Just Cause I Wanted To
Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:16 pm
I thought I would throw out a few pics, hope you like em! 
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Two U.S. Air Force Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs, an F-105F-1-RE (s/n 63-8280) and an F-105D-31-RE (s/n 62-4355), with Mt. Fuji, Japan, in the background.
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A Vought F4U-4 Corsairs of fighter squadron VF-791 Fighting Falcons launching from the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) in 1951 during a deployment to Korea. The Sikorsky HO3S-1 plane guard helicopter of helicopter utility squadron HU-1 Det. F Pacific Fleet Angels is standing by. Original description: "Deck Launch -- Visible rings of vapor encircle a Corsair fighter as it turns up prior to being launched from the USS Boxer for a strike against communist targets in Korea. Hovering to the stern of the aircraft carrier, the every-present helicopter plane guard stands by to assist if any emergency arises.
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The Japan Air Self Defense Force's flight demonstration team Blue Impulse taxi their F-86F Sabre aircraft out during the annual Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Date 1981.
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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.
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U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of fighting squadron VF-11 Sundowners on Guadalcanal, 1942.
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A U.S. Air Force Douglas AC-47D Spooky gunship (s/n 44-76593) of the 4th Special Operations Squadron, 14th Special Operations Wing, flying out of Nha Trang Air Base, South Vietnam, in 1968-69. This aircraft, 44-76593 (c/n 16177/32925), was originally delivered as a TC-47B-30-DK.
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Landing of a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger on the escort carrier USS Card (ACV-11) on 9 December 1942.
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A Douglas A-4E Skyhawk (BuNo. 150056) from U.S. Navy composite squadron VC-1 refuels a McDonnell F-4J Phantom II aircraft (BuNo 155508) from U.S. Marine Corps fighter-bomber squadron VMFA-235 on 1 March 1977.
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A Martin AM-1 Mauler of attack squadron VA-174 taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33) during carrier qualifications in 1949. The tests took place in the Atlantic Ocean off Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island (USA).
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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.
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The U.S. Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser USS Biloxi (CL-80) catapults a Curtiss SO3C-3 Seamew floatplane, during her shakedown period, circa October 1943.
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This JRF-5 Grumman JRF-5 Goose was assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida (USA), in 1941 and remained on the station throughout the Second World War. Only one of these aircraft flew from the station and was used for utility purposes, including photography.
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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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Boeing B-47B rocket-assisted take off on April 15, 1954.
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A Grumman F9F-2 Panther of Marine fighter squadron VMF-223 Bulldogs on the deck edge elevator of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) in the early 1950s.
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Crewmen clear snow from the flight deck of the U.S. escort carrier USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), during operations off the Korean coast on 14 November 1950.
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Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) aircraft from the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) fly in formation above their carrier in the Persian Gulf during a WESTPAC deployment. The squadrons represented are: Fighter Squadron Eleven (VF-11) Red Rippers and VF-31 Tomcatters flying the F-14A Tomcat; Anti-submarine Squadron Thirty-five (VS-35) flying the S-3A Viking; Strike Fighter Squadron One-One-Three (VFA-113), First of the Fleet, and VFA-25 Stingers flying the F/A-18C Hornet; Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One-Three-Nine (VAQ-139) Cougars in the EA-6B Prowler; Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One-One-Three (VAW-113) Black Eagles flying the E-2 Hawkeye; and Attack Squadron One-Nine-Six (VA-196) Main Battery flying the A-6E Intruder.
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A Douglas F4D-1 Skyray of Marine fighter squadron VMF(AW)-542 Tigers probably in the late 1950s at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro, California (USA). The F4D-1 BuNo. 134806 was accepted by the Navy on 21 July 1956 and entered operational service with Fighter Squadron VF-141 and over the course of the following six years it served in five additional Navy and Marine Corps fighter squadrons, including VF-23 and Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadrons (VMF(AW))-542, 513, 314, and 114. While with VMF(AW)-314, the aircraft deployed to Naval Air Station (NAS) Atsugi, Japan. In May 1962, the aircraft was transferred to Naval Air Test Center (NATC) Patuxent River, Maryland. Initially assigned to Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, in 1963 it became part of the aircraft complement at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, where it served until 1969. On 25 November 1969, Captain George Watkins, the Chief of Staff at NATC Patuxent River, flew the aircraft on its final flight for delivery to the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida (USA), where it is on display ever since. This also marked the last flight by a Navy Skyray.
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Col. Robin Olds paints a victory star on his F-4C Phantom, Scat XXVII. He was the commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing at Ubon Air Base, Thailand, and was credited with shooting down four enemy MiG aircraft in aerial combat over North Vietnam.
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Two QU-22 PAVE EAGLE aircraft in flight.
