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Tango-00, (abandoned), was in control of 10 Minuteman III ICBM sites from deep underground. Demolished October 2014.
Took a walk near our RV park. There are "targets" in the desert, set up to calibrate the spy planes and satellites during the Cold War. I know of at least 3 near us.
www.google.com/maps/place/Corona+Satellite+Calibration+Ta...
United States Air Force Museum, Dayton (2005)
United States - East-Coast Tour 2005
North American F-86A Sabre, 49-1067 as USAF '49-1236'
Photo selection
North American - F-86 and CL-13 Sabres, FJ Fury
The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio is one
of the largest Aviation Musems of the World.
The collection was displayed in 3 museum buildings, an outside display in front of the entrance and a seperate building on the airbase.
Visiting the restoration area was on special appointment.
(I never made it sofar)
The photos are equally tagged to the display area's.
In front of the museum are the outside displays and the Experimental and Presidental aircraft are in the remote hangar.
The main museum is divided in various periodes of aviation.
1st building World-War I and World-War II
2nd building Korean War and South-East Asia
3rd building Coldwar Period and Recent Aircraft
In 2016 a fourth building opened containing most aircraft that were previously on display at the airbase.
Structures around Regan Vest, the former 'Secret' danish bunker, supposed to house the Royal family and the Government in case of nuclear war or other crisis. It is located in a remote part of the largest forest in Denmark and the existence have been a great secret the last 40 years. The Bunker are no longer in use and are to become a museum, having just recently been declassified.
Bunker for exhaust vent
Musee du Chateau, Savigny les Beaune (2010 and 2011) - France
North American F-100D, 54-2130 French Air Forcce as \11-YF
(with tail of 54-2235)
North American F-100F, 56-3937 rench Air Force as \11-YH
(with tail of 54-2293)
Photo selection
United States Air Force Museum, Dayton (2005)
United States - East-Coast Tour 2005
Northrop F-89J Scorpion, 52-1911 as USAF '53-2509'
Photo selection
The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio is one
of the largest Aviation Musems of the World.
The collection was displayed in 3 museum buildings, an outside display in front of the entrance and a seperate building on the airbase.
Visiting the restoration area was on special appointment.
(I never made it sofar)
The photos are equally tagged to the display area's.
In front of the museum are the outside displays and the Experimental and Presidental aircraft are in the remote hangar.
The main museum is divided in various periodes of aviation.
1st building World-War I and World-War II
2nd building Korean War and South-East Asia
3rd building Coldwar Period and Recent Aircraft
In 2016 a fourth building opened containing most aircraft that were previously on display at the airbase.
McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II :- Part II
United States Navy
On 30th December 1960, the VF-121 ''Pacemakers'' at Naval Air Station Miramar became the first Phantom operator with its F4H-1F's (F-4A's) the VF-74 ''Be-Devilers at NAS Oceana became the first deployable Phantom Squadron when it received its F4H-1's (F-4B's) on 8th July 1961. The Squadron completed Carrier qualifications in October 1961 and Phantom's first full Carrier Deployment between August 1962 and March 1963 aboard U.S.S Forrestal. The second deployable U.S. Atlantic Fleet Squadron to receive F-4B's was the VF-102 ''Diamondbacks'' who promptly took their new Aircraft on the shakedown cruise of U.S.S Enterprise. The first deployable U.S. Pacific Fleet Squadron to receive the F-4B was the VF-114 ''Aardvarks'' which participated in the September 1962 cruise aboard U.S.S Kitty Hawk.
By the time of the Tonkin Gulf incident, 13 of 31 deployable Navy Squadrons were armed with the type F-4B's from U.S.S Constellation made the first Phantom Combat Sortie of the Vietnam War on 5th August 1964, flying Bomber Escort in Operation Pierce Arrow. Navy Fighter Pilots were unused to flying with a Non-Pilot RIO, but learned from Air Combat in Vietnam the benefits of the GiB ''Guy in Back'' or ''Voice In The Luggage Compartment'' helping with the workload.
