I have been asked for a few more, now I am not Jack Cook, but I will try & find some stuff that's interesting. All photos, unless otherwise noted, are Public Domain from the USFG.
A South African Air Force North American F-86F Sabre from No. 2 Squadron at Tsuiki air base, Japan, in 1953. No. 2 Squadron SAAF was attached to the U.S. Air Force 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing during the Korean War. The unit lost 74 of 94 F-51D Mustangs and 4 out of the 22 Sabres, along with 34 pilots. In the background is the USAF F-86F-1-NA (s/n 51-2850) from the 39th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing, which was shot down by a MiG-15 on 7 April 1953. The pilot, Harold Fischer, became a prisoner of war.
A U.S. Air Force Douglas EB-66E Destroyer of the 42nd TEWS, 388th TFW, Korat RTAFB. This aircraft had been originally built as an RB-66B (s/n 54-533).
Date:1970.
Two U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers attached to bombing squadron VB-5 returning to the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) after the attack on Wake Island, 5 October 1943. Note the recently overpainted red surrounding of the U.S. national insignia.
VB-5 was initially assigned Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldivers, but the problems encountered with these aircraft during Yorktown´s shakedown cruise prompted her skipper, Capt. Joseph J. Jocko Clark to order them replaced by the more reliable Dauntless. The squadron took SBD-5s into combat aboard the "Fighting Lady" (USS Yorktown) in August 1943.
A U.S. Navy Martin SP-5B Marlin (BuNo. 135533) of partol squadron VP-40 Fighting Marlins landing after its last operational flight in San Diego Bay on 6 November 1967. It is now on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida.
Two F-94 Starfires and a F-82 Twin Mustang, 325th Fighter Group Date 1950.
Lockheed PV-1 Venturas of patrol squadron VPB-135 on a Aleutian airfield in February 1943. Two Consolidated PBY-5A Catalinas of another patrol squadron are also visible.
World's second largest land-plane goes to Caribbean. The B-15, huge experimental bomber built several years before the B-19, arrives in Panama for uses not disclosed by Air Force Headquarters. This plane is exceeded in size among American Aircraft only by the B-19 and the "Mars", the latter being the giant flying boat designed by Glenn Martin Company. A six-man crew flew the big ship from a base in the States to her new home in the tropics, where her arrival was the occasion of much public speculation, with most people believing her to be the more famous B-19.
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Hey Man, Has That Thang Gotta A Hemi In It"? HE11 YES THAT'S A HEMI!
Republic XP-47H Thunderbolt variant with Chrysler XIV-2220-1 V16 engine.
F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of fighter squadron VF-41, Carrier Air Group Four (CVG-4), testing guns aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) in November 1942, prior to take part in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa.
A Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat night fighter of Marine night fighter squadron VMF(N)-513 Flying Nightmares at Wonsan, Korea, in 1952.
U.S. Navy Grumman TBM-3R Avenger (BuNo 53581) of transport squadron VR-5 on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CVA-21) operating off the coast of California (USA), in the early 1950s. VR-5 performed Carrier On-board Delivery (COD) duties, transporting personnel, mail, and cargo between ships and from ship to shore.
USS Quincy (CA-71) Two Vought OS2U "Kingfisher" floatplanes warming up on the cruiser's fantail prior to catapult launching, probably at the time of the Invasion of Southern France, August 1944. Note barrels of Quincy's after eight-inch guns in the foreground, hangar hatch cover and twin aircraft cranes at the ship's stern.
A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless of bombing squadron VB-8 landing almost on the LSO of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) during the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942.
* Boeing B-47B rocket-assisted take off on April 15, 1954.
As crew members secure the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft after a research flight, the B-52 mothership used for launching this unique aircraft does a low fly-by overhead. The X-15s made a total of 199 flights over a period of nearly 10 years from 1959 to 1968, and set unofficial world speed and altitude records of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7) and 354,200 feet. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo piloted spaceflight programs, and also the Space Shuttle program.
U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters of fighter squadron VF-5, Carrier Air Group Five (CVG-5), are readied for a strike against Marcus Island aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) on 31 August 1943. The "00" identifies this aircraft as the Hellcat of the Air Group Commander (CAG) of CVG-5, LtCdr. Jimmy Flatley. The F6F is painted in the new tricolor-scheme (certainly an "in the field" application). An Aviation Boatswain Mate stands ready to remove the chock from the wheels. A non-specular insignia white diagonal stripe on the tail and the green propeller hub identified CVG-5 aboard the Yorktown.
Air Force, An OA-37B Dragonfly prepares for a low-level strafing mission at dawn. The modified version of the T-37 flight trainer aircraft has been adapted for use by forward air controllers and as an observation and attack aircraft.
