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 F-4 Phantom

F-4 Phantom II  no longer flown by the USAF. 

 

F-16 Falcon

The USAF Thunderbirds F-16 Falcons 

Thunderbirds in formation.

 

 

 

        Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules

Truly a workhorse in heavy lift capability, it has so many different variations I will probably never get to see them all.  The C-130 is capable of carrying up 46,000 lbs (20,865 kg) of cargo.  It serves as Combat aircraft, search and rescue, aerial tanker, surveillance, maritime patrol aircraft and has been used to recover space capsules. 

      

C-130 Transport with a Biomedical team from Ft Dietrich. Note the two Apache Helicopters in the background

New Version of the C-130J Flown by the Maryland Air National Guard 

Pilot and copilots seats in the C-130-J

 

    The absence of standard gages and dials is most prevalent in the "J" model.

 

Here is a view of the C130 J HUD (Heads Up Display)

 

Pilots seat in C-130-J

C-130-J Cockpit in flight.

 

 

 

These photos of the C-130-J taken on a flight with the 175 Maryland ANG.

 

C-130 Rotates

 

EC-130- model used for psi-ops. It's capable of TV and radio broadcasts.  Notice the antennas on the tail. 

 

Egyptian Air force C-130 H

 

Boeing B-1B Lancer

B-1B Taking off from Andrews Air force Base

B-1B has the radar cross section that is 1% that of the B-52

B1 Nose Art  "Home Improvement"

     

 

 

 

             Aero Vodochody L-39

                 

                     L-39 Aero Vodochody from the Czech Republic.  This aircraft is used for training and light attack.  It's currently very popular with quite a few privately owned in the United States.

 

 

                 United States Marine F-18 Hornet

     

                               

  

    

        F18 Hornets from the Blue Angels

 

                            

                                                             The down and dirty A-10 "Warthog"

                

 

 

The A-10 redundant flight control systems and 30mm link less feed cannon made this one of the best tank killing aircraft ever made. It's replacements (F-16 and F18) will never be able to get down and dirty like the A-10.

 

 The F-86

  

         

   The F-86 was the main UN fighter used against the Mig-15 in Korea

This USAF Warning sign quotes the internal security act of 1950

"Use of deadly force authorized"

 

Panavia Tornado

German NATO Panavia Tornado IDS. 

Designed as a European multi roll fighter it's niche has been as a high speed low level attach aircraft.  It has a crew of 2 and can carry a cornucopia of different weapons.   

 

 

RAF Nimrod

BAe Nimrod from the RAF

The Nimrod is the RAF's main electronic reconnaissance aircraft.  I believe it's closest American cousin is the P-3 Orion which fills the same roll.  The Nimrod is armed with AIM- Sidwinder missile; AGM-84 Harpoon missile; torpedoes and mines. It's crew consists of 2 pilot's, 5 crew, 4 system operators.

 

U-2

Crew 1

Flown for photo reconnaissance and electronic intelligence gathering. 

This electronic reconnaissance aircraft. Is not the same one that Gary powers flew over Russia.  The New version of the U-2 is larger, can fly higher, and farther then the it's older cousin. With the retirement of the SR-71 the U-2 will be around for a long time. 

 

Northrop-Grumman F-5 Tiger

The F-5 comes in Many variants flown by many countries. This particular aircraft is used by the USAF for photo reconnaissance.

Crew 1 

Other variations can be armed with two 20mm cannons It's capable of carrying sever different types of missiles as well as bombs 

 

Civil Air Patrol-USAF Auxiliary

Cessna-172 Skyhawk

 

This Civil Air Patrol Cessna-172 sports the new paint scheme. With CAP's role in Homeland Security, the public will be seeing more of these 172's.  

On Search and Rescue missions these aircraft fly with a crew of 3, Pilot, Mission Observer and Mission Scanner.

The 172 has a range of 1,620 km (875 nautical miles)

For more information on CAP visit there site www.cap.gov    

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