Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (3 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

USS George Washington (CVN-73) Nimitz class carrier USNS

 

[Donivanp]

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C-130A the original Roman Nose and three bladed props

 

[Donivanp]

XF-10F-1 taking off from Edwards AFB 1952 NMNA
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Dude , nice Jag XW

 

[Donivanp]

B-52Ds of SAC on 'Ground Alert' duty in the US PASW
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D Buff. I worked these at there EoL. We retired our D's from the 43rd SW in 1983 and they were replaced by the BIGGEST PIECES OF CRSP G models ever I seen. The 19th BW was disbanded and became a Refueling Wing, we got their B-52G's and it looked like they hadn't been kept up for a while! Think DOG!!!!!

 

[Donivanp]

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress (464) '58-0258' 1979 AIRH
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Yeah, DOG here boy, here boy woof woof

 

[GreenKnight121]

Sole Civilian Voodoo F-101B '70410' University of Colorado for weather research 1974 DONJ
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Colorado State University, not University of Colorado... caption was wrong.

They are two separate institutions (CSU had its origins as an agricultural & technical college, CU was always an academic institution).

 

[Donivanp]

Colorado State University, not University of Colorado... caption was wrong.

They are two separate institutions (CSU had its origins as an agricultural & technical college, CU was always an academic institution).

Indeed

 

[Viking1066]

Indeed.

 

[GreenKnight121]

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A4D-2 Skyhawk (BuNo 142130) after a barrier landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9), circa December 1957.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

D Buff. I worked these at there EoL. We retired our D's from the 43rd SW in 1983 and they were replaced by the BIGGEST PIECES OF CRSP G models ever I seen. The 19th BW was disbanded and became a Refueling Wing, we got their B-52G's and it looked like they hadn't been kept up for a while! Think DOG!!!!!

We had -Gs at Moron during Desert Storm, they did good work. They came in from Griffiss, Barksdale, and K.I. Sawyer, and they looked about the same condition as the -H models we had back home, and the same old-airplane smell. 24 in total, launching a three-ship mission every three hours, about 39,000 lbs of bombs per ship, and no one got any sleep for twenty days or so until we had a three-day maintenance stand-down before resuming another 20 or so days to finish it off.

Better IFE rate than the F-4s back home, for damned sure. We had one come in with battle damage that was pretty hairy, but otherwise they were good bomb-trucks.

 

[Viking1066]

F9F-8P assigned to VFP-61 with a longer nose section strictly for reconn NMNA

 

[Donivanp]

We had -Gs at Moron during Desert Storm, they did good work. They came in from Griffiss, Barksdale, and K.I. Sawyer, and they looked about the same condition as the -H models we had back home, and the same old-airplane smell. 24 in total, launching a three-ship mission every three hours, about 39,000 lbs of bombs per ship, and no one got any sleep for twenty days or so until we had a three-day maintenance stand-down before resuming another 20 or so days to finish it off.

Better IFE rate than the F-4s back home, for damned sure. We had one come in with battle damage that was pretty hairy, but otherwise they were good bomb-trucks.

Yeah I know but those were got from Robins were dogs until we fixed 'em. Problem with Guam was a bird stayed for a year and than rotated back to the states and a different one comes into replace it.

 

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[Viking1066]

Late 1970s or early 1980s photo of 57th FIS Phantom intercepting a Soviet Bear near Iceland AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

JASDF F-104 Starfighter during Exercise Cope North 80 NARA

 

[Viking1066]

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 'FX85' 1971 AIRH