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B-26B-30-DL Invader, 8th BS, 3rd BG out of Iwakuni AB, April 1951

This date in history exactly 70 years ago...On the night of July 16, 1952, Lt Guy Bordelon (aka Lucky Pierre) of VC-3, while flying this F4U-5N Corsair, BuNo 124453, scored his 5th kill to become the Navy's only ace, the wars only piston engine ace and the only night fighter ace of the Korean War. Both my father and my Uncle Bill served on board the U.S.S. Princeton (CV-37) , the ship Lt Bordelon was assigned.

From a model kit...

RB-26C Invader, 11th T.R.S. Clark AFB Philippines circa 1957

Vietnam workhorse....A-26K Counter Invader

When colors ran true....F-4B Phantom II CAG bird of VF-11, circa 1968

Nakajima Army Type 2 Ki-44

Pretty cool....

Douglas AD-4N of VX-5

When I was a kid in L.A., around 2 am in the morning the channels would go off the air. This is what you would see before you got a test pattern: HIGH FLIGHT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4iRf-dZYrc

HH-3E

America's ace of Aces...Richard Bong

Adolf Galland aircraft....early and late

Can't have an "A" without a "B"...

There should be a TV-2 of GMGRU-1 here but looks like there is no way for me to put the screen shot here. Help.....

View File F-86H F-86H5 Skins 7z These are the skins of the F-86H and F-86H5 Sabres available here: http://cplengineeringllc.com/SFP1/ This is a partial list. More are coming in the future. For the F-86H: All three squadrons of the 312th FBW: 386th FBS, 387th FBS and 388th FBS Also the 131st TFS (MASS ANG) For the F-86H5: 1st FG All three squadrons from the 474th FBG: 426th FBS, 429th FBS and 430th FBS 3595th Combat Crew Training Wing Air Force Reserve (2584th Air Reserve Flying Center) 115th TFS (CAL ANG) 142nd TFS (DEL ANG) 104th TFS (MD ANG) 141st TFS (NJ ANG) 138th TFS (NY ANG) 198th TFS (PR ANG) Open to any comments or questions. Hope you enjoy... Pappy Submitter pappychksix Submitted 02/22/2020 Category F-86  

Looks like a stare down from Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs..... Mandatory Pic