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What do you get if you cross a P-63 and an F-86? ![[Linked Image]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Bell_L-39-2_NAN2-61.jpg)
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Rocky, Somewhere I have some photos of CAFB taken by me from a C-47 as we circled the base(1967).
When the Wing was on another 179 day TDY the C5As would come over and do touch and goes. Don't think they ever came up with an effective barrior to catch the wheels that came off. Probably a few of the in the Buttahachie(sp) River.
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![[Linked Image]](http://www.f-100.org/images/f-100d_53782-2.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://www.f-100.org/images/f-100d_53782-1.jpg) Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam War.. for anyone who loves the F 100 like I do, or just interested in a site with a lot of pictures, reflective of the Air Force in the 1950s.. this is a good site.. http://www.f-100.org/hun.shtml
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I've been told by Air Force jocks that the F-104 was one of the toughest fighters to fly. Most have told me the 104 was just a manned rocket.
I don't know for sure. The 104 was nicknamed the "widowmaker" in Europe. There were still Italian and German 104's in use when I was stationed in Germany. We had an Italian F-104 go down en route to our base for an exercise. Took half a day for us to find it. Pretty much ended up an aluminum hole in a hillside. The Germans lost about 110 Luftwaffe pilots in Starfighters. The fact that the early versions of the 104 had downward firing ejection seats didn't help the situation. If you had to punch out at low altitudes you were in a world of hurt. 110 pilots killed? That's insane! 
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My bad. I posted a picture of a Mig ground nail. Below is the Suhkoi version of the ground nail... ![[Linked Image]](http://www.aaanything.net/wp-content/gallery/plane-crash-is-my-worst-nightmare/thumbs/thumbs_sukhoi_27_plan_crash_on_air_show.jpg) "What's this button do, comrade Yuri? Yuri??" ![[Linked Image]](http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/00000122ad33bf521982c868004300c0002e001c.Sukhoi_ejection_in_flight.jpg) Wow! Talk about a 'lawn dart'. 
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Here is one that you may not have seen. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/TPC/fun-pics002/1901-2000/008.jpg) It it is the very latest airliner developed by Poland...  John
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