AIRCRAFT - FIGHTER JETS AND BOMBERS PLUS

USSR PE-2 BUCK

2011-09-23T18:35:00.000-05:00

A Soviet dive bomber aircraft used in World War II. It was a ground attack aircraft in the role of a heavy fighter.

Six were captured and transferred from the Germans to the Finnish Air Force during the War.

USN XP6M-1 SEAMASTER

2011-02-07T19:31:00.000-06:00

The Martin P6M SeaMaster, 1950s strategic bomber flying boat by the Glenn L. Martin Company, for the United States Navy the program was canceled on August 21, 1959. Envisioned as a way to give the Navy a strategic nuclear force, when it was replaced by the Polaris submarine launched ballistic missile.

It became the Navy's high speed minelayer.

USSR BADGER

2011-01-27T20:26:00.006-06:00

Tupolev Tu-16 was a twin-engine jet bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has flown for more than 50 years and the Chinese license-built Xian H-6 remains in service with the Chinese air force.
Exclusive bearing pair protizemních missile K-26 was developed variant Tupolev Tu-16 designated as the Tu-16K-26. Airplane design is based on the type of Tu-16K-11-16, and as he had dismantled the tank from the fuselage and cabin service provider dedicated to protizemní missile K-10. The nose of the airplane is again placed in the cab operator, navigator and radar Rubin rifle-1 positioned below the nose. This variant, unlike the previous one Tupolev Tu-16K-10-26 allows you to carry and dropping bombs placed in the bomb bay capsule and returned to the airplane again able to carry out strategic bombing in the classical style. K-26 missiles are placed on racks under the wings.
http://en.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/t/44864 says;
"Airplane Tupolev Tu-16K-26 was the naval armaments and strategic bomber aviation USSR introduced in the mid-sixties. Replace part of the TU-16K-10-26 while the rest went to upgrading standard Tu-16K-26."

PEARL HARBOR PICS TAKEN 69 YRS AGO & LEFT IN A BROWNIE CAMERA (December 7, 1941)

2011-01-22T19:25:00.013-06:00

On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By planning this attack on a Sunday,the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port.

As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.

In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft.

At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu , he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets.

At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.

When it was over, the U..S. losses were:
Casualties
US Army: 218 KIA, 364 WIA.
US Navy: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA..
US Marine Corp: 109 KIA, 69 WIA.
Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA.
TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA.
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Battleships
USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit her magazine.
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the harbor.
USS California (BB-4 4) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired.
USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Sunk at her berth. Later raised and repaired.
USS Nevada - (BB-36) Beached to prevent sinking.. Later repaired.
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) - Light damage.
USS Maryland (BB-46) - Light damage.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Light damage.
USS Utah (AG-16) - (former battleship used as a target) - Sunk.
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Cruisers
USS New Orleans (CA-32) - Light Damage..
USS San Francisco (CA-38) - Light Damage.
USS Detroit (CL-8) - Light Damage.
USS Raleigh (CL-7) - Heavily damaged but repaired.
USS Helena (CL-50) - Light Damage.
USS Honolulu (CL-48) - Light Damage...
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Destroyers
USS Downes (DD-375) - Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Cassin - (DD -3 7 2) Destroyed. Parts salvaged.
USS Shaw (DD-373) - Very heavy damage.
USS Helm (DD-388) - Light Damage.
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Minelayer
USS Ogala (CM-4) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
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Seaplane Tender
USS Curtiss (AV-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
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Repair Ship
USS Vestal (AR-4) - Severely damaged but later repaired.
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Harbor Tug
USS Sotoyomo (YT-9) - Sunk but later raised and repaired.
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Aircraft
188 Aircraft destroyed (92 USN and 92 U.S. Army Air Corps.)

USN A4D SKYHAWK

2011-01-20T21:15:00.003-06:00

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps.

Surplus USMC Skyhawks resulted a version used by both VF-126 and TOPGUN.

The Israeli Air Force used the Skyhawks through the 1970’s and were the primary ground attack aircraft in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War.

The Skyhawks were retired in 2003.

USN F8U-1 CRUSADER

2011-01-18T13:10:00.000-06:00

F8U a single-engine, carrier-based for the United States Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps, replacing the Vought F7U Cutlass. The prototype flew in February 1955, and served in Vietnam. US Naval Reserve units continued to operate the F-8 until 1987.

USN R3Y TRADEWIND

2011-01-13T22:10:00.002-06:00

AIRPLANE RECOGNITION TRAINING PHOTO CIRCA 1950

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The McDonnell F3H Demon was a subsonic swept-wing United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter aircraft. After severe problems with Westinghouse J40 engine that was ultimately abandoned, the successor to the F2H Banshee served starting in 1956 redesigned with the J71 engine.

USN F3H-2N DEMON

2011-01-13T21:59:00.002-06:00

F3H Demon

USAF B47 STRATOJET

2011-01-12T20:46:00.000-06:00

The Boeing Model 450 B-47 Stratojet was a long-range, six-engined, jet-powered medium bomber built to fly at high subsonic speeds and at high altitudes. It was primarily designed to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union.

CONSOLIDATED SERVICES BUILDING US AIR FORCE TULSA OKLAHOMA

2011-01-10T17:29:00.002-06:00

138th Fighter Wing (FW) of the Oklahoma Air National Guard (OANG)

USN F11F TIGER

2011-01-06T22:25:00.004-06:00

The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger was a single-seat carrier-based United States Navy fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s. Originally designated the F11F Tiger in April 1955 under the pre-1962 Navy designation system, it was redesignated as F-11 Tiger under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.

The F11F/F-11 was used by the Blue Angels flight team from 1957 to 1969. Grumman Aircraft Corporation made about 200 Tigers, with last delivered 23 January 1

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USAF F101 VOODOO

2011-01-04T22:39:00.001-06:00

The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic military fighter flown by the USAF and the RCAF. Initially designed by McDonnell Aircraft as a long-range bomber escort (known as a penetration fighter) for the Strategic Air Command (SAC), the Voodoo was instead developed as a nuclear armed fighter bomber for the Tactical Air Command (TAC), and as a photo reconnaissance aircraft based on the same airframe.

The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger

2011-01-03T23:34:00.000-06:00

F-86 Sabre

2011-01-03T22:59:00.001-06:00

The North American F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Prouced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known for its Korean War role, where it was pitted against the Soviet MiG-15.

USAF F-100 SUPER SABRE

2011-01-03T22:13:00.004-06:00

The North American F-100 Super Sabre was a supersonic jet fighter aircraft served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971

and with the Air National Guard (ANG).

RAF DH 110 VIXEN

2011-01-02T19:11:00.001-06:00

he de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen was a twin boom 1950s–1960s British two-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (the air component of the Royal Navy) designed by de Havilland. Developed from an earlier first generation jet fighter, the Sea Vixen was a capable carrier-based fleet defense fighter that served into the 1970s.