Tag Archives: fighter

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien / Ki-100 Book

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

  A new Kagero book release for November 2014 has been announced by Kagero Publishing: Monographs No. 58: Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien/Ki-100 by Leszek A. Wieliczko. The book contains 116 pages, 18 painting schemes, 105 archive photos, 19 pages A4 sheet of … Continue reading →

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Fighter Trio

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A three-generation trio of USAF fighters — the P-51 Mustang, F-22 Raptor, and F-16 Fighting Falcon — fly over the crowd on opening day of the Joint Service Open House at Joint Base Andrews. Photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class … Continue reading →

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P-51 Mustang & USAF F-15 Eagle

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A WWII-era P-51 Mustang flies in formation with modern U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle during a heritage flight at the Gateway to Freedom Airshow held at Helena, Montana. (Photograph by Montana National Guard Public Affairs Office, Sgt. 1st Class Thomas … Continue reading →

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F4U Corsair & AV-8B Harrier

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier and vintage F4U Corsair fly side by side over the 2012 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Air Show. (U.S. Dept. of Defense, Public Domain, Black Daggers at MCAS Cherry Point Air Show May 4, … Continue reading →

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P-51B Mustang “Shoo Shoo Baby”

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin
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How to Tie Down an Me 109 Fighter Aircraft

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

 

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The Japanese Zero Fighter

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Intelligence report on a Japanese Zero fighter forced down over the Aleutian Islands and captured by American forces. Source: Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, (“All Hands Magazine”), November 1942.   Though it now wears American colors, the airplane above … Continue reading →

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B-24 Reconnaissance in the Bismarck Sea

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The story of an unsuccessful B-24 attack on Japanese shipping in the Bismarck Sea from Informational Intelligence Summary, No. 44-5, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Washington, D.C., February 1944. B-24 RECONNAISSANCE IN THE BISMARCK SEA The … Continue reading →

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Tojo Fighter

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

  NOTES ON ENEMY AIRCRAFT    The information contained in this summary should be transferred immediately to Informational Intelligence Summary No. 43-26, “Japanese Aircraft and Armament,” revised September 1943.    JAPAN New Japanese Type 2 Single-Engine Fighter, TOJO    TOJO  … Continue reading →

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P-38 Combat

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

P-38 Lightning combat with Me 109s and subsequent bail out. Source: “P-38 Combat”, Informational Intelligence Summary, No. 44-2, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 1944. P-38 COMBAT In the following interview Major Kelly Mitchim describes … Continue reading →

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