Pictures of Cold War aircraft. (42 Viewers)

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Formation of 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT 1985 the net
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Interesting scheme on the bottom two

 

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F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) fly fly alongside two Air Force B-52G Stratofortress aircraft as they pass over the MIDWAY 1980s the net
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This was probably the end of a simulated Harpoon attack run. When we did those exercises, the intercepting Navy fighters would escort us over the target ship for a "low pass" (500' if I recall correctly). If we made it to the Harpoon launch point without being intercepted, we were allowed to do an ILS approach to the carrier (still no lower than 500' - if I recall correctly - that was 40 years ago!). I got one ILS to the Nimitz (if memory serves - could have been another carrier).