vietnam war

  1. BlackBat242

    Alternate post-WW2 RAN amphibious fleet

    Admin suggestion: if there is an appropriate existing thread, please combine. The RAN has had a very spotty track record after 1945 with regards to actually landing forces on any of the islands in its neighborhood outside of existing port facilities. This first post is to establish what...
    • BlackBat242
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    • alternate history amphibious warfare vessel australian army british commonwealth cold war commonwealth of australia pacific ocean post-world war ii royal australian engineers royal australian navy vietnam war
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. uk 75

    Names of ships on Yankee, Dixie and Gonzo stations?

    One of my hobbies is collecting waterline ship models in 1/1250 or 1/1200 scales covering the Cold War era. I have been trying to find the composition of USN units on the Yankee and Dixie Stations off Vietnam and Gonzo station in the Arabian Sea. Does anyone know a source?
    • uk 75
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    • cold war u.s. navy united states united states navy vietnam war
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Bar
  3. Grey Havoc

    INVESTIGATION OF PERFORATED PLASTIC SPHERES CONCEPT FOR FUEL TANK FIRE SUPPRESSION

    https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0854931.pdf
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1969 aeronautical systems division air force aero propulsion laboratory air force materials laboratory air force systems command bureau of mines cold war late 1960s limited war office (asj) limited war/special air warfare project 1559 united states air force vietnam war
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. I

    Orenda Iroquois Single Engine Fighter application theory

    Good Afternoon everyone, hope you are all doing well Lately i have been having a lot of thoughts about engine capabilities and i thought long and hard in regards to Orenda and other smaller engine manifacturers of the 50s and 60s, i thought about the Iroquois engine a lot and not only because of...
  5. K

    Covert Wings: The OA-61F Counter Widow in Vietnam

    So as part of as a what-if scale model, I wrote up a backstory (if you want to see the whole build process check out whatifmodelers https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=53008.0). The interesting part was I wrote up a basic story and then used Google Gemini AI to re-write and basically...
  6. Grey Havoc

    First Black Navy SEAL, William Goines, dies at 88 (Military Times)

    https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/06/19/first-black-navy-seal-william-goines-dies-at-88/ Rest In Peace. :(
    • Grey Havoc
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    • chuting stars cold war cuban missile crisis navy parachute demonstration team special forces special operations u.s. navy seal teams united states united states navy vietnam war
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  7. A

    Short Skyvan projects

    I am currently writing a book on the Short Skyvan. I wonder if anyone has information (description, drawings etc) on Shorts project P.D.50 described as a "Skyvan VTOL test-bed", and P.D.62 listed in the Putnam as "Skyvan with B.L.C" but elsewhere as "Skyvan Feeder Liner". Both seem quite...
    • Aeroflight
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    • cessna aircraft company coin aircraft cold war great britain republic of vietnam republic of vietnam air force (rvnaf) short brothers plc short skyvan south vietam stol transport aircraft united states united states army vietnam war
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. N

    Dick Rutan has passed away

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/04/dick-rutan-pilot-dies-aged-85 One of the greatest pilots has sadly left us.
    • Nigelhg
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    • aerospace industry cold war post-cold war united states vietnam war
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  9. Dronescapes

    Rare color footage Of The F-105 "Thud" Thunderchief Development Program

    Rare color footage Of The F-105 "Thud" Thunderchief Development Program
  10. E

    US forces with a second JFK term and shorter/no Vietnam war?

    Hi everyone, We have already discussed a shorter/no Vietnam scenario already so I will not ask for changes related to this. However, what I was wondering about is whether having a second JFK term (due to no assassination) instead of a Johnson term would affect 1963-1968 procurement in any way...
  11. njiiaf

    Ideal USAF air superiority fighter for the Vietnam War.