The first Phantom Air-to-Air Victory of the War took place on 9th April 1965 when an F-4B from VF-96 ''Fighting Falcons'' piloted by Lieutenant (junior grade) Terence M. Murphy and his RIO, Ensign Ronald Fegan, shot down a Chinese MiG-17 ''Fresco''. The Phantom was then shot down, probably by an AIM-7 Sparrow from one of its Wingmen. There continues to be controversy over whether the Phantom was shot down by MiG Guns or, as Enemy reports later indicated, an AIM-7 Sparrow III from one of Murphy's and Fegan's Wingmen. On 17th June 1965, an F-4B from VF-21 ''Freelancers'' piloted by Commander Louis Page and Lieutenant John C. Smith shot down the first North Vietnamese MiG of the War.
On 10th May 1972, Lieutenant Randy ''Duke'' Cunningham and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William P. Driscoll flying an F-4J, call sign ''Showtime 100'' shot down three MiG-17's to become the first American 'Flying Aces' of the War. Their fifth victory was believed at the time to be over a mysterious North Vietnamese Ace, Colonel Nguyen Toon, now considered mythical. On the return flight, the Phantom was damaged by an Enemy Surface-to-Air Missile. To avoid being captured, Cunningham and Driscoll flew their burning Aircraft using only the rudder and afterburner (the damage to the Aircraft rendered conventional control nearly impossible, until they could eject over water. During the War, U.S Navy F-4 Phantom Squadrons participated in 84 Combat Tours with F-4B's, F-4J's, and F-4N's. The Navy claimed 40 Air-to-Air Victories at a cost of 73 Phantoms lost in Combat (seven to Enemy Aircraft, 13 to SAM's, and 53 to AAA) an additional 54 Phantoms were lost in mishaps. In 1984, all Navy F-4N's were retired from Fleet service in deployable USN Squadrons and by 1987 the last F-4S's were retired from deployable U.S Navy Squadrons.
On 25th March 1986, an F-4S belonging to the VF-151 ''Vigilantes'' became the last active duty U.S. Navy Phantom to launch from an Aircraft Carrier, in this case, Midway. On 18th October 1986, an F-4S from the VF-202 ''Superheats'', a Naval Reserve Fighter Squadron, made the last-ever Phantom Carrier landing while operating aboard U.S.S America. In 1987, the last of the Naval Reserve-Operated F-4S Aircraft were replaced by F-14A Tomcat's. The last Phantoms in service with the Navy were QF-4N and QF-4S Target Drones operated by the Naval Air Warfare Center at NAS Point Mugu, California, which were subsequently retired in 2004.
McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II :-
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Part II - flic.kr/p/2i2Yh6Y
Part III - flic.kr/p/2i2Yh6Y
Part IV - flic.kr/p/2i31F9A
United States Air Force Museum, Dayton (2005)
United States - East-Coast Tour 2005
Douglas C-54A Skymaster (VC-54A)(DC-4), 42-107451 as USAF VC-54A '272252'
Photo selection
Douglas - DC-4 and C-54 Skymaster
The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio is one
of the largest Aviation Musems of the World.
The collection was displayed in 3 museum buildings, an outside display in front of the entrance and a seperate building on the airbase.
Visiting the restoration area was on special appointment.
(I never made it sofar)
The photos are equally tagged to the display area's.
In front of the museum are the outside displays and the Experimental and Presidental aircraft are in the remote hangar.
The main museum is divided in various periodes of aviation.
1st building World-War I and World-War II
2nd building Korean War and South-East Asia
3rd building Coldwar Period and Recent Aircraft
In 2016 a fourth building opened containing most aircraft that were previously on display at the airbase.
This well defended structure is located near the boundary of the former RAF Lindholme, but what is it's purpose?
Quebec - 00, (abandoned), was in control of 10 Minuteman III ICBM sites from deep underground. Demolished October 2014.
Sierra - 00, (abandoned), was in control of 10 Minuteman III ICBM sites from deep underground. (I got to go down into this one on a tour in the early 1970's). Demolished October 2014.
United States Air Force Museum, Dayton (2005)
United States - East-Coast Tour 2005
McDonnell F-4C Phantom II, 64-0829 'Scat XXVII'
Photo selection
McDonnell Douglas - F-4 Phantom II
The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio is one
of the largest Aviation Musems of the World.
The collection was displayed in 3 museum buildings, an outside display in front of the entrance and a seperate building on the airbase.
Visiting the restoration area was on special appointment.
