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re: Cold War Aviation Buffs - Identify this Bird
Posted on 10/21/19 at 9:22 am to Tigeralum2008
Posted on 10/21/19 at 9:22 am to Tigeralum2008
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Tigeralum2008
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Anneline Kriel, former Miss World and Miss South Africa posing next to a great looking Dassault Mirage F1CZ
We have a winner.
Mirage in service with the SAAF.
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Posted on 10/21/19 at 4:00 pm to 777Tiger
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uncanny how that almost everything developed by the west, particularly by us, the commies always seem to come up with the exact same idea shortly after
No doubt. While the US went with the A-10 as an attack aicraft, the Russkies stole/copied/were sold the plans to the competitor to the A-10, the Northrop YA-9. Frogfoot is a copy of that plane which was the other design considered by the US when the competition for the U.S.'s new ground-attack role aircraft in the 70's
Posted on 10/21/19 at 4:27 pm to blueridgeTiger
What plane?
Posted on 10/21/19 at 4:28 pm to AUTimbo
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the A-10
has evolved a tad over the years, hasn't it?
Posted on 10/21/19 at 4:34 pm to blueridgeTiger
I don't know why someone decided to blur out the insignas on the OP's pic?
Also: Back in that day I would've at least made a pass on her...
Also: Back in that day I would've at least made a pass on her...
Posted on 10/21/19 at 4:46 pm to 777Tiger
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has evolved a tad over the years, hasn't it?
LOL, Yes indeed
Looking at that YA-9 pic I see a strong hint of the A-1 SkyRaider in it IMHO.
Being an Army brat I always had a soft spot for the Warthog
Posted on 10/21/19 at 4:49 pm to AUTimbo
You’re right, I see the lines, theiving commie bastards!!!
did you fly the Aardvark?
did you fly the Aardvark?
This post was edited on 10/21/19 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:04 pm to 777Tiger
No
NDI troop... the guys you jet jockeys always had a case of the azz at waiting on SOAP results before being able to log your next sortie.
Worked 15's at Tyndall and Varks at Lakenheath
(Edit) DID almost get an incentive ride in the Wizzo's seat at Incirlik one TDY but it fell through at the last second
NDI troop... the guys you jet jockeys always had a case of the azz at waiting on SOAP results before being able to log your next sortie.
Worked 15's at Tyndall and Varks at Lakenheath
(Edit) DID almost get an incentive ride in the Wizzo's seat at Incirlik one TDY but it fell through at the last second
This post was edited on 10/21/19 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:06 pm to AUTimbo
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Worked 15's at Tyndall and Varks at Lakenheath
nice
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:10 pm to AUTimbo
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DID almost get an incentive ride in the Wizzo's seat at Incirlik one TDY but it fell through at the last second
that would have been awesome, and worth a lot of the bs that I'm sure came with the job
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:19 pm to blueridgeTiger
F-4 Phantom? Can't see enough of it, honestly.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:21 pm to tigahbruh
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F-4 Phantom
sure quote:
Can't see enough of it, honestly.
I have a ride that I'm trying to set up in a Phantom for next spring, hope it doesn't fall through
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:22 pm to 777Tiger
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that would have been awesome, and worth a lot of the bs that I'm sure came with the job
True
I consider my time in as "Heaven and Hell"
2 yrs @ Tyndall....3 yrs at "The Heath"
The things I could tell you that I saw in some of those X-ray jobs on Eagles that newbie Eagle-drivers were doing to those old A-model birds would give you nightmares LOL
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:24 pm to blueridgeTiger
Dassault Mirage F1....South African AF
This post was edited on 10/21/19 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:25 pm to AUTimbo
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The things I could tell you that I saw in some of those X-ray jobs on Eagles that newbie Eagle-drivers were doing to those old A-model birds would give you nightmares LOL
we had some of those, and it seemed like we always got the old twisted up ones, before that though it was old F-4Cs, so we thought we were getting new hot rods Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:33 pm to 777Tiger
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we had some of those, and it seemed like we always got the old twisted up ones, before that though it was old F-4Cs, so we thought we were getting new hot rods
Remember one eagle that had gone out over the Gulf (Mexico not Tonkin
) on an ACM mission and pulled 8.9 G's with a full fuel load. Looking over the top of the wing looked like a series of humps at a motocross event. McDonnel Douglas wouldn't even ok the short flight to depot at Warner Robbins so they took the wings off and sent it up there on a semi 
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:42 pm to AUTimbo
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Remember one eagle that had gone out over the Gulf (Mexico not Tonkin ) on an ACM mission and pulled 8.9 G's with a full fuel load.
we had some problems over that gulf too, had one guy, and I don't recall the mechanical issue, I know there was an issue with the canopy, that had to punch out in a vertical dive doing about 800kts, he's been a quad now for around 30 years
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:59 pm to 777Tiger
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with the canopy, that had to punch out in a vertical dive doing about 800kts, he's been a quad now for around 30 years
That sucks, I'm sorry for your fellow flyer.
Not long before getting to Tyndall they had an Eagle driver punch out into the gulf while travelling at over mach. He had a mid-air with an F-4. When he punched the wind literally ripped his face apart. I heard that somehow he had made it back to flying status later, however I'm sure it probably wasn't in Eagles.
Stinks losing people.
I played soccer with a 1st LT that went down on a cross-country out to Holloman, NM in a T-33. Notre Dame grad that was leaving for T-38/F-15 school within the month. Flew his bird straight into the ground, supposedly from vertigo in a snowstorm
Posted on 10/21/19 at 7:07 pm to AUTimbo
It does suck. Gallows humor is a military way of coping. Got to keep pressing on. It’s when you stop or slow down long enough to think about it that it can make you a human again.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 7:13 pm to soccerfüt
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I don't know why someone decided to blur out the insignas on the OP's pic?
Really dislike it when people blur stuff in pictures.
Either you have rights to the picture or you don't. If you do, you can post it. If you don't, blurring shite doesn't change anything.
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