History, Politics And Current Affairs

Wolfman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:25 pm

OOC: Sukhoiman, I’m not sure that India flies any FLANKER derivatives ITTL.

Oh ok, sorry I didnt see this was part of the AU stuff, just saw the thread title in active topics.

I am guessing since its the 1980s, the best we have are Mirage-2000 and Mig -29s?

Do we even participate in WW3 in the Red Dawn larger AU?

Sukhoiman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:58 pm

Wolfman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:25 pm

OOC: Sukhoiman, I’m not sure that India flies any FLANKER derivatives ITTL.

Oh ok, sorry I didnt see this was part of the AU stuff, just saw the thread title in active topics.

I am guessing since its the 1980s, the best we have are Mirage-2000 and Mig -29s?

Do we even participate in WW3 in the Red Dawn larger AU?

For varying values of "participation." Originally sat on the fence, kept options open, and figured out who was winning and who was losing before either of the major combatants ever did.

Sukhoiman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:58 pm

Wolfman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:25 pm

OOC: Sukhoiman, I’m not sure that India flies any FLANKER derivatives ITTL.

Oh ok, sorry I didnt see this was part of the AU stuff, just saw the thread title in active topics.

I am guessing since its the 1980s, the best we have are Mirage-2000 and Mig -29s?

Do we even participate in WW3 in the Red Dawn larger AU?

I know that we have the Indian Navy flying F-35Bs (F-24B) ITTL, but we haven’t covered the Air Force yet, though I assume that the F-35A (F-24A) is something that India might be buying…

Or India's buying Rafale from the French. They probably bought additional Mirage 2000s from the French as their MiG-29 order likely was requisitioned by the Soviets (with a promise of postwar compensation, no doubt).

Prepping for an EASTERN EXPRESS run: A B-52D at Kadena AB, Okinawa, 1987....

OOC - The difference in handling of the explosives between this photo and the recent photos coming out of Russia is... magnificent.

Belushi TD

Okay, I was wrong, ISTR India using Super Bugs (Super Hornet, Recon Super Hornet, and the Growler).
Matt, we need a section for these kinds of discussions, ASAP…

OOC: if you wish to begin such a thread, feel free to do so. I do believe Bernard had a paper on the old board where the other carrier operators (Brazil, France, Italy, India, etc.) were discussed, along with the aircraft their air wings were operating.

A postwar shot after Fidel accepted the Armistice: U.S.S. Iowa (BB-61) makes a visit to Port Everglades, FL after the Cuba blockade is lifted.

The first IN Il-38 recently got retired (this time last year) after ~ 44 years in service. They were introduced starting 1977 for reference in this AU.

https://twitter.com/ThingsNavy/status/1 ... 4973884416

The aircraft was commissioned into the Navy in 1977. IN 301, the first IL- 38 aircraft of the Navy was decommissioned on 17 Jan22 after completing 44 years of service & clocked nearly 10,000 hours of operational flying...

Hero Shot

jemhouston wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:15 pm Hero Shot

Very nice. It’s a pity that she was decommissioned a few years ago.

Gorgeous ship.

One of the HH-3Es that then-Capt. (now Lt. Col., ret.) Bev Lynne flew during the war. This was at a postwar air show at Beale AFB, CA, prior to the AF Academy returning to Colorado Springs in 1998:

U.S.S. Constellation (CV-64) underway for operations in the Northern Pacific, 1987,including the Second Kamchatka Raid:

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:32 am One of the HH-3Es that then-Capt. (now Lt. Col., ret.) Bev Lynne flew during the war. This was at a postwar air show at Beale AFB, CA, prior to the AF Academy returning to Colorado Springs in 1998:

I find it highly amusing that the guy on the left of the picture is completely ignoring the helicopter to look at the blonde on the right.

Belushi TD

Belushi TD wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 3:45 pm

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:32 am One of the HH-3Es that then-Capt. (now Lt. Col., ret.) Bev Lynne flew during the war. This was at a postwar air show at Beale AFB, CA, prior to the AF Academy returning to Colorado Springs in 1998:

I find it highly amusing that the guy on the left of the picture is completely ignoring the helicopter to look at the blonde on the right.

Belushi TD

You and me both, Belushi.

SA-2 detonation over one of Louisiana's rice fields, 1987. RF-4C imagery near Lake Charles and Chennault AFB (used by 1st Air Army assets at the time):

Bet that RF-4C crew discovered that adrenalin comes in two colors: yellow and brown...

Miss Buffy at Kadena AB rearming and refueling for the next EASTERN EXPRESS sortie, 1987: