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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:57 am to Spaceman Spiff
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:57 am to Spaceman Spiff
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15 if I remember correctly.
Yeah, second to McConnell, I believe
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:58 am to Spaceman Spiff
Only recognized it from pics of Reno air racers.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:58 am to Spaceman Spiff
Who is this and what is he known for (service wise only):
Posted on 7/17/14 at 10:59 am to Spaceman Spiff
"Duke' Cunningham. Navy ace in Viet Nam. Let's remember him for that.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:00 am to FightinTigersDammit
Sea Fury at one time held the speed record for prop-driven airplanes.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:01 am to FightinTigersDammit
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Let's remember him for that.
Uh...yeah
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:02 am to Traveler
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Uh...yeah
He was a great pilot who took a great fall. Sadly.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:03 am to FightinTigersDammit
He and Driscoll were quite a team.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:04 am to Traveler
Agreed. If he had only stayed out of the cesspool of politics...
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:25 am to FightinTigersDammit
This.
Another great:
Another great:
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:39 am to Darth_Vader
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Considering how effective the Stuka was for the Germans, I've alway wondered why the us army never used more of the A-24s. We had air supremacy after D-day so they could have been used with impunity.
Couple of reasons.
First and foremost, by late 1944 the Dauntless (as good as it was) had reached the point of obsolescence. In terms of payload, range, and performance it was far surpassed by many other platforms. Aircraft like the Hawker Typhoon, P-47, P-38, and even the Mustang just brought so much more to the table.
Secondly, the Army didn't buy into the dive bomber/CAS mission like the Luftwaffe did with the Stuka until later in the war. They didn't get it really worked out until towards the end of the North African campaign (later 1943) and by then the Dauntless was on the back side of its career.
There were 54+ A-24s on the way to the Philippines on 8 Dec 1941. The crews were already on the islands. If MacArthur hadn't sat around with his thumb up his arse for 6 hours after learning of Pearl Harbor and thus let his air force get all but wiped out on the ground (making it impossible to get the aircraft to the islands) those A-24s could have played hell on the Japanese and the Army's opinion of them would have probably changed considerably.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:47 am to JustGetItRight
On with "Duke" Cunningham: This is an artist depiction of his third victory in one day, which made him an ace. Flying "Showtime 100," he went up against - some would say "mythical" - top-notch NV pilot. Who was his foe supposed to be?
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 11:48 am
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:51 am to Spaceman Spiff
"Colonel Toomb". Allegedly the NVAF's leading fighter ace of the war.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:54 am to JustGetItRight
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Colonel Toomb". Allegedly the NVAF's leading fighter ace of the war.
Excellent, good sir.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 11:59 am to JustGetItRight
Ship time: Name the ship and what caused the fire.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 12:04 pm to Spaceman Spiff
That's the USS Forrestal burning after a Zuni rocket accidentally fired from an armed aircraft on the deck.
Sen. John McCain was very fortunate not to have been killed in the accident.
Sen. John McCain was very fortunate not to have been killed in the accident.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 12:08 pm to JustGetItRight
Posted on 7/17/14 at 12:12 pm to JustGetItRight
Spinoff.
What's the difference in these two Mark-82 bombs?
What's the difference in these two Mark-82 bombs?
Posted on 7/17/14 at 12:14 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Is this Louisiana's own Chuck DeBellvue(sp?)?
Posted on 7/17/14 at 12:17 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Is this Louisiana's own Chuck DeBellvue(sp?)?
Naw, his front seater.
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