Cool American military planes.

[JesusChrysler]

Man oh man as a teenager I was in love with the A-10....
My buddy called the F-16 his favorite plane but I was fascinated by a plane Built Around A Gun!!!
I had books and posters and just about **** myself when I saw one in real life....
They just eschew..
I dunno...
Bad-ass-ed-ness.

My father before he succumbed to old age lived in an apartment for 15 years; his room number was A-10 and he posted up a book I had as a child about that Fairchild Republic....

Man that thing is just awesome.

To me.




Matt

 

[signal76]

Some of my Favs Taken at local Airshows

 

[avionic]

that A-10 is one tough little flying tank.
It's daddy the AC-130 gunship.
View attachment 1837201

 

[signal76]

an old wwII pilot told me jets were for kids but still

 

[avionic]

Swarm of hornets chasing a Raptor

 

[2011etec]

Taken last year just up the lawn from my brothers house .That's his dog.

 

[Yamaki]

 

[Yamaki]

 

[70's Rockfan]

This is one of the coolest planes to ever take to the sky:

XB-70 Valkyrie.

I'm kinda partial to this one, too:

go to the US Air Force museum and see it in person.
I've been there many times and love that place.
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/

 

[bsjapost]

Lets give some non-fixed wing some love, huh?
CH-53E Super Stallion

V-22 Osprey

AH 64 Longbow

CH-47 Chinook

Alot more, but best ever fixed wing (in this Army mans mind)

A-10 Warthog (BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT) Tank killer, nah, enemy infantry killer.

 

[bsjapost]

I work at Dulles airport, we have the Udvar-Hazy Aerospace museum attached. We have had the joy of seeing the SR-71, the Space Shuttle, the Concord, Howard Hughes H-1 Racer, P-51s, B-52s, Harriers and alot more land at our Airport for showings or displays at the Museum.

 

[bsjapost]

F-15X is still going to be augmenting the F-22 and F-35...

You forgot to add to your pamphlet......Weapon Systems Officer a must.

 

[electronjohn]

Still my fave...four Wasp Majors made her fighter-fast. Wish one of the two built would've been preserved.

Republic Rainbow

 

[squirrelnest]

Boeing B-47 Stratojet….My dad flew this for SAC during the Cold War....

 

[HTHMAN]

This one falls in the "I can't believe that thing flew" category--the "Goblin". I saw one of these at Wright Patterson Air force Base in Ohio. Unbelievable museum of flight if you have never been there.

 

[squirrelnest]

Convair B-36 Peacemaker

 

[squirrelnest]

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

 

[2011etec]

 

[70's Rockfan]

The BUFF.
An aircraft that is going to have a service life of nigh on a century when it's all said and done.

First flight of the prototype was in 1952 and the last airframes are scheduled for service into the 2050s.

(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress#/media/File:YB-52sideview.jpg)

I was at K.I. Sawyer for a week in 1979
I still remember that line of B-52s as far as the eye could see.
that was a incredible base. all my pics got lost in a move.
that was the week Skylab came down.

 

[2011etec]

I remember in the 80,s I was down at Detour Michigan salmon fishing and I got buzzed by a line of 7 f-4,s .Seemed like they were 200 feet directly above me and I could of sworn I saw one of the buggers laughing.Man that was so cool.As a kid I did get to sit in a cf 104 in cfb borden .