Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (6 Viewers)

Viking1066 · Jul 10, 2025

Turkish F-104S Starfighter which equiped 142 and 182 Filo in 1978 PETF

Viking1066 · Jul 11, 2025

Two Corsair IIs during exercise Sentry Castle 81 from the 112th TFG, Pennsylvania Air National Guard NARA

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Capt. Vick · Jul 11, 2025

GreenKnight121 said:
Powered by 2 x GE J85s instead of the more normal Bristol-Siddeley Orpheus for +60% thrust.

The fuselage is also lengthened, with an added fuselage fuel tank and more avionics.

Huh? I thought this was a single engine aircraft.

GTX · Jul 11, 2025

Capt. Vick said:
Huh? I thought this was a single engine aircraft.

The original G.91 versions were - they had a single Bristol Orpheus turbojet. The G-91Y variant, which was based on the G.91T trainer fuselage, had this replaced by 2 afterburning GE J85 turbojets which increased thrust by 60% over the single-engined variant. Further structural modifications to reduce airframe weight increased performance further and an additional fuel tank occupying the space of the G.91T's rear seat provided extra range. Combat manoeuvrability was also improved with the addition of automatic leading edge slats. The image below gives you a bit of a side-by-side comparison:

GTX · Jul 11, 2025

GTX · Jul 11, 2025

syscom3 · Jul 11, 2025

An AIM-120A advanced medium range air-to-air missile warhead detonates during a test, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, July 11 1985

Donivanp · Jul 11, 2025

syscom3 said:
An AIM-120A advanced medium range air-to-air missile warhead detonates during a test, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, July 11 1985

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That'll ruin your day!