Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (3 Viewers)

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A Mystere in Suez crisis markings, a Hunter and a RAF 23 Sqn Phantom at the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum.
The Hunter and the Phantom were, of course, part of the UK front line defence in the 1950's to early 1990's.
This particular Phantom was a reserve aircraft for the Flight of four sent to the Falklands as local defence in July 1982, following the end of the Falklands conflict, and bears the Falkland Islands crest, flanked by the 23 Sqn "bars" on the nose. I'm fairly sure that this is the aircraft I was shown around, at Coningsby, a couple of days before the Flight departed on their long journey south.


 
Airframes said:
This particular Phantom was a reserve aircraft for the Flight of four sent to the Falklands as local defence in July 1982, following the end of the Falklands conflict, and bears the Falkland Islands crest, flanked by the 23 Sqn "bars" on the nose.
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The formerly 23 Sqn renamed 1435 Flight Phantoms, four of them named Faith, Hope, Charity and Desperation!
 
An air-to-air left side view of a U.S. Air Force F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles mounted on the inboard and outboard wing pylons and the wingtips, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 23 July 1981. A spin-control parachute container is attached to the aircraft's tail section and an AN/ALQ-119 electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod is attached to the fuselage centerline.

 
líder rojo! alguna gota de rocío tiene un ping sobre mí. ¿Qué es una gota de rocío? Parece inofensivo.
Game set and match for the Wooley flight ihink.
 
IMHO,

the first shot presents Boeing KB-50J (S/N 48-0088, originally B-50D-90-BO) of the 421st Air Refueling Squadron.

the second one looks like the B-50A LUCKY LADY II (S/N 46-0010) that performed the first nonstop round-the-world flight, from 26 February to 2 March 1949. Total flight time was 94 hours, the B-50A being refueled four times by KB-29Ms.
 
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