Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (34 Viewers)

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Convair F-106 Delta Dart, s/n. 58-0787 involved in one of the strangest Cold War incidents on 2 February 1970 ... must be a collision with the Santa's sleigh ....

the pic source: the net.

 

[Viking1066]

Blackburn Buccaneer S2C "XV344" RAF AVIA

 

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Canberra WH739 of No. 75 Squadron RNZAF dropping bombs over Malaya, 1958 REDD

 

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F-104A '56-840' of the 538thFIS at Larson AFB MESR

 

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Lockheed F-104G Starfighter Esk 726 September 1979 AIRH

 

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Yakushev-Borzov YakB-12.7 machine gun on Mi-24 helicopter WIKI

 

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QF-4G '69-581' at Mojave SMIT

 

[SaparotRob]

Yakushev-Borzov YakB-12.7 machine gun on Mi-24 helicopter WIKI
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A nice hood ornament.

 

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French air force Dassault M.D.450 Ouragan with a large pin up inspired on the French moviestar Brigitte Bardot, based at the fighter squadron school in Meknès, Marocco, in 1957.The matching ID code with Brigitte Bardot's initials are probably not a coincidence.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[BiffF15]

Convair F-106 Delta Dart, s/n. 58-0787 involved in one of the strangest Cold War incidents on 2 February 1970 ... must be a collision with the Santa's sleigh ....

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the pic source: the net.

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196408/convair-f-106a-delta-dart/

That particular aircraft is on display in the museum at Wright Patterson AFB.

 

[Donivanp]

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196408/convair-f-106a-delta-dart/

That particular aircraft is on display in the museum at Wright Patterson AFB.

Yeah it was recovered and flew many more years!

 

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Convair F-106 Delta Dart, s/n. 58-0787 involved in one of the strangest Cold War incidents on 2 February 1970 ... must be a collision with the Santa's sleigh ....

View attachment 861997
the pic source: the net.

The "Cornfield Bomber":

F-106 Delta Dart 580787 Cornfield Bomber

Read about the F-106 that landed by itself the Cornfield Bomber 58-0787 the F-106 Delta Dart Ultimate Interceptor the last of the Century Series Fighters of the Aerospace Defense Command.

www.f-106deltadart.com

More photos of the incident in the link

 

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