Three U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastators assigned to the Naval Operational Training Command at Naval Air Station Miami, Florida (USA), in flight over South Florida, 1942/43. NAS Miami and NAS Ft. Lauderdale were home to Operational Training Units for the instruction of U.S. Navy torpedo-bomber pilots. The last TBD was retired in early 1944.
NOTS Project ("NOTSNIK") test shape ready for flight on a Douglas F4D-1 Skyray (BuNo. 130747), Armitage Field, U.S. National Ordnance Test Station, Naval Air Facility China Lake (California, USA), 1958; NOTSNIK, China Lake's crash-program answer to Sputnik, was an air-launched satellite-delivery system built in-house from available components and with no moving parts; six test launches were made, without provable success, but some people believe one was successful and that NOTS launched one of the first U.S. satellites. The Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) was established in November 1943, forming the foundations of the current Naval Weapons Center (NWC). In the background two F3D-2Q Skyknight ECM-aircraft (BuNos 124596, 125846) of Marine composite squadron VMCJ-3 are parked. VMCJ-3 was formed at MCAS El Toro on 12 December 1955 and took delivery of the F3D-2Q in 1957. In 1970 VMCJ-3 retired the last of the F3D-2Q (after 1962 designated EF-10B) from Marine aviation. A North American FJ-4 Fury is visible in the foreground.
A U.S. sailor cranking the engine of a Stearman N2S-2 Kaydet (BuNo 3553) at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas (USA), in 1943.
U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss P-36C Hawk fighters of the 27th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, at Wright Field, Ohio (USA), in 1939. The P-36s were camouflaged just for public relations for the U.S. National Air Races in a paint scheme that was never used by the USAA.
A Douglas EF-10B Skyknight of U.S. Marine Corps composite squadron VMCJ-1 Golden Hawks landing at Da Nang, South Vietnam, in the second half of the 1960's.
A North American PBJ-1D Mitchell bomber of U.S. Marine Corps bombing squadron VMB-611 spotted on the deck of the escort carrier USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) during transport of the squadron's flight echelon to its operating area in the Pacific, August 1944.
Martin RB-57A Source: USAF Comment Engine start using pyrotechnic cartridges produced copious amounts of black smoke.
Lieutanant Everett A. Thies (right) and his crew chied T/Sgt Daniel Nobel stand beside Thies' reconnaissance plane [Dot-dash F-5C-1-LO (P-38J), 42-67128] in which he brings pictures of German targets to U.S. bases in the USSR for AAF strategic bombers to hit on "shuttle" runs to the other side of Europe.
GOTTA HAVE SOME SPAD'S 
A U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider of the 6th Air Commando Squadron at Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam, in 1968/69.
A U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider (USN BuNo 132619, nicknamed "Carolyns Folly") from the 1st Air Commando Squadron (later the 1st Special Operations Squadron) escorting an HH-3C rescue helicopter as it goes to pick up a downed pilot in Vietnam in 1966.
Note: Skyraider.org says that this is a 602nd SOS A-1E [1].
Ordnancemen fixing bombs on the racks of a U.S. Navy Douglas AD-4 Skyraider during the Korean War on 25 November 1952. The aircraft belonged to attack squadron VA-75 Sunday Punchers of Carrier Air Group Seven (CVG-7) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31), which was deployed to Korea from 20 May 1952 to 8 January 1953.
A U.S. Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider (BuNo 135305) from attack squadron VA-115 Arabs in 1967. VA-115 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) for a deployment to Vietnam from 5 January to 22 July 1967. Following this deployment VA-115 was fist inactive and then transitioned to the Grumman A-6A Intruder.
A U.S. Navy Douglas A-1J Skyraider (BuNo 142028) of attack squadron VA-176 Thunderbolts. VA-176 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Ten (CVW-10) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVS-11) for a deployment to Vietnam from 4 April to 21 November 1966.
On the 9 October 1966, Lt.(jg) William T. Patton of VA-176 shot down a North Vietnamese MiG-17 near Hanoi flying the Douglas A-1H Skyraider (BuNo. 137543). The kill was observed by his section leader, Lt. Peter Russell. Patton on the left, explains to Russell how he maneuvered during the MiG engagement. Patton was assigned to attack squadron VA-176 Thunderbolts of Attack Carrier Air Wing Ten (CVW-10) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVS-11). LCDR Leo Cook and his wingman LTJG Wiley were the lead section of Skyraiders to locate and hopefully rescue a downed US pilot in North Vietnam. While maneuvering at low altitude between ridges and cloud layers, they were jumped two sections of MiG-17s. Calling out the attack on their common radio frequency, Cook and Wiley maouvered against the MiGs. Russell and Patton soon arrived in the area and immediately gained a position of advantage on the MiGs and Patton could shoot one down. A-1H BuNo. 135326 is in the background.
Took along time to get all this together, hope yall liked it!
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