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Merry Christmas From The Beach

Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:47 am

Spending some time down here in Panama City Beach FL for the Holiday's---------------here is a little Blast From The Past ==========These are the type aircraft I have seen flying in this area, as a younger man fishing offshore with my Dad. As an ex Fighter Pilot he always enjoyed seeing the aircraft, as did I.

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DESCRIPTION; A U.S. Air Force Lockheed T-33A-5-LO Shooting Star aircraft (s/n 58-0490) from the 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron on a flight out of Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (USA), visible in the background, in 1980. The 95th FITS, which was the last active USAF T-33 squadron, phased out the aircraft at the end of 1988.

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DESCRIPTION; A U.S. Air Force Convair PQM-102A Delta Dagger target aircraft (s/n 56-1254) near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (USA), in 1980.

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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.

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DESCRIPTION; QF-100's on the Tyndall ramp.

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DESCRIPTION; A U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas QF-4E Phantom II (s/n 74-643) aerial target aircraft launches during the "William Tell 2004" competition at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (USA), on 10 Nov 2004.
(STILL SEE THESE)

And Ya Gotta Have A Voodoo--------------------
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DESCRIPTION; A U.S. Air Force McDonnell F-101B-85-MC Voodoo aircraft (s/n 57-0274) near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida (USA) in 1981.

And now days, ya see some of these------------------
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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The first operational F/A-22 Raptor flies over the base on its delivery flight. Tyndall is home of the world's first F/A-22 squadron. Date 26 September 2003.

I also love seeing the F-15's, & other stuff when We are here, but I better save those for another post. :D
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Best To All Merry Christmas, & Happy New Year! :santa:

Re: Merry Christmas From The Beach

Fri Dec 25, 2009 10:53 am

Nice photos. Its nice to see the sun even if its in photos. We have not seen the sun here in weeks.

Re: Merry Christmas From The Beach

Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:36 am

Nice vintage blast from the past. I recall when growing up running outside to watch a 4 ship DELTA flight blast overhead, quite the thrill! Probably will not see that again.

Re: Merry Christmas From The Beach

Fri Dec 25, 2009 5:51 pm

And Merry Christmas to you too sir!!!!

Have been working on that time machine for some
years now without success, but remain hopeful.

If we ever get it built we'll definitely have to take
a trip back to Trader Jons. Probably better be very
careful with the settings for the year. There was
a time when much more that adult beverages were
sold there.

Re: Merry Christmas From The Beach

Fri Dec 25, 2009 7:27 pm

Owen Miller wrote:And Merry Christmas to you too sir!!!!

Have been working on that time machine for some
years now without success, but remain hopeful.

If we ever get it built we'll definitely have to take
a trip back to Trader Jons. Probably better be very
careful with the settings for the year. There was
a time when much more that adult beverages were
sold there.

Thank you Owen
You take care :D
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