Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (16 Viewers)

[SaparotRob]

And now try to estimate how many of them the MiG-31 must have using mathematical induction.

4?

 

[bf109xxl]

4?

Why not 10?

 

[SaparotRob]

Sounds good to me. I didn't want to over claim.

 

[Donivanp]

Sounds good to me. I didn't want to over claim.

11, always 11! it's loader

 

[bf109xxl]

Sounds good to me. I didn't want to over claim.

Overclaim is ok according to the most recent researches - see the thread on the P-38 effectiveness.

 

[Viking1066]

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 2010 AIR

 

[Viking1066]

Boeing Vertol CH-46E Sea Knight HMM-261 USMC 2000 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 64 AGRS/57 FW/ ACC AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Supermarine Scimitar F1 803 NAS 1965 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Supermarine Scimitar F1 803 NAS 1965 AIRH

 

[BiffF15]

Here are a few my MiG-29 personal shots.

The three ship shot was taken over Ft Jackson while deployed to Key West. Photographer was in our B model, yours truly was in the A model. One of the photos from that shoot made the cover of "Air&Space Forces" magazine November 2002.

The grainy "picture of a picture", was taken over in Europe (Germany or Netherlands?) after my first sortie with the MiGs. An American ex F15 / F16 driver was flying the MiG.

The other two shots were guys on my wing as we RTBd.

The self portrait shot is from the Key West deployment. I went on a parts run to JAX and during the RTB noticed something stenciled on my speed brake. The MiG guys had painted a stencil on my (that) jet and no one had noticed until then. We had a great laugh at that.

Of note the grainy shot from my first MiG encounter and the formation shot from Key West deployment years later were of the same MiG.

The Germans were totally great guys and hugely fun to train with!

 

[GTX]

 

[GTX]

 

[MIflyer]

A-4C that was hit by a SAM. Pilot eventually had to punch out.

 

[Frog]

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Mirage F-1 CT with Matra R530 missiles, the one in the background From Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Lorraine, the other from Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Normandie.

 

[Viking1066]

Cessna T-37B Tweety Bird 80 TFW 1985 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II "3562" AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29G (9-12A) '2910' "Farewell" scheme 2003 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Melbourne departing San Diego in 1977 after collecting the RAN's replacement S-2 Trackers WIKI

 

[Viking1066]

Boeing's B-29 plant in Wichita was reopened to build B-47s. Nineteen are visible here 1952 AIRH