3
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Notice the shadows of the aircraft in this formation on the ground. And the Vought F7U Cutlas's at bottom center.
Im thinkning that this is at the abandoned El Toro USMC Airbase.
stug3
Staff Sergeant
Yes, a guy on the post where I saw that pic made this comment:
it's can sprayed Zinc Chromate Primer, intended to prohibit corrosion on panels/joints that are frequently accessed. Plane captains were admonished if such areas were not sprayed while underway/deployed.
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Bingo!
davparlr
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Interesting picture of the F-106 (a plane I would have loved to have flown, unfortunately all were in the Guard at the time). It shows the "six" with air to air Falcons, and, wing mounted bombs, for ground attack?. There must be a story behind this as the 106 was never sent to Vietnam.
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