    As we all know, the USAF went into Vietnam without a dedicated air superiority fighter and suffered for it, particularly in the early years with unreliable sparrows/sidewinders, no cannons on the Phantoms, and inadequate BFM training. Que the arrival of the F-4E, along with better missiles and...
  12. D

    SA-4 Ganef in Vietnam 1972

    In a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting on 15 May 1972, five days after the start of the Linebacker I, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Admiral Thomas Moorer said North Vietnam introduced a new mobile SAM, the SA-4 Ganef...
    • datafuser
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    • 1972 air defence battlefield air defence cold war democratic republic of vietnam early 1970s eastern bloc north vietnam north vietnamese army people's army of vietnam soviet union spaam surface-to-air missile vietnam war warsaw pact
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    • Forum: Military
  13. uk 75

    Britain in Vietnam

    One of Harold Wilson's achievements as Prime Minister was to resist President Johnson's pressure for Britain to make some visible military contribution to the Vietnam War. Wilson had only narrowly beaten a Conservative Government in 1964. The Conservatives may well have resisted Johnson too on...
    • uk 75
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    • alternate history british army cold war democratic republic of vietnam eastern bloc fleet air arm great britain north vietnamese army republic of vietnam royal air force royal marines royal navy united states vietnam war
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  14. AN/AWW-14(V)

    Texas Instruments AGM-45 Shrike

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    • cold war sead united states air force united states navy vietnam war
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  15. A

    Vought Regulus I and Regulus II whatifs

    Just a random idea in passing... In the 50's some aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers were converted for Regulus 1 launches. Then the much improved Regulus II was cut short by Polaris. Whatif - Regulus I and, most importantly, Regulus II were developped in non-nuclear variants ? and later...
  16. Grey Havoc

    Owen Submachine Gun

    https://www.forgottenweapons.com/submachine-guns/owen-smg/ https://portal.engineersaustralia.org.au/heritage/owen-submachine-gun
    • Grey Havoc
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    • australian army evelyn owen freddie kunzler john lysaght (australia) pty ltd korean war owen gun owen machine carbine vietnam war vincent wardell world war ii
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Military
  17. Grey Havoc

    American Export Isbrandtsen Lines nuclear-powered container ships project (1964-68)

    This was a project intended to provide three (correction, four) atomic powered high speed container ships for use on Essential Foreign Trade Route No. 12, between the U.S. Atlantic Coast and the Far East. The ships would have used the AEC Maritime Reactor, a clean sheet gas-cooled reactor design...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1950s 33000-ton tanker aec american export isbrandtsen line atomic energy commission atomic ships atoms for peace cold war contract ma-1893 high speed container ships isbrandtsen co. maritime administration naval reactor nuclear powered vessels u.s. congress united states vietnam war
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  18. P

    USMC 'Marine Expeditionary land-based catapult' system

    G'day gents Just stumbled across a photograph which Ive seen in numerous books on the Vietnam War, but only after decades have now realised, that 'this Douglas A-4 Skyhawk' depicted in the photograph, is in fact connected and prepared for launch via a 'land-based catapult system' I have to...
    • Pioneer
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    • cold war united states united states marine corps vietnam war
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    • Forum: The Bar
  19. overscan (PaulMM)

    Spyflights & Overflights : Cold War Aerial Reconnaissance

    Nice-looking new title from Crecy/Hikoki from RC-135-pilot-turned-historian Robert S Hopkins III. Spyflights & Overflights Cold War Aerial Reconnaissance RRP: £29.95 Few aviation subjects have been shrouded in more secrecy or been more controversial than cold war aerial reconnaissance. Former...
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • central intelligence agency cold war cuban missile crisis elint north atlantic treaty organisation photo-recce photographic reconnaissance republic of china air force royal air force royal swedish air force signals intelligence strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states air force vietnam war
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  20. G

    The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than a Tanker

    An enlarged update of Robert Hopkins' 1998 Aerofax book, already a pretty good tome: http://www.amazon.com/Boeing-KC-135-Stratotanker-Robert-Hopkins/dp/1910809012/
    • gatoraptor
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    • 2016 air mobility command boeing cold war early 21st century in-flight refueling tanker late 20th century north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war strategic air command strategic reconnaissance tanker aircraft united states united states air force vietnam war war on terror
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
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