stug3
Staff Sergeant
Vought RF-8G Crusader
VFP-63 USS Oriskany (CVA-34) 1969
VFP-63 USS Oriskany (CVA-34) 1969
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I hope our protective gear is as good as Russian equipment.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.
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What in the world caused those discolored panels?Vought RF-8G Crusader
VFP-63 USS Oriskany (CVA-34) 1969View attachment 684389
What in the world caused those discolored panels?
Notice the shadows of the aircraft in this formation on the ground. And the Vought F7U Cutlas's at bottom center.
What in the world caused those discolored panels?
Yes, a guy on the post where I saw that pic made this comment: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:
View attachment 685379Herc nose wheel
Alternatively it could be an application of zinc chromate paint for the same reason, anti-corrosive measures...
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...
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.