(I never made it sofar)
The photos are equally tagged to the display area's.
In front of the museum are the outside displays and the Experimental and Presidental aircraft are in the remote hangar.
The main museum is divided in various periodes of aviation.
1st building World-War I and World-War II
2nd building Korean War and South-East Asia
3rd building Coldwar Period and Recent Aircraft
In 2016 a fourth building opened containing most aircraft that were previously on display at the airbase.
Duga was a Soviet over-the-horizon (OTH) radar system used as part of the Soviet misile early-warning network.
The system operated from July 1976 to December 1989. Two operational Duga radars were deployed, one near Chernobyl and another near Chernihiv.
After the accident, the radar received extensive amount of radioactivety and therefore it was switched off and abandoned.
This is a room in the barracks at Gastonville Armory, once part of Nike Site 43 in Union Township, Pa. Here's a link to the story: www.observer-reporter.com/20170126/cold_war-era_defense_b...
United States Air Force Museum, Dayton (2005)
United States - East-Coast Tour 2005
Republic F-105G Thunderchief, 63-8320 United States Air Force as 320\WW 'Bam Bam'.
Photo selection
The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio is one
of the largest Aviation Musems of the World.
The collection was displayed in 3 museum buildings, an outside display in front of the entrance and a seperate building on the airbase.
Visiting the restoration area was on special appointment.
(I never made it sofar)
The photos are equally tagged to the display area's.
In front of the museum are the outside displays and the Experimental and Presidental aircraft are in the remote hangar.
The main museum is divided in various periodes of aviation.
1st building World-War I and World-War II
2nd building Korean War and South-East Asia
3rd building Coldwar Period and Recent Aircraft
In 2016 a fourth building opened containing most aircraft that were previously on display at the airbase.
Freedom Flight outfit, given to USMC Major Paul Montague by his communist captors, prior to his flight to the Phillipines in 1973. The style looks straight out of the 50s, not the 70s. I guess the NVA was behind the times. He had spent five years in captivity at the "Hanoi Hilton".
MCAS Miramar Museum
United States Air Force Museum, Dayton (2005)
United States - East-Coast Tour 2005
Mikoyan Mig-21F-13 Fishbed, 301 ex Czech AF ,marked as '5063'
of the North Vietnam Airforce.
Photo selection
The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio is one
of the largest Aviation Musems of the World.
The collection was displayed in 3 museum buildings, an outside display in front of the entrance and a seperate building on the airbase.
Visiting the restoration area was on special appointment.
(I never made it sofar)
The photos are equally tagged to the display area's.
In front of the museum are the outside displays and the Experimental and Presidental aircraft are in the remote hangar.
The main museum is divided in various periodes of aviation.
1st building World-War I and World-War II
2nd building Korean War and South-East Asia
3rd building Coldwar Period and Recent Aircraft
In 2016 a fourth building opened containing most aircraft that were previously on display at the airbase.
United States Air Force Museum, Dayton (2005)
United States - East-Coast Tour 2005
Republic F-105G Thunderchief, 63-8320 United States Air Force as 320\WW 'Bam Bam'.
Photo selection
The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio is one
of the largest Aviation Musems of the World.
The collection was displayed in 3 museum buildings, an outside display in front of the entrance and a seperate building on the airbase.
Visiting the restoration area was on special appointment.
(I never made it sofar)
The photos are equally tagged to the display area's.
In front of the museum are the outside displays and the Experimental and Presidental aircraft are in the remote hangar.
The main museum is divided in various periodes of aviation.
1st building World-War I and World-War II
2nd building Korean War and South-East Asia
3rd building Coldwar Period and Recent Aircraft
In 2016 a fourth building opened containing most aircraft that were previously on display at the airbase.
United States Air Force Museum, Dayton (2005)
United States - East-Coast Tour 2005
Kaman HH-43B Huskie, 60-0263 in USAF\Rescue markings
Photo selection
The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio is one
of the largest Aviation Musems of the World.
The collection was displayed in 3 museum buildings, an outside display in front of the entrance and a seperate building on the airbase.
Visiting the restoration area was on special appointment.
(I never made it sofar)
The photos are equally tagged to the display area's.
In front of the museum are the outside displays and the Experimental and Presidental aircraft are in the remote hangar.
The main museum is divided in various periodes of aviation.
