June 27, 20178 yr This could also go in the WTF? thread... Giant Soviet six rotor SA-2 launching helicopter... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/this-monstrous-soviet-missile-helicopter-would-have-been-a-flying-nightmare-1693f03369be
June 27, 20178 yr 2 hours ago, Clark Griswold said: This could also go in the WTF? thread... Giant Soviet six rotor SA-2 launching helicopter... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/this-monstrous-soviet-missile-helicopter-would-have-been-a-flying-nightmare-1693f03369be Edited June 27, 20178 yr by HU&W
August 13, 20178 yr 707 Tanker Transport from back in the day: https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1983/1983 - 1054.PDF https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/7288.htm
December 24, 20177 yr History of towing aircraft: https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2017/04/history-airborne-aircraft-towing/ B-29 B-50 on a rigid tow boom Edited December 27, 20177 yr by Clark Griswold correction
December 27, 20177 yr 25 minutes ago, Breckey said: That’s a B-50 as evidenced by the wing tank outboard of the engines. Yup - I am corrected
April 3, 20187 yr "Jul. 4 1989 was a hell of an Independence Day for the 32nd TFS (Tactical Fighter Squadron) “Wolfhounds”, a unit of the USAFE based at Soesterberg AB (Air Base), in Netherlands. In fact when Captains J.D. “JD” Martin and Bill “Turf” Murphy were scrambled with their F-15C Eagle fighter jets, they could not imagine that their mission was to intercept a very strange MiG." With audio from the F-15s https://theaviationist.com/2012/10/03/mig23-belgium/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Belgian_MiG-23_crash
April 9, 20187 yr On 6/26/2017 at 7:29 PM, Clark Griswold said: This could also go in the WTF? thread... Giant Soviet six rotor SA-2 launching helicopter... https://medium.com/war-is-boring/this-monstrous-soviet-missile-helicopter-would-have-been-a-flying-nightmare-1693f03369be War is Boring are such fools. Flying Nightmare, GMAFB.
April 9, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Majestik Møøse said: War is Boring are such fools. Flying Nightmare, GMAFB. I don’t know, I think it’s a fitting description. If the thing actually flew, it looks like it would be a horrible nightmare for both the flyers and maintainers.
June 19, 20187 yr Operation Bolo details being declassified - https://warisboring.com/spies-helped-the-usaf-shoot-down-a-third-of-north-vietnam-s-mig-21s/
July 1, 20187 yr Carrier Hangar Catapults... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/11821/the-crazy-aircraft-carrier-hangar-catapults-of-world-war-ii
November 23, 20187 yr What a great story! Here's Taffy (as mentioned in the video, he passed in 2016), and his account of the incident... https://www.danrostron.com/2013/10/14/wing-commander-taffy-holdens-inadvertant-flight-in-lightning-xm135/
December 16, 20186 yr I was sent this by a U-2 guy and figured I'd post it here. Interesting look back at Patton. Today, December 16, is the 74th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge. Here is a link to a related story of leadership and prayer. Enjoy. https://myvfw.org/va/dist10/uncategor...s-prayer-1944/ My uncle was caught behind lines in the Battle of the Bulge and fought his way out. Harrowing story. The era of "iron men and wooden ships".
December 16, 20186 yr I have 2 great uncles that fought in the Battle of the Bulge. 1 is still alive. I went to Bastogne 10 years or so ago and took a bunch of pictures for him. Amazing to have him tell stories when he saw the pics. He heard his brother was there as well and went to find him. Found each other, shared a frozen K ration for Christmas dinner, and then went back to their units. One uncle was riding on a tank the next day and they came under German artillery fire, knocking him off the tank and unconscious. Woke up and only heard German voices. Played dead until he heard English voices again. Not sure how long he was out there. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app
December 28, 20186 yr From the collection of Lt. Col. Roy L. Scott. Instrument Pilot on Flickr The Cavemen's Bomber, B-1 on Flickr Edited December 28, 20186 yr by flynhigh
December 28, 20186 yr I have several of Bob Stevens' There I Was... books around here, great cartoons from the good ol' days!
October 1, 20196 yr https://militaryhonors.sid-hill.us/history/rescue.htm Rescue From the Heart of a Typhoon Crewmen of a downed bomber are saved from a raging sea in a daring feat by nuclear subs fighting 40-foot waves. by Capt. Charles Barton, USN (Ret.) POPULAR MECHANICS January 1977 Edited October 1, 20196 yr by jonlbs
November 13, 20196 yr Recommend the book "The Escape Artists" by Neil Bascomb Essentially the World War I version of the The Great Escape. Which I also recommend that book if you haven't read it. Author was Paul Brickhill, a RAF Spitfire pilot who was in the POW camp at the time.
March 11, 20232 yr Interested story from the good old days https://theaviationgeekclub.com/foxhound-vs-blackbird-former-mig-31-pilot-explains-how-to-intercept-and-shoot-down-an-sr-71-mach-3-spy-plane/amp/Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
May 1, 20232 yr Sixty-three years ago today... the first of seven U-2's was shotdown. It's the most well-known of the 7. https://coldwar.org/default.asp?pid=15587&d=y&subid=6191 (Today is Monday... so wait 4 days if you are offended by my post).
May 1, 20232 yr Author 50 minutes ago, HuggyU2 said: Sixty-three years ago today... the first of seven U-2's was shotdown. It's the most well-known of the 7. https://coldwar.org/default.asp?pid=15587&d=y&subid=6191 (Today is Monday... so wait 4 days if you are offended by my post). Years ago I was a guest of the FSB (former KGB), on a formal senior military exchange and had several official meetings (and an epic lunch meeting which included shots of vodka and cognac), at their headquarters in Moscow. They have what was at the time a classified museum in the headquarters and I was given a private tour. I asked and was allowed to take this picture. In the case is wreckage from Francis Gary Powers U-2, his pressure suit, items he was carrying and a portion of his parachute.
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