Aviation thread!

[azurbanclucker]

 

[pnw_urban_chix]

Nice F-4! Where'd you get the picture? (Also, are those Shrikes or HARMS under the wings? )

 

[Evadig]

I saw a formation of fighters today but couldn’t get a picture ‘cause I was driving. They were wonderful.

I did get a USCG helicopter:

And I stopped at Gravelly Point:

 

[azurbanclucker]

Nice F-4! Where'd you get the picture? (Also, are those Shrikes or HARMS under the wings? )

CAF Museum, Falcon Field, Mesa, AZ.

They're Sparrows.

 

[pnw_urban_chix]

CAF Museum, Falcon Field, Mesa, AZ.

They're Sparrows.

OHHHHHHH. I'm embarrassed. It is sort of hard to distinguish, though, because the shrike and later missiles like the HARM were based off of the Sparrow frame.... Still embarrassed. I have been reading a bit about F-4Gs tho so maybe that's why... .

 

[pnw_urban_chix]

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On closer scrutiny it proves that I am indeed dumb; navy Phantoms never did SEAD.