Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (22 Viewers)

[GTX]

Four F-104's a F105 and Desult (looks like an 106) and though I'm not well versed in British aircraft I believe a Javelin fills out the circle.

Mirage III and Gloster Javelin along with the F-104s and F-105

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

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The Mirage is smaller than I thought; the F-104 larger; the F-105 slimer and the Javelin a big beast

 

[Frog]

The Mirage is smaller than I thought; the F-104 larger; the F-105 slimer and the Javelin a big beast

The dimensions are close to those of an A-4.

 

[MIflyer]

The F-107 was the competitor to the F-105. A friend of mine ended up with the YJ-75 engines for the F-107 and F-105 but after he died I guess the engines went to a scrapper.

 

[Donivanp]

I've seen two out of the three survivors. One a the National Museum of the USAF and one a Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson Arizona.

 

[Donivanp]

I should say I've seen the two surviving aircraft of the three built.

 

[Sabrejet]

The F-107 was the competitor to the F-105. A friend of mine ended up with the YJ-75 engines for the F-107 and F-105 but after he died I guess the engines went to a scrapper.

A friend of mine actually owned one of the aircraft! Thanks to him we have such a mad population of survivors for such an exotic type.

 

[MIflyer]

A friend of mine actually owned one of the aircraft!

I had heard that one private owner was actually trying to get a YF-107A back up and flying. The USAF heard and said, "NOPE!"

My friend with the YJ-75's passed away and I told the USAF Museum that they were going to be sold. I would have been willing to work out a trade deal but they seem to have stopped all that when a C-130 they had traded for a B-17 forest fire bomber ended up in Saddam's Iraq rather than fighting fires.

I had a very small 29 cent Aurora model kit of the F-107.

 

[GTX]

 

[Donivanp]

A big bic lighter ! That'll light your cigar from a hundred feet away!

 

[Donivanp]

 

[GTX]

 

[Venomstick121]

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any idea on how hot they got?

 

[GTX]

any idea on how hot they got?

The aircraft or the engines?

 

[Venomstick121]

The aircraft or the engines?

engines exhaust

 

[Donivanp]

Hot enough to roast your weenie

 

[BiffF15]

I really wanted to fly that.

 

[Donivanp]

Another Hot one!

 

[Donivanp]

Talk about a a screamer!

 

[Donivanp]

While stationed at Kadena Recon was personal. Strategic and tactical!

SR-71A Det1

RF-4C 15th TRW

RC-135S

E-3B 961 AWACS

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