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Congratulations! You have successfully landed on the Combat Ceiling website. Now you can sit back, relax, and manuever around to see a collection of original military aviation images and drawings. You may choose to scroll down and see everything on this webpage or you can select a specific section listed below. Enjoy your visit!  Capturing the Wright Flyer at Kill Devil Hills - North Carolina, USA Last updated: 14-Nov-2017 Optimized for a minimum screen resolution of 1024 pixels wide. Except as noted, these are original images created by: an i2i Production. All images are copyrighted and may be downloaded for personal use only. Otherwise, please send an E-mail to let me know how you will be using them ... Thanks! This is a collection of my military aviation images through my reliable Canon camera systems... Aircraft are organized in order by the latest designations from A to Z such as A-1 to YF-107. Bookmarks: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y  Meet my favorite lens: Canon EF 100-400mm MkII f/4.5-5.6L IS A-1  Able Dog -4 belonging to the Fighter Factory  AD-4N/A-1D belonging to the Vietnam War Flight Museum representing Spads flying "Sandy" missions from 602nd SOS  Warbird Heritage Foundation's AD-1 representing the 6th SOS from Pleiku AB, Vietnam  A-4  4-Ever Skyhawk - Yuma, AZ  Draken International TA-4K  Ed Heinemann's Hot Rod!  Collings Foundation's Skyhawk - USMC H&MS 11 TA-4F  A-4N Skyhawk A-10  Still banking on the Warthog  Still the best CAS and "Sandy" platform  Warthog Country - Davis Monthan AFB  Warthog maintenance under the sun  A Warthog smile  Spangdahlem's Warthog  S/N 81-994 Warthog from the 107th FS celebrating 100th anniversary of Selfridge Air Base - 2017  S/N 81-994 displays Middle East kill markings including the most expensive hamburger meat!  442d Fighter Wing Warthog A-12  Kelly Johnson's masterpiece: Lockheed A-12 S/N 60-6940 later converted to M-21 launching platform for the D-21 A-37  Cessna A-37B Dragonfly A6M  FAA registry: NX8280K...A Nakajima-built Zero with a Pratt & Whitney engine A109  Belgian Air Force A109 Power  A109 dispensing flares A400M  EADS A400M  Atlas AB-212  Austrian Air Force AB-212  Italian Air Force AB-212  AB-212 from 21° Gruppo at NTM 2017 AH-1  Cobra  Cobra's business end  Sky Soldiers Cobra Team  Bell AH-1G Huey Cobra AH-64  US Army Apache  Texas Army National Guard Apache - Ellington Field JRB  Apache stare down  Showing off the flares  Dutch Apache  Dutch AH-64D Apache AJS-37  Saab Viggen at Zeltweg Airpower 2016  The first mass production canard aircraft  S/N 37098 belonging to the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight Alpha Jet  Dassault/Dornier jet trainer  Armée de l'Air Alpha Jet  Red Bull Alpha Jets Patrouille de France  Looping down!  Displaying the Blue, White, and Red  Left bank all the way!  Coming straight at you!  What goes up...  ...Must come down  Vive la France! AS332  Flying through the Swiss Alps  Swiss Air Force Super Puma  In between the rocky peaks of the Alps AV-8  McDonnell Douglas AV-8B of VMAT-203, MCAS Cherry Point  Harrier II vertical takeoff B-1  Lancer in action - 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess AFB  Variable-sweep wing bomber  Rockwell B-1B full afterburner takeoff  Demonstrating raw afterburner power B-2  Catch the Spirit of Northrop B-2A  Spirit of New York - 393d Bomb Squadron, Whiteman AFB B-17  Flying Fortresses  Thunder Bird from 3 o'clock low  Sentimental Journey  Texas Raiders  Yankee Lady B-24  "Diamond Lil" Liberator  "Ol' 927" Liberator  A very rare B-24A with open-air tail gunner station B-25  Maid In The Shade Mitchell  Devil Dog Mitchell  Shiny Panchito Mitchell  Betty's Dream Mitchell  B-25J of the Netherland East Indies Air Force  Red Bull Mitchell  Photo Fanny Mitchell  Yankee Warrior B-26  TB-26C trainer  Douglas Invader  B-26C Invader B-29  FiFi - One of two airworthy Superfortresses in the world  B-29A Superfortress with P-51D escort fighters  Superfortress flanked by Tigercat  For the next generation to appreciate  For the next generation to appreciate B-52  Still alert, still ready...  