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.
From reddit.com: "North American F-86E Sabre of the 144th FIS, Alaska ANG ...This photo was taken at the Kulis ANG Base adjacent to the Anchorage International Airport."
Chugach Mountains in the background. View is northeast, the runway is just above the right wingtip; Anchorage city center would be just left of the picture. Now there’s a major street (Jewel Lake Blvd) running along that treeline and buildings (including the hangar I worked out of) all along what is the left edge of the picture.
Boeing used to use an F-86 as a chase plane for flight test. It would be pretty cool to see it taxi out onto Boeing Field and take off, especially from the long-gone Blue Max restaurant across the field from the Boeing faculties. The pilot seemed to use afterburner every time. One moment it started rolling, the next it was a speck in the sky.
Plane says Alaska Air National Guard. So maybe.
ReplyDeletecan't be GFAFB; mountains in the background and snow's not deep enough
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ReplyDelete"North American F-86E Sabre of the 144th FIS, Alaska ANG
...This photo was taken at the Kulis ANG Base adjacent to the Anchorage International Airport."
Chugach Mountains in the background. View is northeast, the runway is just above the right wingtip; Anchorage city center would be just left of the picture. Now there’s a major street (Jewel Lake Blvd) running along that treeline and buildings (including the hangar I worked out of) all along what is the left edge of the picture.
DeleteIt could be Fort Drum, but it isn't.
ReplyDeleteBoeing used to use an F-86 as a chase plane for flight test. It would be pretty cool to see it taxi out onto Boeing Field and take off, especially from the long-gone Blue Max restaurant across the field from the Boeing faculties. The pilot seemed to use afterburner every time. One moment it started rolling, the next it was a speck in the sky.
ReplyDeletelast if the "seat of your pants" jet fighters? what a beautiful aircraft.
ReplyDeleteTrue Fact: The orange is to make the wreckage easier to spot from the air.
ReplyDeleteF-86E-10-NA Sabre (51-2805) Alaska ANG 144th TFS 176th TFG Kulis ANGB Anchorage 1957
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