Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (82 Viewers)

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11 Squadron followed 5 Squadron for an APC in

Cyprus and made their mark on this 5 Squadron T Mk KEYP

 

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F4 Phantoms from the Leuchars wing. A 43 Squadron aeroplane formates on one from 111 Squadron KEYP

 

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Two Lightnings from 5 Squadron KEYP

 

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Lightning F.6s with a Victor tanker used by No.111 Squadron 1974 WEST

 

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People tend to duck when they are running to or from helicopters. And on the HH-43 that was indeed a requirement and for some angles of approach it was quite dangerous.

But Kaman used the exact same rotor system for their K-Max UAV supply chopper, which was actually employed by the USMC in Afghanahole, so it must have worked pretty good.

One day at the Pentagon the phone rang and it was some guy from Kaman. I said, "Kaman? As in HH-43 Huskie? You're kidding! I did not even know you people were still around!" They wanted some advice about their idea to propose a small space booster based on surplus Posidon missiles. I told them that was a bad idea. The use of surplus missiles was a controversial subject around DC at the time, with some companies lobbying hard to prevent it. He sounded disappointed but Lockheed tried the same idea and got disqualified.

HH-43 could not be approached from the rear when running - rotor hazzard, even for short people.

 

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11 Squadron followed 5 Squadron for an APC in View attachment 854512Cyprus and made their mark on this 5 Squadron T Mk KEYP

Cyprus appears to have received those rare compact Lightnings.

 

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[Donivanp]

HH-43 could not be approached from the rear when running - rotor hazzard, even for short people.

Everybody needs a buzz cut every now and then.

 

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HH-43 could not be approached from the rear when running - rotor hazzard, even for short people.

Yeah, so naturally that is where they put the DOUBLE DOORS!

 

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HH-43 could not be approached from the rear when running - rotor hazzard, even for short people.

And not only that, there was that big exhaust pipe sticking out back there.

 

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That F-16/79 was an attempt to produce a lower performance version for third world countries, something they could replace their F-5's with. The Carter Admin did not want to provide first line jets to the third world but the Reagan Admin was willing to and thus it went nowhere. The F-5G/F-20 was pointed at the same market, which was an F-5 upgraded with a modern afterburning turbofan.

 

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The first Lightnings to be painted were the F Mk2As at RAF Gutersloh KEYP

 

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PZL-Mielec Lim-5R "1905' Vietnam AF AIRH

 

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Supermarine Scimitar F.1 FAA 1961 FLIK

 

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Vickers Valiant B(PR)K1 49 Sqn Marham 1964 AIRH

 

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Two Cougars (F9F-6) are shown on board Midway, 13 August 1952, next to an F7U-3 Cutlass HERF

 

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