Foto's "US military aircraft nostalgia and more" die ook nog thuis lagen.

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Foto 684.
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk.

Groet, Ruud.

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Karakteristieke foto van de F-117.
Ik weet nog dat ze voor het eerst op vliegshows verschenen in Europa.
Dubbele afzetting er omheen waartussen gewapende wachten liepen. Deze foto geeft dat prima weer.

Mvg, Boris

Of alleen een paar wielblokken en een bordje 'stealth fighter - invisible'. Was wel een aardige grap.

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Foto 685.
Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King van squadron HS-6 "Indians".

Groet, Ruud.

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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door Fogg

Of alleen een paar wielblokken en een bordje 'stealth fighter - invisible'. Was wel een aardige grap.

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Foto Spitfire65 2017.

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Foto 686.
Fairchild AT-21 Gunner.

Groet, Ruud.

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Foto 687.
Douglas A3D-2 Skywarrior (s/n 142649), redesignated A-3B in 1962. Converted to KA-3B by NARF Alameda, Jul 1967.

Groet, Ruud.

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Foto 688.
Douglas A-4F Skyhawk, s/n 155018 ('401'/'NP') 'Lady Jessie'. VA-164. (1972).

Groet, Ruud.

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Foto 689.
Fighting Falcon van de 140th Wing Colorado Air National Guard, de "Minute Men". Beschildering ter viering van het 50 jarig bestaan van het Minute Men demoteam.

Groet, Ruud.

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Foto 690.
59-2456 (92456). MSN 59. Convair B-58A-10-CF Hustler.
2456 assigned to Edwards AFB, CA. Used for sonic boom studies Sep61 to 1Mar62. Assigned to 6512th Test Squadron, Air Force Systems Command (AFSC), Edwards AFB, CA.
Set a 26,017.93 meter altitude record while carrying a 5,000kg payload.
Assigned to 43rd Bombardment Wing, Carswell AFB, TX. Later to Little Rock AFB, AR. To MASDC as BQ015 Dec 9, 1969, Scrapped Jun 1, 1977.

Groet, Ruud.

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Foto 691.
s/n 55-3123 (53123). MSN 172239. Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker.
3123. 3/1/57: Rollout as KC-135A, but was delivered as a dedicated test bed with no refueling boom. // 4/5/57: First flight. // 5/18/57: TOS USAF and redesignated as JKC-135A. // 7/74: Began serving as the primary platform for testing the Airborne Optical Lightweight Tracking System (ALOTS). Flight tests for the system began in 1965. // 1977: Redesignated NKC-135 (zie foto) and converted to Airborne Laser Laboratory by General Dynamics. This plane was extensively modified by the Air Force weapons Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and used in an 11-year experiment to prove a high-energy laser could be operated in an aircraft and employed against airborne targets. During the experiment, the Airborne Laser Lab destroyed five AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and a Navy BQM-34A target drone. // 4950th Test Wing, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson, OH [noted Aug81] // 5/4/88: 4950th Test Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, landing at Wright Field for preservation at the Air Force Museum. // 5/20/88: Turned over to the Air Force Museum.

Groet, Ruud.