cold war planes

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>>33891822
1950s Jets are the best looking jets, hell the fifties were an AESTHETICLY superior decade

>>33892343
what is that?

>>33892493
MiG-23 I think.

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>>33892501

>>33892493
Su-17 Fitter

>>33892493
su22

the only thing soviet-made planes were good for in the cold war was being cannon fodder for jews

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Surprised no love for the F86? Most gorgeous jet of the 50's imo.

>>33892947
Hell yeah

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>>33892822

>>33892988
underrated pic

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>>33893058
There is just something perfect about the Herc before it go the radar nose.

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How about some interceptors now?

>>33892822
I fell in love with in MIG ALLEY ACE

>>33893147
That thumbnail looked like it was going to be some god tier furry porn. am dissapoint.

>>33893121
That was a good one. They are a wonder to behold in person in flight. I miss combat flight simulators as a genre :/.

>>33892822
agreed.

>>33893123
Sexiest plane of the era right there

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to bad this never came to be.

>>33892822

F86 is one of the best looking planes of ANY era. It is easily in my top 3 all time best planes. It kicks ass.

>>33892988
It looks so happy, now THAT is a smile I would protect.

>>33893266
You might be old if you remember that game

>>33892343
i love the ths su 17 series.

>>33893781
Three of those aircraft still in use too

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>>33892312
>Crusader III

Oh what could have been...

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>>33892501

>Navy B-47
>Navy colors on a strategic bomber

>American equivalent of a Tu-95-->Tu-142

>US Navy having bombers with standoff range thermonuclear ALCMs

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>>33892988
>>33893078

Reminds me of a C-97 Skymaster

>>33893200
Did the Soviets not have color film in 1985?

>>33892587
>Stratojet
That's a Canberra m8

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>>33894094
They still fly the Canberra sometime.

>>33894094
Ok so I know the C130 and B-52 are definetly still in use, but what else am I missing?

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>>33894383
KC-135 Hercules. It's circled on the left underneath the B-52

>>33894421
>Herculese

I meant Statotanker

it used to have skinny turbojets, now it's got turbofans

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>>33893023
>>33893039

SABRE!

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Always have an interest in elint missions.

>>33893897
I hear ya, senpai. :-(

>>33892300
Dieselpunk at its finest

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I LOVE the Century Series

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Royal New Zealand used to have a viable air force in the past ..Look how sad they've turned into..

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>>33892988
Here's one of its predecessors. If anyone here ever gets the chance to visit the Pima Air Museum DO IT. You'll fucking cream yourself at the amount of Cold-War era shit they've got there, and its not just US stuff.

>>33894472
Reminds me of Canada.

>>33894383
>>33894094

KC-135

>>33894476
It has a trio of F-23's on a plinth outside, neat.

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>>33894476

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>>33894500
Those are mockups. Sadly the only two prototype F-23s that remain are in Dayton Ohio and Torrance California. Pima does have some experimental stuff though.
>>33894503

>>33894532
Why did they choose the F-23 over the F-22 though?

>>33894532
>filename
that's some ASW plane the Brits used off their carriers. Fun fact, I think it actually has two engines, one fore each prop

>>33894532
>>33894553
Fairey Gannet
>dual turboprop engine
wtf brits

>>33894546
because one company hired more former generals and made bigger campaign donations than the other.

>>33894579
I mean for the display but that could be true for it as well.

>>33894532
>>33894553

Wrong, it's preggers with a baby Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano

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>>33894546
Guess to showcase that they have stuff that didn't make it into official use.
>>33894553
Thanks. Can't remember everything I saw. Would've loved to have spent more time, but I didn't have much time. Basically running around with a camera.

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Why has no one posted the Lightning yet? Despite a rough first few months, it proved to be a highly performant aircraft, as well as unashamedly ugly-sexy in it's chunky here-for-business frame.

>>33894620
first time I ever saw one of those was in the Area 88 manga , they had the drop tank on top of the wings and I thought they had made it up just for the manga.

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A beaut

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Love me some bare metal.

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Imagine camping down there and then getting a flyby by these gorgeous gals.

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https://youtu.be/z2e2-sylF7M?t=16s

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"And lo, though I walk through the Valley of The Shadow Of Death, I shall fear no evil, for I am at 82,000 feet and climbing."

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>>33892822
That's an odd way to spell Hawker Hunter

>>33893200
The soviets were literally the only nation to take pictures in the 70s and 80s that look like their then rand new equipment fell through time and reappeared in 1916.

Damn, what a SHIT quality

>>33894693
Elegantly sleak. The original proposed capabilities made it seem otherworldly at the time.

>>33893113
I mean I get that its the fastest thing ever, and the stress it puts on the airframes must be immense but holy hell that is alot of dials

>>33895986
In the pre-digital age they just kind of made do.

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only pic i have

>>33892471

aaaawwwww, it's adorable...

>>33892535
Dumbfuck

>>33893113
>no dial with Fast, Faster, Fastest and Beyond Fast.
They had one job.

>>33894996
Definitely more modern looking I'll give you that.
>>33894041
26. I picked up the game a few years after it was released when I was an autistic 12-14 year old in a bargain bin flight sim binge. Played two or three of the Novalogic games too (F-22 Lightning, Mig-29 Fulcrum etc.)

>>33892327

wow I didn't know that Boeing's happy plane had a grandpa

>>33892488
>That one engine left side is off
The sayings were true.

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>>33895986
You are like a little baby.
Watch THIS

>>33894472
I mean, their roundel is a flightless bird. I'd say it was inevitable.

>>33892604
What is this sorry little thing?

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>>33891882
Mah Vigger

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>>33892822
Did someone say Sabres?

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>>33897563
XF-85 Goblin. It was a parasite fighter. It didn't work out.

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>>33897616
Need more britshit

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>>33897599
Thanks

>>33894697
On the path to naples from my home there is alway an F104S exposed there

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Best Sabre killer reporting in.

>>33894571
Turboprop is primo Cold War, though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9S3h37GW2g

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>tfw no pics already here of this

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>>33894594
>33894594

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>>33897576

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>>33898348
>>33898348

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Animooted.

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>>33898569
thats a mig bro look at the tail and thats cannon fire the f86s m3 50 cals had alot higher rate of fire

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>>33898623
Thanks for the correction. I'll rename the file. :)

>>33898623
>>33898648
>winged red star
Only indication you need

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>UN forces named the Po-2's nighttime appearance Bedcheck Charlie and had great difficulty in shooting it down – even though night fighters had radar as standard equipment in the 1950s.
>The Po-2 is also the only biplane credited with a documented jet-kill, as one Lockheed F-94 Starfire was lost while slowing down to 110 mph – below its stall speed – during an intercept in order to engage the low flying Po-2.

>>33893200
Damn, the Russians had MiG 29s in 1909?

>>33898706
>>The Po-2 is also the only biplane credited with a documented jet-kill, as one Lockheed F-94 Starfire was lost while slowing down to 110 mph – below its stall speed – during an intercept in order to engage the low flying Po-2.

Like something straight out of Looney Tunes

>>33898881
Can you imagine what that F94 pilot faced when he got back to the officers club? hehe

>>33898566
>f-100
>f-86
anon

>>33898566
That is a Thunderchief not a Super Sabre

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I've always liked the XB-52's nose design better than the production version, even though I understand why they ditched it

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>no mig-23 yet

whats wrong with you /k/

>>33899996
It's not really fair to call it an 'air war'. There was no effective resistance, and by the end bombers simply ran out of things to burn.

>>33897480
>tfw no amazon pilot gf

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>>33898706
Amazing

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>>33898348
>>33898475