And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, September 14, 2018
A three-ship formation of F-86F Sabres assigned to the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing fly over Korea in 1953.
After Korea, missiles took over. While I understand the dynamics and the reason that happened, the pilot-to-pilot, gun-on-gun action was a time and place in our history that is now lost to time.
That's what they thought when the engineered the first F4 Phantoms, LL. Air-to-Air will do, thank you. Then after a few "dust ups" with MIGs over North Vietnam they had to retrofit a 20mm Gatling under the snout.
I remember the 51st. FIS up in iceland in the 1970s. we always had a good rapport with the bug suckers. Our nasty old warning stars and their nasty old F4C's out looking at the other guys. they had some techs who could tune a vacuum tube very very nice. they still had the checkerboard tail going for them.
After Korea, missiles took over. While I understand the dynamics and the reason that happened, the pilot-to-pilot, gun-on-gun action was a time and place in our history that is now lost to time.
ReplyDeleteThat's what they thought when the engineered the first F4 Phantoms, LL. Air-to-Air will do, thank you. Then after a few "dust ups" with MIGs over North Vietnam they had to retrofit a 20mm Gatling under the snout.
DeleteI remember the 51st. FIS up in iceland in the 1970s. we always had a good rapport with the bug suckers. Our nasty old warning stars and their nasty old F4C's out looking at the other guys. they had some techs who could tune a vacuum tube very very nice. they still had the checkerboard tail going for them.
ReplyDeleteProbably a FOUR SHIP formation, but somebody has to take the picture. . . . .
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