Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (91 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

Handley Page Victor K2 (HP-80) "XL161" 55 Sqn July 1980 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet E GE 314 1982 AIRH

 

[MiTasol]

2 wing fence - MiG 15.
3 wing fence - MiG 17.
All else, ask MiTasol

Thanks for the complement but there are many others here with as much and more knowledge than I have.

For details in photos @Wurger comes to mind. There are others but I am all flued up so the other names escape me at the moment.

 

[MiTasol]

Boeing KC-135E Stratotanker 2010 AIR
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Interesting photo. I was under the impression that all the JT3D (cant remember the mil designation for that engine) powered C135 variant's were re-engined or retired long ago.

 

[Viking1066]

Interesting photo. I was under the impression that all the JT3D (cant remember the mil designation for that engine) powered C135 variant's were re-engined or retired long ago.

Officially retired 2009.

 

[Donivanp]

Cessna T-37B Tweety Bird 80 TFW 1985 AIRH
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Tweety Bird

 

[Donivanp]

Interesting photo. I was under the impression that all the JT3D (cant remember the mil designation for that engine) powered C135 variant's were re-engined or retired long ago.

TF-33 were the engines, to my knowledge they were re engined for for the most part, highest hour birds were sent to Tucson.

 

[GTX]

 

[fannum]

Adventures with our early (Mis) Guided Missiles

This apparently happened more than once, according to the AFA journal account from 1959. "The missile you see ready to take off in the pictures has a story to go with it. When they finally got it launched, they had a problem getting it down. There was an area next to the control van that had loud speakers outside so we could listen to what was going on. When it was time to 'dump' the bird, it would not take the command. We were to be out of the area (impact area) so oil exploration could be done in the afternoon. They talked about sending the bird out over the Med. and letting it run out of gas and go down out there. That was scrubbed, because nobody knew how much fuel was left and they did not want it to come down in a populated area. So, a call was made to the base and they scrambled two F-100s to come take the bird down. Some point along the way the pilots were added to the speaker system. The controller was working with the pilots and giving them the location of the bird. He was circling the bird waiting on their arrival. Finally, the F-100s got close to the bird, but was having trouble getting behind it, even with their afterburners on. The controller worked with the first one and put the bird going away from the F-100. This F-100 had Sidewinder missiles. He shot two at the bird. Then we heard over the radio "Son-of-a-bitch, I missed the bastard." One bounced off the tail and the other off the wing." Left: The normal missile flight path used during the AMLO exercises Illustration courtesy of George Craig "...Next, the second F-100 comes on the speaker. His mike is hot, just like the first F-100. The controller turns the bird according to his directions and he closes in on the bird. Next, we hear the 50 Cals. firing. The next thing we hear from him is that he hit the bird, but it is still climbing and going faster. Light on fuel, it was outrunning the F-100 with its afterburner on. Then the pilot said "I'm bingo fuel, I'm coasting back to base. He was too late, the F-100 ran out of fuel and the pilot had to eject. To add insult to injury, the rescue helicopter sent from Wheelus crashed while attempting to pick up the downed F-100 pilot and both aircrews spent the night in the North African desert." I heard that soon after that, the missile must have run out of fuel and came down on its own. That was the last I hear about any of it." Donald Rhodd ([email protected]) And … "We had our Sidewinder missiles with us over there, and I worked out a deal with the gunnery range commander in Tripoli, where they were firing Matador ground-to-ground missiles that sometimes got away from them. We flew down and chased out of control missiles, hammering them with our Sidewinders - really good practice." Maj Gen. Chuck Yeager, USAF, (Retired), then Commander of the 417th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 50th Fighter-Bomber Wing, (later redesignated the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing) Hahn AB, Germany. More - AMLO at Wheelus Air Base, Libya ---------------------- I got to witness a version of this fiasco as a dependent at Wheelus AFB. We had a situation in Libya in about '54. The Air Force had taken the concept of the German V-1 'buzz bombs' and made them better by using a real jet engine, radio course correction, and of course, a nuke option. The result was the Martin Matador. My supply Major Dad was opening a supply depot at Wheelus AFB for what was to become SAC, and they staged a dog and pony show for USAF brass and local dignitaries with flybys, and ending with the launch of a Matador from a semi-trailer platform with JATO rockets. It was loud and smokey and impressive as it headed toward the Med. Then it started to drift slightly, and while the Germans only had fire and forget, the AF had radio course correction, which they did! However, instead of correcting a few degrees off course, the missile reversed direction and came back over the base and now nervous onlookers. Continued button pushing didn't restore the course, but headed it West ... into the only populated area of the Sahara and Med ... along the coast into Italian Tunisia, French Morocco, etc. F-86s were scrambled but they either couldn't catch it or find the Matador. I don't believe they ever found the crash site ... trackless desert or a watery grave.

 

[Viking1066]

City of Goldsboro B-52G '58-0214' last to leave Seymour-Johnson AFB October 1982 THUR

 

[Viking1066]

Close-up of the artwork applied to the top recce-jet of Gulf War I USAF

 

[Viking1066]

Deputy Minister Max Lejeune was shown an heliborne operation near the Col de Selma. No 159, later FR12, has already been painted green and wears the simple emblem of Groupe d'Helicopteres 2 Selma Pass Algeria 1956 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Hawker Hunter F4 "WV398" 1963 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Different view of A4 Skyhawks HMAS Melbourne REDD

 

[syscom3]

A Soviet Tu-16 Badger aircraft in flight near the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), Pacific Ocean, 18 January 1986.

 

[Sisu]

I always liked the Voodoo as a kid, from the magazines. In the mid 1980s I finally got to see one fly.

Noisy sucker...

 

[Wurger]

 

[GTX]

 

[Viking1066]

Thuds of the Georgia ANG at Dobbins AFB Atlanta PETF

 

[Viking1066]

Demo aircraft Tiger Meet of the Americas titles British Columbia AIRH