Stratofortress  Barksdale's BUFFs  55+ years of service and still counting B-58  Convair B-58A Hustler C-5  Galaxy  Lackland AFB C-5A C-7  C-7A Caribou  Rugged "Bush" aircraft of the US Army C-17  Salute!  C-17A 97th AMW, Altus AFB  HALO delivery  Against the backdrop of Nellis AFB C-27  Modernized C-27J  Alenia Spartan  Short-lived USAF C-27A C-31  US Army Troopship C-46  Airborne assault  Curtiss C-46 Commando C-47  Bluebonnet Belle shining in the sun  USAF Skytrain  Dakota with D-Day invasion stripes  Spooky  A "Spooky" paint scheme C-101  Patrulla Įguila - Upside-down solo  Straight down in formation  Tight up!  V-formation  Steady flying either upside down or rightside up  Going right at each other  Showing the Spanish colors C-130  C-130J-30 Super Hercules  RATO - Getting a boost!  Belgian Air Force Hercules generating vortices  Austrian Air Force C-130K  Fat Albert C-160  Armée de l'Air Transall transport CA-13  Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerang Canberra  Canberra operated by the Luftwaffe CH-53  Sirkorsky Sea Stallion CM.170  Luftwaffe Magister  Fouga Magister on landing approach at Zeltweg Airpower 2016  Fouga Magister at the 2017 Paris Airshow CP-140  Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora DH.98  Fighter Factory's Mosquito  One of a kind...de Havilland's wooden wonder DH.115  De Havilland Vampire  RAF Vampire DHC-1  Chipmunk E-2  Grumman Hawkeye  French Navy E-2C at NTM 2016  French Navy E-2C participating in NTM 2017 E-3  Sentry operated by the French Air Force  NATO Sentry EA-6B  Jamming Prowler  Grumman EA-6B Prowler - VMAQ-2 Cherry Point MCAS EC-130H  43d ECS Compass Call - They'll be "jamming"! EC 665  Eurocopter Tiger  Tiger! Tiger!  French Tiger from 5 RHC ALAT at NTM 2017 EF-2000  Typhoon at the 2001 Paris Airshow  Italian Air ForceTyphoon  Stressing the wings with the high-G turn  Typhoon on final approach  German "Cyber Tiger" Typhoon  Spanish Air Force "We Are Back!" Tiger  Luftwaffe Typhoon  Austrian Air Force Typhoon  Italian Typhoon 36-32 Etendard  Etendard IV M  Super Etendard F-3  McDonnell F-3B Demon F-4  Still "Phabulous" after all these years!  A roaring takeoff representing Col. Robin Olds' Mig killer Phantom S/N 63-7680  It's not Hugh Hefner's... VX-4 Evaluators F-4S  Michigan ANG F-4C S/N 63-7412  Captain Steve Ritchie and Captain Chuck DeBellevue's replica F-4D  Luftwaffe F-4F Phantom II - 20th FS, 49th FW - Routine maintenance at Holloman AFB  QF-4G awaiting the phinal sunset  Phantom pharewell tour at Nellis' Aviation Nation 2016  Standing proud against the next generation fighters  QF-4s phinal phlight line on 21-Dec-2016 at Holloman AFB  QF-4E S/N 73-167 on standby  QF-4E S/N 74-625 on standby  Counting the butterflies before the phinal departure  QF-4E awaiting the phinal preflight check  Let's do this!  I am in!  I am right behind!  Let's rock and roll!  QF-4s getting ready for phinal sortie  Phinal look at the six  QF-4E leading the phinal takeoff  Still the meanest looking jet with the shark mouth!  Bright orange tips of the QF-4E S/N 74-043 stand out against the gray sky  Lt Col Ronald "Elvis" King's QF-4E S/N 74-638 performing for the last time  Lt Col (Ret) Jim "WAM" Harkins' QF-4E S/N 74-643 ripping through sky at Holloman AFB  QF-4E S/N 74-645 banking for a sharp look at the crowd  Phinal phlight formation of QF-4E Phantoms  One last afterburner run  QF-4E S/N 74-638 on final landing over looking the QF-16 successor  The phinal salute after 58 phabulous years of service with the USN, USMC, and USAF since the maiden flight. That's all!  