Sorry I did not get back to this right away, but here's some more, no particular order.
Unless otherwise noted, all photos are from the U.S.F.G. .
Remember, I ain't no Jack Cook!
P-82 Twin Mustang fuselages in storage at North American Aircraft in 1947.
A Vought F4U-4 Corsair fighter of fighter squadron VF-871 Griffins being prepared for a mission in Korea on the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) in 1952. The Essex was deployed to Korea from 16 Jun 1952 to 6 Feb 1953 with Air Task Group Two (ATG-2). VF-871 was a reserve squadron that was called to active duty on 20 Jul 1950. On 4 Feb 1953 it was redesignated VF-123 The Blue Racers. On 12 Apr 1958 it was again redesignated VF-53 Black Knights before it was finally redesignated VF-143 Pukin' Dogs on 20 Jun 1962.
This is one of those pictures that we say about our old friend; Gary Ain't Gonna Like This"!
Numerous former U.S. Air Force Republic F-84 Thunderjet fighter-bombers being scrapped at the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC) at Tucson, Arizona (USA). These F-84s were retired in the 1950s.
A U.S. Navy Douglas VC-118B Liftmaster (BuNo 128424) in flight off Honululu, Hawaii (USA). Official description: “The VC-118B currently on display at the museum pictured flying near Honolulu during its service in Transport Squadron (VR) 21. The museum's VC-118B (Bureau Number 128424) entered service as a R6D-1 on 6 September 1951, the first of this version of the Liftmaster that was delivered to the U.S. Navy. To this end, when it took to the air for its flight to its first squadron, Transport Squadron (VR) 5 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Moffett Field, California, the airplane carried Donald Douglas, Sr., the founder of Douglas Aircraft Company. In VR-5, Naval Air Reserve pilots with civilian airline experience in the type of aircraft, flew it while serving as the initial training cadre for the squadron. During 1954-1955, the airplane was converted to a VIP transport and subsequently joined VR-21 based at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii, For the next 29 years, which encompassed the entire Vietnam War, the airplane served as a flag transport for the Commander in Chief Pacific and Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet in VR-21. During this time its passengers including admirals, ambassadors, and heads of state. Flight delivered to NAS Pensacola, Florida, in 1983, Bureau Number 128424 was accessioned into the museum collection in 1984 -
Martin RB-57A Source: USAF Comment Engine start using pyrotechnic cartridges produced copious amounts of black smoke.
An air-to-air view of the Convair NB-36H Peacemaker experimental aircraft (s/n 51-5712) and a Boeing B-50 Superfortress chase plane during research and development taking place at the Convair plant at Forth Worth, Texas (USA). The NB-36H was originally a B-36H-20-CF damaged at Carswell Air Force Base, also at Forth Worth, by a tornado on 1 September 1952. This plane was called the Nuclear Test Aircraft (NTA) and was redesignated XB-36H, then NB-36H, and was modified to carry a three megawatt, air-cooled nuclear reactor in its bomb bay. The reactor, named the Aircraft Shield Test Reactor (ASTR), was operational but did not power the plane. The NTA completed 47 test flights and 215 hours of flight time (during 89 of which the reactor was operated) between July 1955 and March 1957 over New Mexico and Texas. This was the only known airborne reactor experiment by the USA with an operational nuclear reactor on board. The NB-36H was scrapped at Fort Worth in September 1958 when the Nuclear Aircraft Program was abandoned. -
6th Bombardment Wing Convair B-36F-5-CF Peacemakers 49-2683 and 49-2680 Date 1955 -
Strategic Air Command B-47 Stratojet bombers. The world's first swept-wing bomber. The B-47 normally carried a crew of three--pilot, copilot (who operated the tail turret by remote control), and an observer who also served as navigator, bombardier and radar operator. DATE UNKNOWN -
Convair YB-58A-1-CF Hustler 55-661 the second aircraft built. converted to NB-58A, then to TB-58A. To MASDC as BQ0063 1/9/70. Scrapped Jul 13, 1977 (U.S. Air Force photo) Date 1956 -
Convair B-58A Hustler in flight (SN 59-2442). Photo taken on June 29, 1967
USAF Fighter Weapons School F-80 44-85182 about 1950 -
U.S. Air Force Lockheed P-80A-1-LO Shooting Star (s/n 44-85004) in flight. This aircraft was later upgraded to an F-80C-11-LO. Date circa 1946-47 -
Four Republic F-84F Thunderstreak from the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatics team flying in formation in 1955/56.
506th Strategic Fighter Wing F-84G Thunderjets 1954 -
493d Fighter Squadron - North American F-86F-25-NH Sabre - 52-5403 Date 1956 -
Col Ben O. Davis leads F-86 flight (51st FIW, Korea)
A three-ship North American F-86F Sabre formation during the Korean War in 1953
4756th Combat Crew Training Squadron Convair F-102A-90-CO Delta Dagger 57-818 4756th Air Defense Group, Tyndall AFB, Florida, November 1960 -
84th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Hamilton Air Force Base, California May 1968 McDonnell F-101B-95-MC Voodoo 57-370
The first F-101A during its role as the High Energy Fuel (HEF) program test airplane. Date 26 September 1958 -
A Lockheed P2V-3 Neptune launches with "jet-assisted take-off (JATO)" from the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVB-41) probably on 7 April 1949. -
The 20 mm guns are loaded on a Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune belonging to patrol squadron VP-5 Mad Foxes on 23 July 1951 at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida (USA). Date 23 July 1951
A Grumman S2F-1 Tracker of anti-submarine squadron VS-21 Lightning Bolts attacking a submarine with HVAR rockets during a maneouver in the Pacific, in 1956. VS-21 was assigned to the U.S. anti-submarine aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVS-37). Date 1956(1956) -
A U.S. Navy Grumman S2F-1 Tracker (after 1962 S-2A) of anti-submarine squadron VS-38 Red Griffins on the forward elevator of the escort carrier USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) in 1955 somewhere in the Pacific. Date 1955
A U.S. Navy Grumman S-2E Tracker of antisubmarine squadron VS-33 Screwbirds, Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 59 (CVSG-59), passes by a Landing Signal Officer (LSO) on its way to trapping on board the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVS-12), in 1970. -
U.S. Air Force personnel assigned to the 119th Fighter Wing "The Happy Hooligans", North Dakota Air National Guard, pose for a photo with North Dakota Governor William L. Guy after a particularly harrowing flight in which an in-flight mechanical problem nearly resulted in catastrophe as pilots and crew prevented the Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft from having to make a crash landing in 1968 -
That's about it for now, more soon.
Robbie
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