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Key West, Fla. (Mar. 3, 2004) – Ens. Myciel Scott, a student pilot assigned to the “Tigers” of Training Squadron Nine (VT-9), with Maj. Tim Harp (USMCR), an instructor with VT-9, demonstrate formation flying in a T-2C “Buckeyes” during a formation training mission over Key West, Fla. VT-9 came to Key West to teach Navy and Marine Corps student pilots formation flying and gunnery techniques. The instructors are part of Squadron Augment Unit Nine (SAU-9), the Reserve component for Training Squadron Nine (VT-9), one of two training squadrons that operate from Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss., under Training Wing One (TW-1).
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A U.S. Army Beechcraft C-12A Huron (s/n 74-22267) from the 6th U.S. Army sits in front of Hanger 5 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California (USA), in 1977. The 6th Army headquarters were at the Presidio.
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USFG PHOTOTwo U.S. Air Force Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs, an F-105F-1-RE (s/n 63-8280) and an F-105D-31-RE (s/n 62-4355), with Mt. Fuji, Japan, in the background.
USFG PHOTOA Vought F4U-4 Corsairs of fighter squadron VF-791 Fighting Falcons launching from the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) in 1951 during a deployment to Korea. The Sikorsky HO3S-1 plane guard helicopter of helicopter utility squadron HU-1 Det. F Pacific Fleet Angels is standing by. Original description: "Deck Launch -- Visible rings of vapor encircle a Corsair fighter as it turns up prior to being launched from the USS Boxer for a strike against communist targets in Korea. Hovering to the stern of the aircraft carrier, the every-present helicopter plane guard stands by to assist if any emergency arises.
USFG PHOTOThe Japan Air Self Defense Force's flight demonstration team Blue Impulse taxi their F-86F Sabre aircraft out during the annual Japanese-American Friendship Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Date 1981.
USFG PHOTOA 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.
USFG PHOTOU.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of fighting squadron VF-11 Sundowners on Guadalcanal, 1942.
USFG PHOTOA U.S. Air Force Douglas AC-47D Spooky gunship (s/n 44-76593) of the 4th Special Operations Squadron, 14th Special Operations Wing, flying out of Nha Trang Air Base, South Vietnam, in 1968-69. This aircraft, 44-76593 (c/n 16177/32925), was originally delivered as a TC-47B-30-DK.
USFG PHOTOLanding of a U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1 Avenger on the escort carrier USS Card (ACV-11) on 9 December 1942.
USFG PHOTOA Douglas A-4E Skyhawk (BuNo. 150056) from U.S. Navy composite squadron VC-1 refuels a McDonnell F-4J Phantom II aircraft (BuNo 155508) from U.S. Marine Corps fighter-bomber squadron VMFA-235 on 1 March 1977.
USFG PHOTOA Martin AM-1 Mauler of attack squadron VA-174 taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33) during carrier qualifications in 1949. The tests took place in the Atlantic Ocean off Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island (USA).
USFG PHOTOTwo 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.
USFG PHOTOThe U.S. Navy Cleveland-class light cruiser USS Biloxi (CL-80) catapults a Curtiss SO3C-3 Seamew floatplane, during her shakedown period, circa October 1943.
USFG PHOTOThis JRF-5 Grumman JRF-5 Goose was assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida (USA), in 1941 and remained on the station throughout the Second World War. Only one of these aircraft flew from the station and was used for utility purposes, including photography.
USFG PHOTOWorld'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.
USFG PHOTOBoeing B-47B rocket-assisted take off on April 15, 1954.
USFG PHOTOA Grumman F9F-2 Panther of Marine fighter squadron VMF-223 Bulldogs on the deck edge elevator of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) in the early 1950s.
USFG PHOTOCrewmen clear snow from the flight deck of the U.S. escort carrier USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116), during operations off the Korean coast on 14 November 1950.
USFG PHOTOCarrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) aircraft from the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) fly in formation above their carrier in the Persian Gulf during a WESTPAC deployment. The squadrons represented are: Fighter Squadron Eleven (VF-11) Red Rippers and VF-31 Tomcatters flying the F-14A Tomcat; Anti-submarine Squadron Thirty-five (VS-35) flying the S-3A Viking; Strike Fighter Squadron One-One-Three (VFA-113), First of the Fleet, and VFA-25 Stingers flying the F/A-18C Hornet; Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One-Three-Nine (VAQ-139) Cougars in the EA-6B Prowler; Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One-One-Three (VAW-113) Black Eagles flying the E-2 Hawkeye; and Attack Squadron One-Nine-Six (VA-196) Main Battery flying the A-6E Intruder.
USFG PHOTOA Douglas F4D-1 Skyray of Marine fighter squadron VMF(AW)-542 Tigers probably in the late 1950s at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro, California (USA). The F4D-1 BuNo. 134806 was accepted by the Navy on 21 July 1956 and entered operational service with Fighter Squadron VF-141 and over the course of the following six years it served in five additional Navy and Marine Corps fighter squadrons, including VF-23 and Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadrons (VMF(AW))-542, 513, 314, and 114. While with VMF(AW)-314, the aircraft deployed to Naval Air Station (NAS) Atsugi, Japan. In May 1962, the aircraft was transferred to Naval Air Test Center (NATC) Patuxent River, Maryland. Initially assigned to Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, in 1963 it became part of the aircraft complement at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, where it served until 1969. On 25 November 1969, Captain George Watkins, the Chief of Staff at NATC Patuxent River, flew the aircraft on its final flight for delivery to the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida (USA), where it is on display ever since. This also marked the last flight by a Navy Skyray.
