A Few More From The Beach
Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:40 pm
Just thought I would throw a few more from Tyndall while I am in the Panama City Beach mode----------I just figured what a Widget is 
USAF PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; E-9A Widget aircraft 84-048 takes off from Tyndall Air Force Base, FL, during a Combat Archer training exercise. The E-9 Widget, a specialized military version of Bombardier Dash 8, is used as a surveillance platform over the Gulf of Mexico waters providing telemetry and radio relays in support of air-to-air weapons systems evaluations.
(Photo By Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III, USAF)
United States Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Michael Ammons
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USAF PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Low angle right side view of an A-7 Corsair II aircraft of the 76th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, airdropping Mark 82 hi-drag bombs over the Tyndall Air Force Base range. Location: TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA (FL) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) Date Shot: 1 May 1980 Source Air Force Camera Operator: TSGT FRANK GARZELNICK
USAF PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Two Canadian Air Forces McDonnell F-101B Voodoo aircraft (101012, USAF 57-293; 101042 USAF 57-375) intercepting a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52G-125-BW Stratofortress (s/n 59-2580) during exercise William Tell '80 near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (USA). The F-101B 10142 is today on display at the Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, New Brunswick (Canada), the B-52G 59-2580 was retired to the AMARC as BC0400 on 6 July 1992 and later scrapped. Date 1980.
USAF PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; A left side view of two T-33 Shooting Star aircraft in flight. The further aircraft has been repainted and renumbered in anticipation of its delivery to the Mexican air force, to which it has been sold. The closer T-33 still belongs to the 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, the last active T-33 squadron in the Air Force. At the end of Fiscal Year 1988, the T-33 will be phased out, ending nearly 40 years of service for the aircraft. (PHOTO BY MSGT GUIDO LOCATI )
USAF PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; in a flight from its home at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, a T-33 Shooting Star aircraft from the 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron (95th FITS) flies westward, its wings highlighted and fuselage silhouetted by the rays of the setting sun. The 95th FITS, which is the last active T-33 squadron, will phase out the aircraft at the end of Fiscal Year 1988. (Photo April 1988 by SSGT DAVE MCLEOD)
And Always Follow Instructions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
USFG PHOTO
Tyndall Army Air Force Field WWII.
My Dad flew some gunnery training there.
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USAF PHOTODESCRIPTION; E-9A Widget aircraft 84-048 takes off from Tyndall Air Force Base, FL, during a Combat Archer training exercise. The E-9 Widget, a specialized military version of Bombardier Dash 8, is used as a surveillance platform over the Gulf of Mexico waters providing telemetry and radio relays in support of air-to-air weapons systems evaluations.
(Photo By Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III, USAF)
United States Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Michael Ammons
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USAF PHOTODESCRIPTION; Low angle right side view of an A-7 Corsair II aircraft of the 76th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, airdropping Mark 82 hi-drag bombs over the Tyndall Air Force Base range. Location: TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA (FL) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) Date Shot: 1 May 1980 Source Air Force Camera Operator: TSGT FRANK GARZELNICK
USAF PHOTODESCRIPTION; Two Canadian Air Forces McDonnell F-101B Voodoo aircraft (101012, USAF 57-293; 101042 USAF 57-375) intercepting a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52G-125-BW Stratofortress (s/n 59-2580) during exercise William Tell '80 near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (USA). The F-101B 10142 is today on display at the Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, New Brunswick (Canada), the B-52G 59-2580 was retired to the AMARC as BC0400 on 6 July 1992 and later scrapped. Date 1980.
USAF PHOTODESCRIPTION; A left side view of two T-33 Shooting Star aircraft in flight. The further aircraft has been repainted and renumbered in anticipation of its delivery to the Mexican air force, to which it has been sold. The closer T-33 still belongs to the 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, the last active T-33 squadron in the Air Force. At the end of Fiscal Year 1988, the T-33 will be phased out, ending nearly 40 years of service for the aircraft. (PHOTO BY MSGT GUIDO LOCATI )
USAF PHOTODESCRIPTION; in a flight from its home at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, a T-33 Shooting Star aircraft from the 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron (95th FITS) flies westward, its wings highlighted and fuselage silhouetted by the rays of the setting sun. The 95th FITS, which is the last active T-33 squadron, will phase out the aircraft at the end of Fiscal Year 1988. (Photo April 1988 by SSGT DAVE MCLEOD)
And Always Follow Instructions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
USFG PHOTOTyndall Army Air Force Field WWII.
My Dad flew some gunnery training there.
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Re: A Few More From The Beach
Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:56 pm
So, that's what a Widget looks like, how about a USAF Thingamadoodle? Love that T-33 at sunset.