article FG-1D Corsair ‘Race 94’ BuNo 92050/N194GConstructed as a FG-1D by Goodyear. 12 May 1945Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 92050.From 1945 to 1954Served in several units stateside until 1954.Transferred to …
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P-47D Thunderbolt, John S. Lolos “Naughty Nadine”340th & 341st Fighter Squadron / 348th Fighter Group
article P-47 THUNDERBOLT PILOT USAAF340th & 341st Fighter Squadron / 348th Fighter GroupAircraft HistoryBuilt by Republic. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as P-47D Thunderbolt serial number unknown. Disassembled and shipped overseas to …
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article US Air Force/Air National Guard 1968-1980U.S. Air Force/Air National Guard. From 1968 onwards, it was a special command of the USAF charged with the defense of continental U.S. airspace, and existed between 1946 and …
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article Tactical Air Command Camouflage 1947-1964The Tactical Air Command was formed on 21 March 1946, a year before the USAF was established, and encompassed fighters, fighter-bombers, ground attackers, and other non-combat aircraft that could be …
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article Brewster F2A BuffaloBrewster Buffalo in 1/32 scaleMarcel du LongThis kit from Special Hobby isn’t unfortunately that special at all.The engineering, the panel-lines, the details etc… are pretty bad.Didn’t had much fun building this one but still …
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article JM. VillalbaJM. Villalba Workshop is the namesake company of the famous Spanish modeler JM Villalba.An internationally recognized, acclaimed, respected and influential modeler, Mr. Juan Manuel Villalba. Known for his books and articles, his excellent …
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article Photo-Reconnaissance CamouflageIn the period 1942-1945, the USAAF was approached by a Boston paint manufacturer known as Samuel Cabot with a proposal for a new white Haze paint that allegedly rendered aircraft close to invisible …
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article Aegean Ghost CamouflageInspired by the camouflage of the USN F-16N Aggressors, Ghost Gray or “Aegean Ghost” developed in the late 1980s, is the variant worn by all Greek F-16 Vipers, F-4E AUP Phantom IIsand …
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article Tactical Paint Schemes Camouflage 1976In 1976, Tactical Paint Schemes were adopted, an ambitious new camouflage technique proposed by Keith Ferris, a noted aviation artist. This so-called Ferris Scheme featured high-contrast fragment patterns as well …
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article US Navy Vietnam War Camouflage 1971-1980The introduction of MIL-C-18263F(AS) on 29 June 1971 made some modest changes to the prevailing scheme, namely that the entire surface of the aircraft was given a gloss sheen. As …