The phinal destination for most Phantoms...AMARC F4F  Wildcat!  General Motor's FM-2 Wildcat F4U  Corsair catching the rising sun  All tucked up  The perfect profile  Fighter Factory's Corsair  Red Bull Corsair F-5  Moosa Aswayita RCAF 419 Sqn CF-5A in pre-Dessert Storm training exercise at MCAS Yuma - 1990-01  Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter  Canadair-built CF-5D  F-5E Tiger II, VFC-13 NAS Fallon  Northrop F-5F Tiger II  USN Adversary Tigers  AF-07 Adversary  Swiss Air Force F-5E  Swiss Air Force F-5E at Zeltweg, Austria  US Navy F-5E Adversary Patrouille Suisse  Leader of the pack  Time to go!  Stacking it tight!  Showing off the mirror image  Lighting up the sky with flares  Is someone going the wrong way?  Cutting throught the sky like a Swiss knife! F-6  Douglas F-6ASkyray F6F  Grumman Hellcat F7F  Grumman Tigercat - "Here Kitty Kitty!" F-8  Vought F-8B Crusader F8F  Grumman Bearcat  Midnight blue Bearcat F-9  Grumman TAF-9J Cougar F9F  Grumman USMC F9F-4 Panther F-14  VF-211 Tomcat - NAS Miramar  A colorful VF-124 Tomcat  Tomcats at Fightertown USA  VF-114 Tomcat  VF-101 F-14D Tomcat  Ripping it...  Like an arrow! F-15  F-15C Eagle, S/N 85-102...Three aerial kills from Gulf War I  McDonnell Douglas F-15C  Langley's F-15C Eagle  1:1 thrust-to-weight takeoff power  Nellis' F-15C Eagle  USAF F-15D Eagle  Dispensing flares  F-15E Strike Eagle tearing through the sky  F-15E Strike Eagle...with the WSO performing old-school reconnaissance!  Strike Eagle in afterburner  Nellis' Strike Eagle  Strike Eagle lighting up the sky F-16  F-16A early morning sortie out of Tucson  F-16C of 421st FS  F-16AM Fighting Falcon with Mid-Life Update  F-16BM  Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16BM  Full afterburner takeoff at Nellis AFB - 64th AGRS F-16C  UAE F-16F  55th FS F-16D Fighting Falcon  F-16C pulling a lot of G's!  182d FS Lone Star Gunfighters' F-16C  Raw afterburner power of Belgian Air Force F-16AM  Portugese Air Force Fighting Falcon  Belgian Air Force F-16AM at NTM 2016  Greek Air Force F-16C  Polish Air Force F-16C  Turkish Air Force F-16C  Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM at NATO Tiger Meet 2017  Belgian Air Force F-16AM at NTM 2017  Aggressor F-16C S/N 85-418  79th FS F-16D in Tiger scheme  F-16AM in full afterburner  F-16AM lighting up the night sky  F-16C Block 50D of 20th FW  USAF QF-16C Air Superiority Target Drone  USAF F-16C Aggressor  USAF F-16C S/N 86-283  112th FS F-16C, Ohio ANG USAF Thunderbirds  We got your diamond  Pulling a few G's here...  Stack it up!  Reflection Pass...is that close enough?  Delta formation under the cloud deck  Going head-to head  The crossover break  Right Wing Maj. Caroline Jensen  Scramble for final check before takeoff  After a homecoming show at Nellis AFB F/A-18  VFA-204 F/A-18A+ Hornet  VFA-122 F/A-18C Hornet  F/A-18C Hornet  F/A-18C of the Gladiators  USMC F/A-18D Hornet of VFMA(AW)-533  USN F/A-18E Super Hornet  VFA-14 F/A-18E screaming through the blue sky at Salute To Veterans Air Show  "Tophatters" - The Oldest and The Boldest!  Pukin Dogs F/A-18E Rhino  VFA-32 F/A-18F Super Hornet  Wings up!  VFA-106 Super Hornet on approach at NAS Oceana  VFA-106 Gladiators' F/A-18F  Swiss Hornets emerging from the Meiringen cavern  Staffel 11 "011" Hornet - 2008  Staffel 11 "011" Hornet - 2015  Staffel 11 "011" Hornet - 2016  Late October afternoon sortie from Meiringen  Spanish Air Force Ala 15 EF-18AM  Ala 15 EF-18BM  Ala 15 EF-18AM wearing NATO Tiger Meet 2016 scheme  Staffel 11 Swiss AF Hornet breaking though the scene  Spanish Air Force EF-18AM landing at Zeltweg  Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet leaping into the air at CWF  RCAF CF-18 celebrating Canada 150 USN Blue Angels  Fortus formation - You look marvelous!  