USFG PHOTOCol. Robin Olds paints a victory star on his F-4C Phantom, Scat XXVII. He was the commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing at Ubon Air Base, Thailand, and was credited with shooting down four enemy MiG aircraft in aerial combat over North Vietnam.
USFG PHOTOTwo QU-22 PAVE EAGLE aircraft in flight.
USFG PHOTOKey West, Fla. (Mar. 3, 2004) – Ens. Myciel Scott, a student pilot assigned to the “Tigers” of Training Squadron Nine (VT-9), with Maj. Tim Harp (USMCR), an instructor with VT-9, demonstrate formation flying in a T-2C “Buckeyes” during a formation training mission over Key West, Fla. VT-9 came to Key West to teach Navy and Marine Corps student pilots formation flying and gunnery techniques. The instructors are part of Squadron Augment Unit Nine (SAU-9), the Reserve component for Training Squadron Nine (VT-9), one of two training squadrons that operate from Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss., under Training Wing One (TW-1).
USFG PHOTOA U.S. Army Beechcraft C-12A Huron (s/n 74-22267) from the 6th U.S. Army sits in front of Hanger 5 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California (USA), in 1977. The 6th Army headquarters were at the Presidio.
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Re: Just Cause I Wanted To
Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:33 pm
Robbie Stuart wrote:I thought I would throw out a few pics, hope you like em!
Some Great photos there, Robbie! Thanks for posting. I love the Fleet formation of the 2 Tomcats, 2 Prowlers, 2 Hornets, the Viking and Hawkeye. That's the kind of Fleet Flyby that Oceana should have put up (but NEVER did!) at some of their air shows from 2006 and earlier....
Love the Skyray shots, also. I remember seeing the Test Pilot School F-6A Skyrays flying at Pax River air shows back in 1966 and 1967.
And I was just curious - what does "USFG Photo" mean?
Re: Just Cause I Wanted To
Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:39 pm
jwc50 wrote:Robbie Stuart wrote:I thought I would throw out a few pics, hope you like em!
Some Great photos there, Robbie! Thanks for posting. I love the Fleet formation of the 2 Tomcats, 2 Prowlers, 2 Hornets, the Viking and Hawkeye. That's the kind of Fleet Flyby that Oceana should have put up (but NEVER did!) at some of their air shows from 2006 and earlier....
Love the Skyray shots, also. I remember seeing the Test Pilot School F-6A Skyrays flying at Pax River air shows back in 1966 and 1967.
And I was just curious - what does "USFG Photo" mean?
The photos are in "Public Domain" from the United States Federal Government, I don't have to, but I like to give them credit.
Glad You Liked Them
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Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:13 pm
Robbie Stuart wrote:
The photos are in "Public Domain" from the United States Federal Government, I don't have to, but I like to give them credit.
Glad You Liked Them
Thanks, Now I understand! If you have anymore or come across anymore great photos such as these please post them.
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Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:14 am
Love that shot of the XB-15. Unfortunately, she never came home from the Panama Canal Zone. She was scrapped there after spending the war as a transport. I've read that the XB-15 used the same wings and powerplants as the Boeing 314 Clipper (another type that's sadly extinct.)
SN
SN
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Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:48 am
i'll bet that B-47 with ALL those rockets was a real "kick in the pants". thanks for posting
Re: Just Cause I Wanted To
Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:15 pm
Robbie Stuart wrote:
A U.S. Army Beechcraft C-12A Huron (s/n 74-22267) from the 6th U.S. Army sits in front of Hanger 5 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California (USA), in 1977. The 6th Army headquarters were at the Presidio.
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Nice series of pictures. Not sure of where the info came from for this one, but the Presidio at Crissy Field never had hangars like that, they were/still are of wood. The pictured ones look very much like the at the ex-Hamilton AFB in Novato.
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Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:43 pm
Nice collection of very interesting photos! The early B-47's used the external strap on JATO rack which was jettisoned after take off, theoretically in a designated area but I understand a couple may have landed outside the designated area. Boeing went to internal JATO installations.
Too bad we can't find a BUAER # on that JRF5, it would be cool to find out if it survived after the war and for how long, and where it wound up.
Too bad we can't find a BUAER # on that JRF5, it would be cool to find out if it survived after the war and for how long, and where it wound up.
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Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:45 pm
Love the skyray - too bad that is a type that there are no publically available to bring back as flyers.
Tom P.
Tom P.
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Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:12 pm
S-W-E-E-T!! 
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Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:22 pm
Great pictures! Thank you for posting! The last one has particular significance to me, as my Dad has the majority of his fixed-wing time in the Army in Beech U-21s and C-12s. I sent him a copy of this link, and he said he thinks he has time in that airframe, but would need to check his logbook to be certain. Thanks again for posting!
Matt
Matt