Showing posts with label USA 1970-1979. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA 1970-1979. Show all posts
Thursday, 26 December 2019

Shenyang J-5, various users

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The Shenyang J-5 was used not just by North Vietnam, but by many other countries all around the globe. Somalia: Many F-5s were serving ...
Friday, 25 August 2017

McDonnell F-15A Eagle

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The largest operator of the McDonnell F-15A in the world is the United States Air Force who, in November 1974, took it into service. We a...
Monday, 21 August 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4N Phantom II

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The McDonnell Douglas F-4N was an updated version of the original F-4B featuring, among others, smokeless engines and all those improvemen...
Tuesday, 11 July 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II. Part Four

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Today we cover some more United States Navy 's F-4J Phantom II squadrons: VF-194 : Navy's Red Lightning Squadron were equipped ...
Monday, 10 July 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II. Part Three

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The McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II was also used by the United States Marine Corps . Today we cover the next Marine Squadrons: VMFA-...
Saturday, 8 July 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II. Part Two

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The McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II was an improved version of the F-4B that was used by both the United States Navy and the United Sta...
Friday, 7 July 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II. Part one.

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The McDonnell Douglas F-4J was an improved version of the F-4B that featured improved air-to-air and ground-attack capabilities. Five-hund...
Sunday, 25 June 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II, American users

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The McDonnell Douglas F-4E featured many improvements from the previous version, the F-4D. Among them there were upgraded leading edge sla...
Thursday, 15 June 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II, American Users

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The F-4D was essentially an improved version of the F-4C designed by the United States Air Force to carry AIM-4 Falcon missiles and was i...
Friday, 9 June 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II, USAF Users, part three

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The F-4C was initally flown for the first time on 27th May 1963 and it differed from the Navy's F-4B in having dual controls, a boom-t...
Thursday, 8 June 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II, USAF Users, part two

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On 10th July 1965, some F-4C from the 45th Tactical Fighter Squadron, of the 15 Tactical Fighter Wing, operating from Ubon, in Thailand, s...
Wednesday, 7 June 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II, USAF Users, part one

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Initially the F-4C in the United States Air Force , was going to be called F-110 Spectre, before the introduction of the 1962 Tri-Service ...
Saturday, 3 June 2017

McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II, part three

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There's not any doubt that the Phantom II was the most successful fighter design of the 1960s. It was powered by two General Electrics...
Saturday, 27 May 2017

McDonnell F-101B Voodoo, American users

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The McDonnell F-101B was first deployed into service on 5th January 1959, serving with the 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and it was pr...