Double Farvel  Solo show!  Missing it by that much!  Let's try again from a different perspective!  Diamond  Echelon Parade  Delta Breakout  Lucky #7 F-22  Nellis' F-22A Raptor - 433d WS  Can you see me?  Stealthy and deadly...  Let's "see" how fast I can fly today...43d FS F-22A  Definitely awesome in full afterburner!  Where is my stealthy parking space?  F-22A against a clear blue sky  Obscured by the power! F-35  F-35A of the 61st FS from Luke AFB  On landing approach at ELF  USAF F-35A Lightning II  The raw afterburner power of an F-35A  The Transformer F-35B from VMFAT-501  USMC F-35B Lightning II - MCAS Beaufort's Gen-5 Fighter  Tell me I am worth it!  Armament?...What you don't see will hurt you!  Check out my behind! F-84  Republic F-84F Thunderstreak F-86  Sabre on the loose  Three of a kind  One of a kind  North American Aviation F-86F Sabre  51st FIW F-86F Sabre  Jolley Roger Sabre  James "Jabby" Jabara's F-86  F-86L Sabre Dog F-89  Northrop F-89J Scorpion F-100  North American F-100F Super Sabre!  First of the Century Series  Misty 1 reflecting the sunrise honoring Col. Bud Day - 309th TFS, 31st TFW F-101  McDonnell F-101B Voodoo F-102  Convair F-102A Delta Dagger F-104  Starfighters Aerospace F-104G  TF-104G  Roaring takeoff of the Starfighters F-105  Virginia ANG Republic F-105D Thunderchief F-111  General Dynamics F-111E Aardvark  FB-111A variant ready for mission F-117  The original stealth fighter: Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk from 49th FW, 8th FS  Gen1 and Gen2 stealth airplanes: Nighthawk and Spirit G.91  Designed and built by Fiat Gannet  Fairey Gannet operated by Marineflieger H-46  HH-46E SAR Sea Knightawk H-60  USAF combat search and rescue - Another day at the office  USAF HH-60 Pavehawks on the move  Sirkorsky HH-60 Pavehawk at Nellis AFB  US Navy SH-60 Seahawk at NAS Fallon  Austrian Air Force UH-60 Blackhawk  MH-60 Seahawk from US Navy HSC-2 Hawk  BAE System T2  Could be more than just a jet trainer RAF Red Arrows  Hawk T1 - A little brighter red with be better!  Up and away!  Flying circles around the diamond formation  Punching through against the grain  Going solo showing off the red white and blue!  Painted by the sunset  Making it look convincing  The split Hunter  RAF F.6 Hürkuş  Turkish Aerospace Industries' first trainer/attack platform Hurricane  A Hurricane landing  Hawker's contribution to the Battle of Britain Il-28  Ilyushin Il-28 (NATO code name: Beagle) J-6  Chinese-built Mig-19 designated as Shenyang J-6 (NATO code name: Farmer)  J-6 variant: Dong Feng DF-102 J-8  Shenyang J-8E (NATO code name: Finback-A) J 29  Saab Tunnan  J 29 from the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight Jaguar  Armée de l' Air Jaguar JAS 39  Saab Gripen - 2001 Paris Airshow  Czech Air Force Gripen  Hungarian Air Force Gripen  Gripen's moonshot  Gripen glows against the setting sun  Top view of the Gripen  Czech AF 211 Squadron's Gripen at NTM 2017 Ju-52  Nice and easy landing  Junkers Tante Ju Ka-52  Kamov Alligator KC-10  McDonnell Douglas Extender KC-46  Boeing Pegasus - the next generation tanker KC-135  Stratotanker - 50+ years of air refueling services  The boom is lowered and ready to give... KC-390  Embraer's heavy lifter/tanker - 2017 Paris Airshow debut L-29  American Bald Eagle Aero L-29  USSR Delfin (NATO code name: Maya) L-39  Albatros Black Diamonds  Black Diamond formation  We too can fly like the Thunderbirds!  Can the Blue Angels do this?  Albatros leading Strikemaster L-159  Czech out the Aero Alca!  Draken International's L-159 Lightning  RAF F.2A at Gatow Luftwaffe Museum M-339  Draken International's MB-339CB Frecce Tricolori  Is this colorful enough?  Seriously?  Straight forward formation flying  The solo guy is losing it!  