A Little Of This & A Little Of That
Sat Jul 03, 2010 5:45 pm
I have not put up much in awhile, so I thought I might throw out a few.................
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION: A U.S. Air Force LTV A-7D Corsair II (s/n 70-0967) of the 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Korat RTAFB, refueling from a Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker during a mission over Vietnam in 1972.
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION: A Vought F-8J Crusader of fighter squadron VF-194 Red Lightnings intercepts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 Bear-A/B reconnaissance aircraft near the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) (steaming below) on 25 May 1974. VF-194 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Nineteen (CVW-19)
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION: An U.S. Air Force North American QF-100D Super Sabre aircraft (s/n 56-3414) over Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (USA), in 1981. This aircraft had been retired to the MASDC on 17 April 1979 and was converted to a target drone.
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION: A three-quarter portside aerial view of an RA-5C Vigilante aircraft (b/n 156608), Reconnaissance Attack Squadron 7 (RVAH-7) known as the "Peacemakers of the Fleet" and was assigned to the USS RANGER (CV 61) from February 21 to September 22, 1979. This photograph may show the Vigilante's last flight, since all Vigilante aircraft were officially retired in September 1979 and the RVAH-7 was officially decommissioned in October 1979. Date Shot: 1 Jan 1979, but The exact date photo taken is unknown.
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION: 9/28/07 - U.S. Air Force Gen. Ronald E. Keys, the commander of Air Combat Command, and Lt. Col. J.D. Lee fly an F-4 Phantom II aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 28, 2007, during the final flight of Key's military career. Keys is scheduled to retire after 40 years of military service.
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION: A U.S. Navy Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior (BuNo 142649) of tactical electronic warfare squadron VAQ-132 Scorpions approaching the aircraft carrier USS America (CVA-66) on 24 September 1970. VAQ-132 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) aboard the America for a deployment to Vietnam from 10 April to 21 December 1970. The KA-3B 142649 was later assigned to U.S. Naval Reserve aerial refueling squadron VAK-308 and crashed on 29 October 1972 at Buckley Air National Guard Base, Colorado (USA), due to a failure of one of its control surfaces. One crewmember died of a heart attack.
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION: Air-to-air left view of a Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft (BuNo 153685) from Fleet Composite Squadron 1 (VC-1) as it is piloted by CDR Davis, the squadron's executive officer. Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Date 10 August 1976
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION: A camouflaged U.S. Navy Douglas RA-3B Skywarrior aircraft of reconnaissance squadron VAP-61 World Recorders (BuNo 144846) with its cameras arranged before the plane. VAP-61 was used for reconnaissance over Vietnam until disestablished on 1 July 1971. This aircraft became an ERA-3B in 1982. It was later sold to Hughes and Raytheon (civil registration N547HA) and finally srcapped in 1999. Date unknown.
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION: A McDonnell F3H-2 Demon (BuNo. 146722) of fighter squadron VF-114 Executioners launching from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) during a deployment to the Western Pacific in 1960. VF-114 was assigned to Carrier Air Group Eleven (CVG-11). Note the Allison J71-A-2E turbojet on afterburner druing the launch. Date 1960.
USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION: OTS 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.
USFG PHOTO
GOTTA HAVE A SPAD!
DESCRIPTION: A U.S. Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider (BuNo 139609) of attack squadron VA-176 Thunderbolts, circa 1963-65. VA-176 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Ten (CVW-10) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CVA-38).
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USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A U.S. Air Force LTV A-7D Corsair II (s/n 70-0967) of the 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Korat RTAFB, refueling from a Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker during a mission over Vietnam in 1972.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A Vought F-8J Crusader of fighter squadron VF-194 Red Lightnings intercepts a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 Bear-A/B reconnaissance aircraft near the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) (steaming below) on 25 May 1974. VF-194 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Nineteen (CVW-19)
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: An U.S. Air Force North American QF-100D Super Sabre aircraft (s/n 56-3414) over Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (USA), in 1981. This aircraft had been retired to the MASDC on 17 April 1979 and was converted to a target drone.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A three-quarter portside aerial view of an RA-5C Vigilante aircraft (b/n 156608), Reconnaissance Attack Squadron 7 (RVAH-7) known as the "Peacemakers of the Fleet" and was assigned to the USS RANGER (CV 61) from February 21 to September 22, 1979. This photograph may show the Vigilante's last flight, since all Vigilante aircraft were officially retired in September 1979 and the RVAH-7 was officially decommissioned in October 1979. Date Shot: 1 Jan 1979, but The exact date photo taken is unknown.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: 9/28/07 - U.S. Air Force Gen. Ronald E. Keys, the commander of Air Combat Command, and Lt. Col. J.D. Lee fly an F-4 Phantom II aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 28, 2007, during the final flight of Key's military career. Keys is scheduled to retire after 40 years of military service.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A U.S. Navy Douglas KA-3B Skywarrior (BuNo 142649) of tactical electronic warfare squadron VAQ-132 Scorpions approaching the aircraft carrier USS America (CVA-66) on 24 September 1970. VAQ-132 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) aboard the America for a deployment to Vietnam from 10 April to 21 December 1970. The KA-3B 142649 was later assigned to U.S. Naval Reserve aerial refueling squadron VAK-308 and crashed on 29 October 1972 at Buckley Air National Guard Base, Colorado (USA), due to a failure of one of its control surfaces. One crewmember died of a heart attack.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: Air-to-air left view of a Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft (BuNo 153685) from Fleet Composite Squadron 1 (VC-1) as it is piloted by CDR Davis, the squadron's executive officer. Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Date 10 August 1976
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A camouflaged U.S. Navy Douglas RA-3B Skywarrior aircraft of reconnaissance squadron VAP-61 World Recorders (BuNo 144846) with its cameras arranged before the plane. VAP-61 was used for reconnaissance over Vietnam until disestablished on 1 July 1971. This aircraft became an ERA-3B in 1982. It was later sold to Hughes and Raytheon (civil registration N547HA) and finally srcapped in 1999. Date unknown.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: A McDonnell F3H-2 Demon (BuNo. 146722) of fighter squadron VF-114 Executioners launching from the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) during a deployment to the Western Pacific in 1960. VF-114 was assigned to Carrier Air Group Eleven (CVG-11). Note the Allison J71-A-2E turbojet on afterburner druing the launch. Date 1960.
USFG PHOTODESCRIPTION: OTS 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.
USFG PHOTOGOTTA HAVE A SPAD!
DESCRIPTION: A U.S. Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider (BuNo 139609) of attack squadron VA-176 Thunderbolts, circa 1963-65. VA-176 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Ten (CVW-10) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La (CVA-38).
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Re: A Little Of This & A Little Of That
Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:18 pm
Love that Vigilante pic!
And...I would love to see a Bear one of these days...
And thinking about the Bear photo...The Orinsky is a coral reef, the US A-7's are long gone and the Bears still fly...
Rats
And...I would love to see a Bear one of these days...
And thinking about the Bear photo...The Orinsky is a coral reef, the US A-7's are long gone and the Bears still fly...
Rats
Re: A Little Of This & A Little Of That
Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:53 pm
That looks more like a frigate than a carrier in the 2nd pic...
Re: A Little Of This & A Little Of That
Sun Jul 04, 2010 12:23 am
VF-114 are the Ardvarks.
Re: A Little Of This & A Little Of That
Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:21 pm
Jack Cook wrote:VF-114 are the Ardvarks.
Thanks Jack, I can always count on you to get it right