1st building World-War I and World-War II
2nd building Korean War and South-East Asia
3rd building Coldwar Period and Recent Aircraft
In 2016 a fourth building opened containing most aircraft that were previously on display at the airbase.
BAC TSR-2 Eagle: Great Britain's planned
"AVRO Vulcan B2" replacement & last ever Interdictor during maximum speed take off.
Dispite the "BAC" (British Aircraft Corperation) in her name she was designed before the areospace combine existed, & is "English Electric's" (The creators of the "Lightning" Fighter-Interceptor) last ever Aircraft.
Quebec - 00, (abandoned), was in control of 10 Minuteman III ICBM sites. As with the Missile Sites, the most interesting part of these is deep underground. Demolished October 2014.
Aeronauticum, Nordholz (2015) - Germany
Sukhoi Su-22M Fitter, 25+25 German Air Force still marked as 366
Former NVA 366 (East German Airforce)
Photo selection
The Kelvedon Nuclear Bunker
Hidden in a wood off the A128 Ongar - Brentwood Road, is a small bungalow which hides a big secret. Behind it lies a three floored bunker complex in which 600 people would have been confined behind blast proof doors in the event of a nuclear war.
The deep, 125 foot, bunker was built in 1952/3 as part of Rotor, an urgent government building programme to improve Britain's air defence network. The bunker was the Sector Operations Command for the RAF Fighter Command. Known as SOC - R4, it was to provide command and control of the London Sector of Fighter Command.
Once into the bungalow, it leads to a 100 yard tunnel before you are in the bunker itself. Above you are two more floors, the 'hill' which covers it, and a radio mast, one of two, which would have been vital for communications.
The reason for the bunker was to take on a far more potentially catastrophic role in the 1960's. Because of the threat of nuclear war the bunker became the regional government bunker for London. The aim of the bunker was that it was to be one of the government administration centres communicating with the many other smaller bunkers situated throughout the country, organising the country after a nuclear attack.
Part II :-
FV222 ARV Mk.II :- The Mk.II ARV featured a few upgrades over the Mk.I, the most noticeable of these was to the front of the vehicle. A large sloping plate of armour now formed the front of the vehicle, completely changing the forward profile of the bow. This upgrade greatly improved the Crew’s protection but also presents the researcher with the most noticeable means of distinguishing a Mk.I and Mk.II ARV. The Mk.II also carried four stowage boxes. Three were on the left of the winch compartment, one was on the right. The changes on the Mk.II were not just external, as it meant a slight re-arrangement of the Crew positions was necessary. The ARV retained a four-man Crew, though. The Driver’s position had been raised into the superstructure, and the Commander was now seated to his left. These two Crew members are separated from the two other Crew by a bulkhead. The Driver now sat beneath a shallow cupola with three Vision Periscopes at its front. The hatch opened up and back to the 4 o’clock position. To his right, there was a smaller round hatch set in the right wall of the superstructure.
Slightly back and left of the Driver’s cupola was the larger Commander’s cupola, this was also fitted with three vision-periscopes, with a mounting above them for the L3A1 Machine Gun. The built-in hatch opened up and back, and like on the Mk.I, was capable of 360° rotation. Behind these two positions were the other Crew positions. There were three round hatches in the rear half of the roof which allowed Crew access and access to the winch mechanisms for maintenance. This back half of the superstructure roof could also be removed as one to allow greater access to the area. Other than these alterations, the two vehicles were basically the same. Also, the Mk.II did lack the multiple pulleys around the outside of the hull. They had the same Crew, same suspension and tracks, and an identical complement of recovery equipment. The Conqueror ARV Mk.II also seems to have received some automotive upgrades, however, at this time, it is unclear as to what exactly these upgrades consisted of.
The ARV’s main recovery tool was a 49 ton capacity winch, this used a 450ft long cable emerging from a small slit in the back of the superstructure. There was also a secondary, 4½ ton capacity winch, using a 899ft cable and was predominantly used to deploy and retrieve the heavier and stiffer cable of the main winch. This cable emerged from a void at the top of the upper front plate of the winch compartment. Both winches were mounted side-by-side in the superstructure and were driven by a power-take-off from the vehicle’s engine. Numerous pulleys, guide wheels and fairleads (a device that guides a line, rope or cable) were dotted around the outside of the vehicle which allowed pulls to be made in any direction off of the front, right, left and rear of the ARV. The largest and strongest pulley and fairlead were located at the rear of the vehicle, as this was where the majority of tows would happen. To this end, a large spade was mounted beneath it. Operated hydraulically, this spade was used to anchor the vehicle into the ground when towing to stop the vehicle slipping.
