Art & Image Thread

[jemhouston]

I'm surprised that much is still standing.

[Wolfman]

I'm surprised that much is still standing.

You and me both, Jem…

[Lordroel]

Photo: Mexican trench line abandoned during the Baja War, 2010.

[Lordroel]

Photo: Visibly worn from her deployment to the Caribbean Sea as part of the Canadian contribution to the Cuba Blockade, HMCS Athabaskan returns to Halifax, 1990.

[Lordroel]

Photo: U.S. Navy SEAL during a search and seizure on a replenishment oiler heading from Mexico to Cuba, 1995.

[Lordroel]

Photo: F-4 Phantoms of No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF joined by a No. 29 Squadron RAF machine at RAF Coningsby, taking time of from intercepting Soviet bombers, 1986.

[Matt Wiser]

From the last months of peace: VF-51 intercepts a Bear near Carl Vinson; June, 1985:

[Lordroel]

From the last months of peace: VF-51 intercepts a Bear near Carl Vinson; June, 1985:

Photo: not all Bears are hostile, a Indian 'Bear F' (Tu-142MZ Long Range Maritime Patrol/Anti-Submarine Warfare variant) operated by the Indian Navy service is escorted by an United States Navy F-14 Tomcat of VF-111 Sundowners operating from USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), 1988.

[Wolfman]

That BEAR had better be squawking modes and codes…

[jemhouston]

I would figure they radio on Guard they were coming. I don't know if they arranged with the embassy for authentic codes or not.

Keeping India neutral was important to the US.

[Matt Wiser]

One of the antiarmor loads that the 335th carried: this one doesn't have AIM-9 on the inboard pylon missile rails, but I have seen loads that do have the 6x Mark-20 Rockeye (or other CBUs) and the Sidewinders. This bird does have the ECM pod and should have the two AIM-7s in the aft missile wells.

[clancyphile]

One of the antiarmor loads that the 335th carried: this one doesn't have AIM-9 on the inboard pylon missile rails, but I have seen loads that do have the 6x Mark-20 Rockeye (or other CBUs) and the Sidewinders. This bird does have the ECM pod and should have the two AIM-7s in the aft missile wells.

Wouldn't there be another AIM-7 on the forward missile well opposite the ECM pod?

[Matt Wiser]

No. If launched, the missile exhaust might interfere with the pod's electronics.

[Matt Wiser]

One of four VA-155 A-6s from USS Ranger (CV-61) launched on a Mining Mission near Kamchatka, during First Kamchatka, 1987

[Matt Wiser]

One of 74 Squadron's F-4Js on a maintenance check flight after both engines were changed, late 1987; Flight Lts. Karen McKay (PLT) and "Razor" Wilkinson (RIO) are at the controls.