Warbird Information Exchange

A little quiz, or at least a matter of curiosity...

I went to an airshow a while back. Lousy weather kept the crowds away, but lousy weather does sometimes make for neat pictures. So we have lousy weather and a very interesting collection of active duty warplanes.

So can any of you markings maniacs out there figure out from what's visible here just when these shots would have been taken?

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Neal Nurmi

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Definitely 1970s anyone can guess that- its before 1979 as all F-100 ANG were retired then.

The F106/TA-4J, F-101 and HH-53C in SEA colour is definetly mid 70s i guess by the F14 in high hgih viz.

Man oh Man wish i had been born in the earlier years that is COLOURFUl as warbirds, today a boring grey grey grey as the clouds.

Mchord AFB or NAS Whibey Island?

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real airplanes have round engines

I would say its a MAC base. Its in the flatlands, I'll say Calif. Possibly McClellan or Mather AFB. 74 or 75.
Rich

Mather Feild?

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Travis AFB

Pretty good guesses. This open house was at Beale AFB in May 1977, just about 30 years ago.

I actually remember that weekend very well! I had a rather hot young lady friend up in Nevada City back then, and I had never seen an SR-71 or a U-2. I thus got several needs filled with one trip. I also remember missing a large deer by inches at 90 mph plus on some little two lane highway going back up to the Lady's place on Saturday evening after the open house. Of course I got very little sleep that weekend and was a basket case at work the next week, but what memories! (And some memorable photographs too).



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Neal Nurmi

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VF-1 Wolfpack was the first F-14 squadron followed by VF-2 Bounty Hunters.

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