Something Else to Argue About

[coldaffyduck]

Oops! forgot one:


(Actually I'm just trying to run up the tally to earn brownie points with Eric.)

[Shay]

C'mon Craig ...."SAY IT LOUD, SAY IT PROUD"

CAF OLD DOMINION SQUADRON



BITCHES



Sorry I have impulse control issues.

Shay
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[Shay]

Shay
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[Nathan]

I love Kristin Kreuk.

[JBoyle]

Jane...(after all, any friend of Howard's can't be all bad..besides I'm a breast man).

Daughter...a bit newer style. And not the "dumb blonde" even if her moms was an act.

Speaking of pin up nose art..does woman on the CAF B-26 in 13th BS markings still have the masking tape swim suit top?
When it was at Dyess for the 13th BS reactivation, she was very modest.

[EDowning]

34 posts= only 2459 more to pass that boring Diamond Lil stuff.

[Jase]

Um, that would be "the CAF **A**-26...

Just to be pedantic...

[Dave Fish]

The real question is, which of these looks the best:

I vote "YES" to all of them, including the later postings, as being the best.

I don't bad-mouth Maine Corps aviation during WWII, but somehow I feel their policy of no nose art because it "defaced" government property left our Marines out of competition for some great art. Just my thoughts.

[coldaffyduck]

Jase,
Not to be overly picky and due to the name of this thread, if the aircraft was painted in the 13th BS markings and used during Korea, then in all actuallity it is a Douglas B-26 Invader not an A-26. The Invader was one of those caught up in the redesignation kick the Air Force had for a while. Namely it was an A-26 for WWII, B-26 for Korea, then back to an A-26 for Vietnam.

[Steve Nelson]

As long as we're posting nose arts, I'll give a shout-out to a local girl..

SN

[Michel C-GNCJ]

Ah ! This is one of my passion...

CAF's Sentimental Journey:

CAF's Maid in the Shade:

Combat Air Museum's Beech Baby II:

CAF's Miss Murphy:

Evergreen's Museum P-40:

Evergreen's Museum A-26 Marge:


I got more if you are interrested...

[Ztex]

[RickH]

Craig the Invader re designation to A-26 was only applied to the aircraft based in Thailand early in the Viet Nam War. The Thais didn't want American bombers based in their country so the "A" designation was brought back. After the B-52s showed up there was no point, so the "B"-26Ks were redesignated ,...again !

[Shay]

I got more if you are interrested...

Ummmm yes please.....I'll have seconds please




Regarding the Invader designation change:

In June of 1948, the Air Force decided that it no longer needed light attack bombers, and the Attack designation category was officially eliminated. The designation of the two Invader types was changed to B-26B and B-26C respectively. There was no danger of confusion with the Martin B-26 Marauder, since that aircraft was by that time out of service.

When American forces first began to get involved in combat in Vietnam--at first only as advisers--B-26Bs and B-26Cs went into action in the counterinsurgency role with the Farm Gate detachment. Unfortunately, by this time the B-26s were nearing the end of their service lives and suffered from frequent wing failures, forcing them out of service. Those few that remained active were provided with a strengthening wing strap along the bottom of the wing spars to prevent catastrophic wing failures and prolong service life. The success of these modifications led the USAF to order a remanufactured version of the Invader from the On Mark Engineering Company of Van Nuys, California that would be specifically adapted to the counterinsurgency role. The designation B-26K was applied and the name Counter Invader was chosen.

The B-26K Counter Invaders were delivered to the USAF between June 1964 and April 1965. They served with the 603rd Special Operations Squadron based at Lockbourne AFB and Hurlburt AFB in the operational training role, and with the 606th Air Commando Squadron (later renamed the 609th Special Operations Squadron) from Nakhon Phanom Air Base in Thailand. During the mid-1960s, Thailand did not permit the basing of bombers on its territory, and so the aircraft were reassigned the old attack designation of A-26A, thus bringing the Invader full-circle. The A-26As flew night interdiction missions over the Ho Chi Minh trail until they were phased out of service in November of 1969, finally bringing the era of Invader combat service with the USAF to a close.

The last US military Invader, a VB-26B (44-34160) operated by the National Guard Bureau, was retired in 1972 and was donated to the National Air and Space Museum.

Shay
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[bdk]

34 posts= only 2459 more to pass that boring Diamond Lil stuff.

That "I'm bored" thread got pretty long too...