Republic F-84B-21-RE Thunderjets of the 14th Fighter Group at Dow AFB, Maine in formation in 1948.

F-86F Sabres of the 56th Fighter Wing in formation.

A F9F-2B Panther taxies in on USS Philippine Sea (CV-47).

LSO (Landing Signals Officer) directing operations for landing aboard the Philippine Sea. (Roland H. Baker)’.

F9F Panther lands on USS Valley Forge (CV-45). By October 1952 the USS Valley Forge had become the only US carrier to return to the Korea combat zone four times. On 2 January 1953 the ‘Happy Valley’ began the New Year with strikes against Chinese supply dumps and troop billeting areas behind the stalemated front lines.

F-86Fs of the 35th FBS, 8th FBW at Suwon, South Korea, 1953 with Miss Tena, Colonel W. B. Wilmot’s aircraft in the foreground.

Troy Gordie Cope on the wing of F-86 Rosie in September 1952 before he was last heard from.

Colonel Benjamin O. Davis Jr., commander of the 51st FIW leading a formation of F-86F Sabres over Korea in January 1953.

Indian Air Force Gnat. India claimed that the Pakistan Air Force F-86 Sabre was vulnerable to the diminutive Folland Gnat, nicknamed ‘Sabre Slayer.’

In 1954 Pakistan began receiving the first of a total of 120 F-86F Sabres. The Canadair Sabre Mk.6, acquired from ex-Luftwaffe stocks via Iran, were the mainstay of the PAF’s day fighter operations during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Heyl ha’Avir (Israeli Air Force, IAF) A-4H Skyhawks.

The Dassault Super Mystère B.2 was the first Western European supersonic aircraft to enter mass production and were well liked by the Israeli pilots. In 1958 24 B.2s were purchased by the IAF and saw action in the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

IAF F-4E Phantoms in formation.

Vulcan scamble!

SAC B-52Ds armed with AGM-28 Hound Dog Missiles on Ground Alert Duty on the flight line in 1967. The supersonic, turbojet-propelled, air-launched cruise missile with a W28 Class-D nuclear warhead was developed in 1959 and was primarily designed to be capable of attacking Soviet ground-based air defence sites prior to a potential air attack by B-52s during the Cold War.

USAF F-4 Phantoms and a 388th TFW F-105 ‘Wild Weasel’ refuelling with a KC-135 on a mission to North Vietnam in 1970.

A-4E 150032 of VMA-121 which was shot down by small arms fire over South Vietnam on 30 May 1967. The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Walter Thoennes, was killed.

F-8Es of VF-33 being launched from the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) in 1964.

MiG-21U in Việtnam People’s Air Force (NVNAF) livery, similar to the type used by the the North Việtnamese Air Force.

F-4D in the 435th TFS armed with LAU-3 rocket launchers approaching a KC-135A tanker over Vietnam.

Grumman A-6A Intruders of VA-196 aboard the USS Constellation during the squadron’s second combat cruise (May 1968-January 1969) releasing Mk.82 bombs over Vietnam.