▪︎Type: Armoured Recovery Vehicle
▪︎Place of Origin: United Kingdom
▪︎In Service: 1955 to 1960
▪︎Manufacturer: Royal Ordnance Factory, Dalmuir
▪︎Number Built: 28 (8 - Mk.I's / 20 - Mk.II's
▪︎Mass: 64 tonnes / Length: 25ft 4in / Width: 13ft 1in / Height: 10ft 5in
▪︎Crew: 4 - Commander / Winch Operator / Radio Operator / Recovery Mechanic / Driver
▪︎Powerplant: Rolls-Royce Meteor M120 engine, 810hp - power 12hp / ton
▪︎Suspension: Horstmann suspensions
Armour: 7in front glacis
▪︎Equipment: Jib hull rear, 2 x tie-bars, wooden bumper / buffer bar, 2 x heavy-duty single-sheave snatch blocks, 3 x two ropes, 1 x 98ft, 2 x 15ft
▪︎Armament: L3A1 7.62mm Browning M1919 Machine Gun
▪︎Speed: 22mph (road)
▪︎Range: 100 miles.
Sourced from tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar-uk-fv219-fv222-conqueror-a...
Listen the preview:
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Dj International records from Chicago, a legend in the world of House Music, known for being one of the first and biggest labels to support and promote this amazing sound, welcomes my new released ¨Cold War¨. Mr. Rocky Jones, CEO and label manager, known for being one of the biggest promoters in the house industry for decades, has decided personally to release my new track and add it to their Illinois based label collection.
Apart form being the first House Music label in Chicago their are responsible that this particular style became huge in Europe in the late 80´s, specially when UK was totally taken by ¨Jack your Body¨ original track by Steve Silk Hurley and Hardfloor charting no.1.
¨Cold War¨ is an underground, deep house single with a dark, spicy spirit. It will be available at the end of August in all the major online stores, including B-liv original mix, a B side version dedicated to Rocky Jones and remixes by two talented producers: rising star Dany Cohiba form Barcelona and Charles Bell from Huston. I just can thank enough god by taking my music threw such amazing paths.
United States Air Force Museum, Dayton (2005)
United States - East-Coast Tour 2005
McDonnell F-4C Phantom II, 64-0829 'Scat XXVII'
Photo selection
McDonnell Douglas - F-4 Phantom II
The United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio is one
of the largest Aviation Musems of the World.
The collection was displayed in 3 museum buildings, an outside display in front of the entrance and a seperate building on the airbase.
Visiting the restoration area was on special appointment.
(I never made it sofar)
The photos are equally tagged to the display area's.
In front of the museum are the outside displays and the Experimental and Presidental aircraft are in the remote hangar.
The main museum is divided in various periodes of aviation.
1st building World-War I and World-War II
2nd building Korean War and South-East Asia
3rd building Coldwar Period and Recent Aircraft
In 2016 a fourth building opened containing most aircraft that were previously on display at the airbase.
This photograph (era 1986-88) is truly a piece of history. Taken in Germany right at the end of the cold war. The car is a SMLM (Soviet Military Liaison Mission) that was caught in the wrong place by US Army armored personnel carriers from the 3rd Armored Division.
On March 8, 1949, after the Élysée Accords, the State of Vietnam was recognized by France as an independent country ruled by Vietnamese Emperor Bảo Đại, and the Vietnamese National Army (VNA) was soon created. The VNA would go through many joint operations with the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps against the Viet Minh in battles like the Battle of Nà Sản (1952), Operation Atlas (1953), and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. With French help, the VNA quickly became a modern army modeled after the Expeditionary Corps Having infantry, artillery, signals, armored cavalry, airborne, airforce, navy, and a national military academy. By 1954 all of its officers were Vietnamese. With the French Far East Expeditionary Corp's withdrawal from Indochina in 1956,
the VNA was reorganized as the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces.