Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (50 Viewers)

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This has to be Marine Composite Squadron 1 at the El Toro USMC air station (California).

 

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An air-to-air right-side view of a U.S. Air Force RF-4C Phantom II aircraft and an F-15 Eagle aircraft, assigned to the 18th
Tactical Fighter Wing, flying over the U.S. Navy Spruance-class destroyer USS Cushing (DD-985) during Exercise
OSTFRIESLAND II, Pacific Ocean, 9 February 1983.

 

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a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft armed with an AGM-65 Maverick and
two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 9 February 1983.

 

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An air-to-air right-side view of two U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing as they fly near a
Soviet Kanin-class destroyer during a tactical reconnaissance exercise in the Sea of Japan, 10 February 1983.

 

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All-three-dead from Windy-pennant.

 

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Drut!

 

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12th February 1963: Lightning Jet fighters of No 56 Squadron - chosen as RAF Fighter Command's leading aerobatic team
for 1963 - flying in formation. The squadron is based at Wattisham, Suffolk, England, UK.

 

[cammerjeff]

I thought this was a great comparison of shapes !

Source ; https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vVJi_X-Q...c/CmxvF22FVr4/s1600/1LightningStarfighter.jpg

 

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U.S. Air Force Captain Terry M. Geloneck (Captured 22 December 1972) former Prisoner of War, is hugged and welcomed
home by his wife as the Air Force Honor Guard stands in the background, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California, 14
February 1973.

 

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Fairfield, California, February 14, 1973. The crowd at Travis Air Force Base waving flags as a
U.S. Air Force plane arrives carrying Vietnam War POWs.

 

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U.S. Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-19G (formerly HO4S-3G) helicopter assisting at a crashed plane site, February 14, 1963.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Does not look good for survivors...

 

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A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force E-2C Hawkeye is seen after deployment at the Misawa Air Base on February 15, 1983
in Misawa, Aomori, Japan.

 

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a C-5 Galaxy aircraft taking off, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, 15 February 1983.

 

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A U.S. Navy H-46 Sea Knight helicopter hovers as a search and rescue team retrieve a missile booster on the Pacific Missile
Test Center Range, Point Mugu, California, 15 February 1983.

 

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A C-1A Trader aircraft on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), 24 February 1983. An
A-6E Intruder aircraft is visible in the background.

 

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U.S. Air Force General Dynamics FB-111A (AF Serial No. 68–0272) of the 380th Bombardment Wing, Medium, 24 February 1973.

 

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Sea King HAS.1s of 824 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, on Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in Grand Harbour, Valletta,
Malta, 24 February 1973.

 

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A U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) F-14A Tomcat aircraft prepares to land aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft
carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), 1 March 1983.

 

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