Splitting up is easy!  Orchestrated manuever in the dark  Doing it the Italian way... M-346  Alenia Aermacchi Master jet trainer MC-130  Lockheed MC-130J Commando II Me-262  Messerschmitt Schwalbe 'B' reproduction by Me 262 Project  Me-262 B in flight at Wings Over Houston 2014  Me-262A - Made in the USA!  Me-262A at Zeltweg Airpower 2016 Merlin  Royal Navy's Augusta Westland Merlin HM1 Mi-8  Hip  Czech Air Force Hip Mi-24  Bulgarian Hind  Czech Air Force Hind  Czech Air Force Mi-35/24V Alien Tiger Mig-15  A vintage Mig-15 of the Czechoslovak Air Force on display in Jilem, Czech Republic  Red Star Aviation's Mig-15UTI Mig-17  Showing off the after burner  Phantom's nightmare in the early days of the Vietnam War  Mig-17 of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) Air Force Mig-21  Genuine Fishbed  Mig-21 of the former GDR Air Force Mig-23  Mig-23ML Flogger  Mig-23UB Flogger-C  Mig-23BN Flogger-H Mig-29  Polish Air Force Fulcrum  Smoke it up!  The USSR's answer to the USAF F-15 Eagle  Polish Air Force Mig-29A Mirage III  Armée de l' Air Mirage III Mirage 2000  Armée de l' Air Mirage 2000  Mirage 2000D at NTM 2016 N-2501D  German Air Force Nord 2501D  Noratlas NH-90  NATO's Blackhawk  Belgian Navy NH-90  Belgian MTH NH-90  Belgian search and rescue training O-1  Commonly known as L-19 Bird Dog OV-1  US Army Mohawk  Grumman's purpose-built observation airplane for the US Army  Mohawk on the hunt OV-10  German OV-10 Bronco  Rockwell/USMC Bronco P-3  US Customs and Border Protection's Orions - Airborne Early Warning and Long Range Tracker P-38  Red Bull Lightning  Unique wing-to-body lines  When the Lightning strikes...The business end of the P-38 P-39  Bell Airacobra  Airacobra right profile P-40  A peaceful morning awaiting the Warhawk  Warhawk cockpit  P-40K  S/N 42-105867 - A tribute to "Tex" Hill's P-40 Warhawk of the AVG Flying Tigers  Curtiss P-40E P-47  The Original Thunderbolt  Republic P-47D-30-RA aka The Jug P-51  Galveston Gal Mustang (RIP)  Little Horse Mustang  Man O' War Mustang  Gunfighter Mustang  Wee Willy II Mustang  P-51C Mustang of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen  Dolly Mustang  Gentleman Jim Mustang P-63  Bell P-63 Kingcobra  Kingcobra flying low and fast PB4Y-2  Consolidated Privateer  Privateer on landing approach at Nellis AFB PBY-5  Consolidated Catalina  Catalina of The Netherlands Naval Aviation Service PC-7  The solo guy from the Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team  The two solo guys attempting a lunar eclipse  Full team of nine  Full diamond formation  A head-on look  The barrel roll around the solo guy PC-9  Slovenian Air Force PC-9 PV-2  Lockheed Harpoon PZL-130  Polish Orlik Q-5  Nanchang Q-5 "Fantan" RA-5C  North American RA-5C Vigilante Rafale  On landing approach at 2013 Paris Airshow  30,000 hours marking  Nice aileron roll  The Monster Tiger claws  French Navy Rafale at the NTM 2016 in Zarazoga, Spain  Rafale twins  Rafale in afterburner  French Navy 11F White Tiger from BAN Landivisiau during NTM 2017  "Hard to be humble" Rafale from Escadron Chasse et d'Expérimentation (ECE) 01/30  NTM 2017 Rafale from Escadron Chasse (ECE) 03/30  Performing at the 2017 Paris Airshow  Showing the raw power at Sanicole 2017  Armée de l'Air Rafale  The Prototype Rafale A RB-66  USAF Douglas RB-66 Destroyer RF-84F  Republic RF-84F Thunderflash of the Luftwaffe RF-101  A dedicated reconnaissance variant of the F-101 Voodoo S-3  VS-41 Lockheed S-3B Viking SA 316  Swiss Air Force Alouette III  Sud Aviation's original SA 330  Royal Air Force Puma SA 342  French Armée de Terre SA 342 at NTM 2016  Gazelle at NTM 2017 SAAB 105  Austrian Air Force Saab 105Ö  Austrian Air Force Saab 105Ö at NTM 2017 SB2C  Curtiss SB2C-5  Currently the only airworthy Helldiver in the world SBD  SBD-5 