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  1. Dynoman

    Tactical Nuclear Weapons Against Hanoi

    I don't believe this topic has been introduced before, and if so please excuse the thread. In 1959 the Aerospace Research Projects Agency (ARPA) organized a think tank, code named JASON, composed of America's leading scientist to analyze various high level programs and topics that could...
  2. Triton

    Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

    Boeing KC-135 model with winglets found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NASA-USAF-AIR-FORCE-KC-135-WINGLETS-MODEL-KC135-/251161721311?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7a67b9df Seller's description:
    • Triton
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    • air education and training command air force reserve command air mobility command air national guard armeé de l'air boeing cold war cold war ii france jet age nasa post-cold war republic of singapore republic of singapore air force strategic air command turkey united states air force united states air forces in europe vietnam war
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. Triton

    North American YAT-28E Turboprop Trainer

    North American YAT-28E model manufactured by Topping found on eBay. URL: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Topping-North-American-YAT-28E-Desk-Model-/200623021654?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb6105e56
    • Triton
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    • 6th special operations squadron afcon 1st air commando wing coin cold war north american aviation united states air force united states army united states navy vietnam war
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. Pirate Pete

    US Navy FDL Project

    I came across the following article from an old Janes Fighting Ships (1969 edition I believe) If these vessels had been realised, what effect would they have had? No doubt there would have been an impact on the later LHA prgramme. Fast Deployment Logistic Ship (FDL): 40,500 tons (FL) 855 x 104...
    • Pirate Pete
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    • cold war department of defense late 1960s military transportation service u.s. army united states united states army united states navy vietnam war
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. Michel Van

    XM-759 MTV Tank

    i found this Picture of Tank called "XM-759 MTV" very unusual track design. source http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/m/r/mrbolshevik/proto.jpg
    • Michel Van
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    • cold war early 1970s late 1960s marine corps marginal terrain vehicle xm 759 united states army united states marine corps usmc vietnam war
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  6. cluttonfred

    M29 Weasel video, variants?

    I came across this neat OSS briefing film referenced in the Wikipedia article on the M29 Weasel. The 10 minute video--worth the wait, I promise--includes some discussion of the various alternative approaches to travel across ice and snow that were evaluated as well as a lot of footage of the...
    • cluttonfred
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    • airborne forces airmobile allies amphibious vehicle armée de terre british army canada canadian army cold war first indochina war french fourth republic french indochina great britain korean war post-world war ii united states united states army united states marine corps vietnam war world war ii
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  7. Michel Van

    Optical Stealth Possible?

    you know it from TV in Star Trek, the Klingons and Romulan use Cloaking device or in Anime Full Metall Panic, have Invisible Helicopter. only Sci Fi ? NO ! in 2006 David Schurig and his colleagues at Duke University in Durham, imagined the first and most primitive Cloaking device . It...
    • Michel Van
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    • 20th century 21st century active camouflage camouflage cold war cyberpunk deception ecm electromagnetic cloaking electronic warfare optical camouflage science fact science fiction thermo-optic camouflage thermoptic camouflage thermoptics vietnam war world war ii
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Bar
  8. Michel Van

    Gyrodyne Model QH-50D DASH

    i found Little Homepage about the Gyrodyne Model QH-50D http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/qh-50d1.htm (of course also the Other model QH-50 A to Nite Panther) A Navy Drone from 1966 original used as Sonar detection Drone later ARPA's weaponization of the QH-50D; program ATTACK DRONE and...
  9. S

    Bell AH-1 Cobra

    Is this AH-1Z a newer version of the AH-1 Cobra gunship? The designation is the same, but i don't know if the helicopter is the same.
    • STINGRAY
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    • bell helicopter company bell helicopter textron bell textron cold war post-cold war united states united states army united states marine corps vietnam war
    • Replies: 200
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  10. S

    Lockheed SR-71 / YF-12 Blackbird

    Just wondering if anyone knows what the tested maximum altitude and speed of the A-12/SR71 was? I contacted the USAF recently and they simply stuck to the published figures saying it flew at 85,000ft and could reach Mach 3.3. This doesn't seem to make sense as variants of the F-4, F-104 and...
    • Stormbreaker
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    • air defence air defense command central intelligence agency cold war elint interceptor lockheed nuclear battlefield photo-recce post-cold war remote sensing sr-71 strategic air command strategic defence strategic reconnaissance supersonic united states united states air force vietnam war world war iii
    • Replies: 192
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. overscan (PaulMM)

    Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions (Paul F Crickmore)

    Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions A classic book, full of fascinating details about the design and operations of the A-12, YF-12 and SR-71, with good material on peripheral matters like Soviet MiG-25 and MiG-31 and Swedish JA-37 interceptions. <a...
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • central intelligence agency cold war great britain interceptor interceptors kingdom of sweden lockheed north atlantic treaty organisation royal air force royal swedish air force skunk works soviet air defence forces soviet union strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states united states air force v-pvo vietnam war
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  12. P

    Bell Model 204 / XH-40 / UH-1 Iroquois competitors, projects and modifications

    In 1955, the US Army issued a requirement for the development of a next generation gas turbine-powered medivac helicopter The winner of this competition would be awarded to Bell with their Model 204, then designated as the XH-40, and later again in 1962 it was changed to UH-1 Iroquois. I have...
  13. P

    ‘Retractable Skidded’ AH-1 Cobra

    ‘Retractable Skidded’ AH-1 Cobra When Bell first came up with the efficient and versatile Bell AH-1 Cobra combat helicopter design, it originally went one step further by incorporating a retractable skid arrangement. This arrangement featured the skid’s retracting into the narrow fuselage. I...
    • Pioneer
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    • air cavalry bell aerospace textron bell helicopter company close air support cold war helicopter gunship late 1960s prototype u.s. army united states army vietnam war
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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