Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (50 Viewers)

[hw97karbine]

Explosive charges detonated in the fuselage of an F-105 Thunderchief due to be used for a battle damage repair demonstration at Warner Robins AFB in April 1987

 

[Glider]

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How far do you think he could carry that lot.

 

[Viking1066]

KC-130F Hercules (VMGR-152) Vietnam War 1968 SEOR

 

[SaparotRob]

Explosive charges detonated in the fuselage of an F-105 Thunderchief due to be used for a battle damage repair demonstration at Warner Robins AFB in April 1987

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Now that's some hardcore weathering.

 

[GTX]

Old cold war aircraft...albeit in updated form:

 

[c1951]

Short Seamew on a carrier-first time I've seen this. Cancelled with defence cuts and the lotscraped at Lossiemouth

 

[cammerjeff]

How far do you think he could carry that lot.

From Windsor Ontario to Detroit I would think.

 

[syscom3]

The USN acquired some B-17's in 1945 to be equipped with early warning radars, they were designated PB1 and remained in service well into the 50s. This was the only one with a top mounted radar.

 

[Glider]

From Windsor Ontario to Detroit I would think.

I was thinking twice around the airfield, tops.

 

[cammerjeff]

I was thinking twice around the airfield, tops.

We are on the same page, in my thinking Detroit is about 4 times around the airfield from Windsor.

 

[Viking1066]

Task Force 77 Gulf of Tonkin USS Constellation with destroyers USS George K MacKenzie and USS Rogers to land USS Oriskany foreground. USS Mount Katmai to far right NHHC

 

[SaparotRob]

It puts scale to the A3D. It must have been a monster for an Essex to handle.

 

[special ed]

USS Hancock had three in 1960. Got to see them operate. A very tight thing when landing.

 

[Viking1066]

Chance Vought F7U-1 Cutlass BuNo 124419 and F6U-1 Pirate over Dallas, TX, 18 December 1950 FLIK

 

[GTX]

 

[GTX]

It puts scale to the A3D. It must have been a monster for an Essex to handle.

It does indeed.

 

[Donivanp]

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I'm on fire, eject eject eject

 

[Donivanp]

It puts scale to the A3D. It must have been a monster for an Essex to handle.

It was a monster for a Nimtz class carriers

 

[hw97karbine]

357th Tactical Fighter Squadron Republic F-105D Thunderchief 62-4229 en route to target over Vietnam on February 6th 1970, note the fuze extenders fitted to some of the bombs to detonate them above ground and maximize blast and fragment damage to targets in the open.

 

[GTX]