Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (37 Viewers)

[Donivanp]

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Always a fun day when you catch shot and leave you fuel cells and nuclear weapons on the flight deck.

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I am a Chevy man myself, but I won't hold it against you Ford guy's.

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Is it a Cougar or a mountain lion?

 

[hw97karbine]

Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" seen from an intercepting NATO aircraft in the 1970s

 

[herman1rg]

tu-95 still flying apparently

 

[bf109xxl]

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Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" seen from an intercepting NATO aircraft in the 1970s

More likely, Tu-142.

 

[GTX]

 

[GTX]

 

[Wurger]

 

[GTX]

Two for one deal:

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[c1951]

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Tupolev Tu-95 "Bear" seen from an intercepting NATO aircraft in the 1970s

You could hear it and feel the vibration in the air before you could see it - still the same!

 

[GTX]

"Navy" on one side and "Marines" on the other:

 

[SaparotRob]

No USPS?

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[GTX]

B-54:

 

[GTX]

B-88:

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Does anybody knows when the british started to hire former french preWW2 bomber designers?

 

[GTX]

 

[GTX]

Technically both of these are cold war aircraft...just:

 

[hw97karbine]

M16A1 door gun on a Cessna O-1 Bird Dog over Vietnam

 

[Frog]

M16A1 door gun on a Cessna O-1 Bird Dog over Vietnam

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Looking at the flash hider, odds are strong this could be a M16 (firts adopted by the USAF in 1964 without the bolt assist), not a M16A1.