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A-10s were initially an unwelcome addition to the arsenal in the eyes of Air Force brass. As the Air Force senior leadership became increasingly populated by general officers from the fighter community, the Air Force prized the high-flying, high-performance F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon...
See T-38 Talon, F-5A, C-5 Galaxy, P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, B-24 Liberator, P-51 Mustang, A-7 Corsair, F-4 Phantom & F-111 Aardvark. See photos of life at MacDill Field from WW2 era, published in Drew Field's weekly news, "Drew Field Echoes" MacDill Field photos fr...
There are a lot of truly gruesome photos from World War II, as I have written aboutelsewhere. Here, for instance, is a photo of the instant of death of a young German soldier in 1943. This was not an unusual event, but the timing of the photographer certainly was. It is easy to th...
Good day friends, Disappointed with my previous submission of the Tamiya P-47 Thunderbolt, I tried different techniques for a higher quality photograph. I still have some ways to go but here are the results. Please let me know your thoughts on this method compared to the previous photographs...
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P-47 Thunderbolt The USAAF refused to give Republic any money for the development of the new XP-47B, so Republic paid for the construction of the first mock-up, reusing the cockpit area of the P-43. By the time the prototype was ready for testing, it weighed over 12,550 lb., 900 ...
(580 kW) Wright Whirlwind radial engines. Nevertheless, the prototype was able to achieve a maximum speed of 254 mph (409 km/h), outstripping the frontline Boeing P-26 fighter aircraft by 20 mph (32 km/h).Re-engined with 735 hp (550 kW) Curtiss R-1670-5 engines, it was delivered ...
Types of military aircraft (Image: An A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-86 Sabre, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fly in formation during an air show at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia) Attack Attack aircraft are what the U.S. Navy and Marines have traditionally called their light and medium bo...