Dauntless  Douglas dive bomber that played a major roll in winning the Battle of Midway  Douglas Dauntless Scorpion  Textron Airland Scorpion at the 2015 Paris Airshow  A simple message from this low-cost military platform Sea Hawk  Royal Navy FGA 6 SH-3  Sirkorsky Sea King performaing SAR training  Royal Navy ASaC7 SK-35  Saab SK-35C Draken  Draken taxiing at Zeltweg Airpower 2016  Draken S/N 35810 belonging to Swedish Air Force Historic Flight SNJ  North American SNJ-2 Texan  North American SNJ-5 Texan SNV  US Navy Vultee SNV-1 Valiant Space Shuttle  Endeavour's last piggyback ride over JSC Special Formation Flights  Randolph AFB trainers  European display teams at Sanicole 2015 Sunset Show  Super Constellation and Patrouille Suisse  F-16AM/BM/C formation at NTM 2016 - Zaragoza, Spain  Saab 105 - Magister - Vampire - Draken - Tunnan - Tiger - Typhoon over Zeltweg Airpower 2016  Spitfire - Viper  Red Bull's Alpha Jets - Corsair - Lightning - Mitchell  International display teams at Sanicole 2017 Sunset Show Spitfire  Vickers manufactured 1943 MkIX  RNLAF Spitfire Su-22  Polish Air Force Su-22M4  Polish Fitters taking off from Kleine Brogel Air Base  30 years of service and counting  As long as the wings can still swing, Polish Fitters could be around until 2024  Former GDR Air Force Su-22 Su-25  Su-22Georgian Air Force Frogfoot at the 2001 Paris Air Show  USSR's answer to the A-10...or perhaps it is the not-to-be Northrop A-9  Czechoslovak Air Force Frogfoot on display at Letecke Muzeum Kbley, Czech Republic Su-27  Sukhoi Flanker Su-35  2013 Paris Air Show debut: Sukhoi Flanker-E Super Mystere  Armée de l' Air Super Mystere T-1  Lockheed T-1A Sea Star T-6A  Beechcraft Texan II T-28  North American Trojan  US Navy T-28B  Red Bull Trojan  Trojan Phlyers  Trojan Horsemen T-33  Ace Maker  Where is my opposing knife-edge Thunderbird?  Where is my opposing knife-edge T-33?  The Red Knight  Ace Maker II  Simple trainer derived from Kelly Johnson's F-80 Shooting Star. T-34  Beechcraft Mentors T-38  NASA T-38 Talon  Whiteman's T-38  Talon from Randolph AFB  T-38C of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing - Beale AFB  Tyndall's T-38 T-50A  LM/KAI T-50A TBF/TBM  Grumman developed TBF Avenger torpedo bomber  General Motor manufactured TBM-3 Tornado  Luftwaffe IDS  German Air Force Tornado ECR UH-1  USMC UH-1E  US Army UH-1B Iroquois  UH-1D in action: Vietnam  West Germany Federal Border Guard UH-1D  USMC UH-1Y USAF Heritage Flights  Mustang - Raptor - Thunderbolt - Phantom  Mustang - Viper - Raptor  Mustang - 2x Sabre - Raptor  Warhawk - Raptor - Viper - Eagle  Mustang - Warthog - Eagle  Mustang - Viper - Sabre - Eagle  Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt II  Thunderbolt - Warthog - Mustang - Eagle  Globemaster III and Skytrain  Sabre - Lightning II - Raptor  Skytrain and Globemaster III  Mustang and Lightning II USMC Heritage Flights  Lightning II - Harrier II - Hornet USN Heritage Flights  Hornet and Wildcat  Super Hornet and Corsair V-22  MV-22 Osprey: Not your daddy's VTOL aircraft!  Helicopter mode  Hybrid mode  Airplane mode  USAF CV-22  Ready to top it off from an MC-130J Warbirds  A gathering of WW II warbirds  P-51 leading the pack  Bearcat and Mustang  Hurricane and Mosquito  Warhawk leads Flying Fortress  Thunderbolt and Mustang  Spitfire and Mitchell  Skyhawk and Phantom II WB-57  NASA's Canberra  N917NA X-29  Grumman X-29 forward-swept wing technology demonstrator X-31  Rockwell/MBB X-31 enhanced fighter maneuverability denmonstrator Yak-3  Luftwaffe's nightmare on the Eastern Front during WW II  Normandie Niemen Yak-3  Yakovlev's answer to the Mustang and Spitfire YC-14  Boeing's entry in the AMST competition YF-17  Northrop's entry in the LFW competition  Later designation as the F-18 prototype  Cobra YF-23  Northrop/McDonnell