Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (16 Viewers)

[MIflyer]

When The XB-42 filed to meet expectation McDonald tried with a jet powered XB-43

Douglas. McDonnell Douglas was a couple of decades away.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

North American RB-45C (S/N 48-013). Note the unusual (for a B-45) nose art, "For Sale Inquire Within." FLIK
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Very interesting also the cyclop's eye and the thin alligator mouth

 

[SaparotRob]

Douglas. McDonnell Douglas...

I heard Sean Connery saying that in my mind's ear.

 

[MIflyer]

The XB-42 was supposed to be developed into an airliner version, called the DC-8, but the program never got that far and the DC-8 came to mean something else.

 

[Viking1066]

48 TFW 1971 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Avro 698 Vulcan B.2 44 Sqn 1982 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Grumman S2F-1 Tracker VS-11 Kanoya 1975 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

LTV A-7D Corsair II 124 TFS/132 TFW Iowa ANG 1979 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle 36 TFW 1987 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Operated by 1st Flight Ohmura Flight Squadron 1973 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

VA-56 A-7A being directed to catapult aboard USS Midway. Loadout is 6 Mk.82 500# live bombs (3 under each wing.) 1975 AIRH

 

[flypaper2222]

Mitsubishi F-1,A nice looking aircraft.

 

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[Viking1066]

Republic F-105D Thunderchief '62-4372' 1978 AIRH

 

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[Viking1066]

RN-104G 21 + 11 of MFG-2 flying a brief sortie FRID