 | Your favorite post-war aircraft| Post-War Discuss Your favorite post-war aircraft in the Other Eras forums; I like it. Here is the old 48th TFW Wing King's bird, "Miss Liberty" back when Col. ... |
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03-26-2008, 11:38 PM
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#331 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | I like it. Here is the old 48th TFW Wing King's bird, "Miss Liberty" back when Col. Sam Westbrook was our commander. This was from my film days.
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03-27-2008, 12:41 AM
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#332 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | Aardvark! Love the FB designation showing through with the AIM-9. Man she was a pretty bird.
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03-27-2008, 01:46 AM
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#333 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Not an FB, actually. It's an F-111F. I think only Mountain Home had FBs. Or it might have been the base in NY whose name eludes me at the moment. The airplane is showing the loadout for the Libya raid.
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03-27-2008, 07:31 PM
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#334 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | Did not mean it literally. I knew the FBs were SAC only and that they did not likely carry anything other than bombs/missiles for their mission. However, very, very sweet. The picture does bring out the Fighter/Bomber designation well. You don't see that oftenI always thought the -111 got a bad rap for early design issues. The ATX was an awesome program.
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03-27-2008, 07:37 PM
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#335 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | By the way, gotta be one of the biggest tires on the main gear of any "fighter" post Korea.
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03-27-2008, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by evangilder  Not an FB, actually. It's an F-111F. I think only Mountain Home had FBs. Or it might have been the base in NY whose name eludes me at the moment. The airplane is showing the loadout for the Libya raid. | We used to get the 111's transiting out of Pease AFB in Mass nit sure if they are what you talking about
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03-27-2008, 07:56 PM
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Country: | The F-86 is an all-time favorite. I'm not a big Korean War guy but I love how the Sabres performed. And there's real beauty in their design.
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03-27-2008, 07:58 PM
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I agree with the posting off pics, so i will try to find something to post for all to see!  | |
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03-27-2008, 08:01 PM
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03-27-2008, 08:10 PM
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#340 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | F-86 and Fiat G91 are beautiful. Just lose the wing tanks. Spoils their lines.
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03-27-2008, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt308 F-86 and Fiat G91 are beautiful. Just lose the wing tanks. Spoils their lines. | Agree 100% Matt.
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03-27-2008, 08:26 PM
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#342 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | Yep. Like a woman wearing a parka.
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03-27-2008, 08:28 PM
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Country: | By the way TO, surely your pics of the F-86 showing the stars and bars orthagonal to the fuselage is improper right? I know that's not USAF doctrine, who effed that up?
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03-27-2008, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by evangilder Not an FB, actually. It's an F-111F. I think only Mountain Home had FBs. Or it might have been the base in NY whose name eludes me at the moment. The airplane is showing the loadout for the Libya raid. | For those who care, a select few of the ex-SAC FB's (those with low hours) were re-worked into G's, and handed over to (what was at that time) TAC; I don't know if any G's are still flying in US colours (probably not), but I think a few of them ended up in Aussie hands after the US retired them.
Once again, here's a good SA&SM article on what the Aussie's call "The Pig": Air & Space Magazine | Military Aviation | The Plane With No Name
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03-27-2008, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt308 By the way TO, surely your pics of the F-86 showing the stars and bars orthagonal to the fuselage is improper right? I know that's not USAF doctrine, who effed that up? | Matt, I think the markings are correct. Seen lots of photos of period Sabres and restorations and they all look the same.
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