Douglas' entry in the ATF competition  Prototype Air Vehicle 2 Gray Ghost  YF-23 S/N 87-801  It may have been known as the Black Widow II YF-107  North American F-107A prototype...It may have been known as the Ultra Sabre More to come... As long as I can remember, I've always been fascinated with airplanes. Like most kids, I liked to draw. I can remember I would wake up in the morning and the first thing I would do is grab my paper pad and pencil and draw. I would often get disciplined for not washing up and eat breakfast before I dove into my drawing obsession. Unlike most kids, I drew nothing but airplanes starting at the age of about three years old. I think because I grew up during the war and saw airplanes zipping around the skies of Vietnam on a daily basis, I was heavily influenced by the subject. Of course all of my stick-figure airplane drawings from my early age were thrown out but I was able to save some of my sketches starting at the age of eight. My drawing skill was honed over the years as I got older but unfortunately I ran out of patience to be able to sit still and draw. Perhaps one day I will pick it up again. Below is a collection of my airplane drawings between 1973 and 1990. 1973       1974     1975   1978  1979         1980         1982  1983       1984   1986  1988     1990  Veterans
In 1966, Fred served in Vietnam and was based at Tan Son Nhut AB in Saigon. These are Fred's images documenting some of the military aircraft operating at Tan Son Nhut AB during that period. Thank you for your service!  VF-142 F-4B Phantom II  US Navy F-4B  RF-4C flight line  C-141A Starlifter  Shiny USAF C-141A  C-135B Stratolifter  C-123A Provider  CH-3C Jolly Green Giant  P-2H Neptune  HH-43B Husky  T-39A Sabreliner  F-102A Delta Dagger  F-102A sortie  F-102A sorties  McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo  Voodoo flight  Voodoo maintenance  EC-135K  Bell UH-1D  Iroquois  Bell UH-1B  Field of Hueys  Douglas A-1H Skyraider  Braniff International Boeing 707-300 transporting military personnel So you want to be a photographer? How about strapping yourself into an RF-4C and use it as your camera gear?
  Frank and his photographic equipment: RF-4C Phantom II, S/N 65-0917 12th TRS, 460th TRW, Tan Son Nhut AB, Saigon, Vietnam These are images taken by Frank during his career in the USAF ... Thank you for your service!  RF-4C Phantom II catching the sunset  RF-4C looking for gas  One at a time!  Our turn!  RF-4C taking a selfie  RF-4C returning from mission  RF-4C of the 12th TRS  RF-4C S/N 68-0588  F-4E armed and dangerous  F-4Ds looking for opportunities  Awesome!  F-4E escort  RB-57E Patricia Lynn (S/N 55-4257)  USAF MAC C-141A  F-4E Phantom II - Bitburg, Germany  F-4Es aerial refueling  German F-104G Starfighter  RAF Lightning F.2A  A Lightning landing You can be my wingman...!  Meeting USAF Ace Brigadier General Steve Ritchie  Capt. Ritchie marking Mig Kills #3 and #4 on F-4E, S/N 67-0362, after the mission on 08-Jul-1972. (Courtesy of Capt. Marty Cavato) Thank you for your service! 
 My Uncle Lam. He was a Major in the Republic of Vietnam Marine Division. My best memory of him is he used to carry an M1911A1 behind his back and concealed under his shirt at all times. Uncle Lam was one of the toughest dudes I know as a kid growing up. He was KIA in July 1974
 Tuan, my brother in-law, as a young 2nd Lieutenant serving in the VNAF 
 Lastly, my dad as a young Lieutenant Colonel in the Signal Corps of the ARVN Links to some aviation related websites: Standard Atmospheric Computation Courtesy of the Aeronautical Engineering Department, Stanford University The Boeing Company Skyraider Association XB-70 Excellent information about the XB-70 StudentPilot.com The one stop teaching tool for student pilots on the world wide web Air & Space Smithsonian |
