Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (5 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

Canadair CF-104 Starfighter Montmedy-Marville 1968 AIRH

 

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Canadair CF-116A 419 Sqn 1984 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Convair F-106A Delta Dart 1981 AIRH

 

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Dassault Etendard IVM 59S 1979 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Dassault Mirage F1CE 'C.14-18' Spanish AF 1986 AIRF

 

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Dassault Super Etendard '52' 17F 1985 AIRH

 

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29G (9-12) East German AF AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi F-1 3 Hikotai Misawa AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

QF-4B Phantom II assigned to the Naval Missile Center Pt. Mugu 1972. These aircraft served as piloted targets for radar intercepts and pilotless drones for missile shoots FACB

 

[Viking1066]

QF-100D '56-3028' at Tyndall during the 1982 'William Tell' weapons competition PETF

 

[Viking1066]

R7V-1 Constellations of VR-8, a Navy transport squadron supporting the (MATS) lined up on the flight line, probably in Hawaii, during the 1950s FACB

 

[Viking1066]

R7V-1 Super Constellation assigned to VX-6, a Navy squadron that supported operations in the Antarctic, pictured at NAF McMurdo Sound 1959 FACB

 

[MIflyer]

My high school classmate, fellow Civil Air Patrol Cadet member was a mechanic on these in Laos when we were "not there".

I have a friend who flew T-28 with the 606th in Laos. He was a USAF enlisted man, although the paperwork said he was a civilian working for another agency. One aspect of the T-28 use was that some have podded .50 cal, carried like bombs, while others have low profile .50 cal installations with ammo supply built into the wing. Never been clear to me which was employed where.

 

[SaparotRob]

R7V-1 Super Constellation assigned to VX-6, a Navy squadron that supported operations in the Antarctic, pictured at NAF McMurdo Sound 1959 FACB
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The bacon is for the dogs. I love huskies.

 

[Frog]

I have a friend who flew T-28 with the 606th in Laos. He was a USAF enlisted man, although the paperwork said he was a civilian working for another agency. One aspect of the T-28 use was that some have podded .50 cal, carried like bombs, while others have low profile .50 cal installations with ammo supply built into the wing. Never been clear to me which was employed where.

The .50 pods seem to have first been used by the French Armée de l'Air for COIN air support in Algéria.

There were no US Navy T-28Bs available, so Sud Aviation had to refurbish surplus T-28As. They were equipped with Wright R-1830 engines from condemned B-17s, triple blades propellers, four wing supports enabling to carry 120 kg bombs, rockets pods or .50 MGs pods. They were designated T-28S Fennec. According to various sources, this concerned between 150 or 245 planes.

This inspirated the US planners who had NAA convert 321 T-28As and Fairchild 72 T-28As into 393 T-28Ds with P&W R-1820 engines and triple blades propellers and six wing supports.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://aviationsmilitaires.net/v3/kb/aircraft/show/2377/north-american-t-28-trojan&ved=2ahUKEwjZqbycmaSTAxW1VKQEHa95LMQQFnoECBoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2xnUUj88qImyRI9coWPMqh

 

[Viking1066]

English Electric Lightning F35 5 Sqn 1974 AIRH

 

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Grumman F-14A Tomcat VF-111 1981 AIRH

 

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Grumman F-14A Tomcat VF-143 June 1979 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Line-up at Bristol's Weston factory of 11 of the 50 Sycamores delivered to the German Navy during 1958 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Lockheed F-104S Starfighter 23 Gruppo/5 Stormo 1985 AIRH