[F-4B Main Wheels, Outside View]

Another view:

 

http://fanakit.free.fr/F-4B_walkaround/F-4B_PhantomII_walkaround02.JPG

 

Jari

[F-4B Main Wheels, Outside View]

Not the best close up:

 

 

Jari

[Sea King Recovery]

Not your average getting it back on the deck:

 

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/85716

 

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/85717

 

Jari

[A Day in the War in Vietnam]

Here is another video, of F-100Cs this time:

 

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148015525

 

Jari

[A Day in the War in Vietnam]

4 hours ago, Dave Williams said:

I enjoyed seeing the B-57 rotating bomb bay door in action, but was very surprised how slow it was.  Was it really that slow in actual combat, or just a slow ground mode?

 

In flight to fully open takes 4 seconds and 6 seconds to close according to the manual.

 

Jari

[A Day in the War in Vietnam]

A series of 5 videos showing various USAF a/c, F-100s, F-105s, F-104's, FAC 0-1s and B-57s in action in SEA:

 

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/69617

 

Jari

[1/32 Magic AAM’s - any available?]

If you have a 3D printer, you can make your own:

 

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/missile-matra-magic-ii-1-32

 

Jari

[Accuracy conundrum - settings]

As for the F-16 pic posted earlier, it's probably the ALE-50 housing that can be barely seen:

 

 

Jari

[Accuracy conundrum - settings]

Different rules apply for different situations, especially in war time, below are some example's of open panels on loaded aircraft:

 

 

 

 

Jari

[Armament rectangle on F-4B: Which weights would be appropriate]

Here is another way of marking the weight:

 

 

Jari

[Armament rectangle on F-4B: Which weights would be appropriate]

Here is one with the overall weight so no need to add up all the numbers:

 

 

Jari

[F-15E Strike Eagle Units over Syria and Iraq]

Here a recent one landing at a undisclosed location in the Mideast:

 

https://www.afcent.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2003319212/

 

Jari

[Trumpeter F-105G - Comments, Suggestions and Aftermarket Bits]

John if you still want to do a F, how about a Ryan's Raiders:
 

http://www.34tfsthuds.us/ryans/

 

check out the video showing the initial deployment.

 

Jari

[Trumpeter F-105G - Comments, Suggestions and Aftermarket Bits]

Here are the F IPs:

 

 

 

Jari

[Hog's firepower display - A-10C - Full makeup]

Here is a view of a A-10C from below the left wing showing some details that may be of help:

 

 

as for the luggage carriers, some pilots liked to have the door on the pod facing outboard to make it easier to load/unload their baggage even though the pod did have markings for which way was forward. Also for some pods one of the fairings could be removed and it was preferred to have that facing to the rear so in case it came off in flight it would go straight back.

 

Jari

[A-20 Havoc References]

Probably to hold the a/c steady as the pilot used the relief tube. 

 

Jari

[Vietnam airfield blast wall]

Some free ones in various scales:

 

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/vietnam-aircraft-revetment-32nd-48th-and-72-nd-scale-parts

 

Jari

[A-10C]

Looks like they may be live ones:

 

 

also note on the A-10 pic, LED landing lights on nose gear.

 

Jari

[A-10C]

A-10s ready for battle again:

 

 

 

Jari

[Question: Pylon angle of P-47?]

Here is a front view:

 

 

Jari

[Paint bombs]

No definite answer but during WWII it probably took a long time for bombs to get to their destination from the factory, in the case from the US to overseas they would go by boat over the salty sea and in the case of corrosion you wouldn't want a "soft" spot on the bomb and have the majority of the blast at that weak spot when it went off. On a personal point, of the many inert bombs i loaded during my time about 98.9% percent were painted blue, the rest were still painted in red/brown primer, either they ran out of blue paint or they ran out of time to paint them before sending them off to the squadron. 

 

Jari 

[Cam Ranh Bay]

A nice article with photos of assorted aircraft:

 

https://www.docdroid.com/9ejZEGy/cam-ranh-bay-article-pdf

 

Jari

[A-6B VMFA(AW)-224, 1972 Coral Sea: Details]

Here is a seat from the same squadron, same time frame but the A-6A:

 

 

note what looks like a mod on the canopy top to block the light probably, don't know if it was applied to the B's they got.

 

edit: the other seat top:

 

 

Jari

[A-6B VMFA(AW)-224, 1972 Coral Sea: Details]

Marcel here is a A-6 flight manual that has some B info in it:

 

https://www.docdroid.com/gRI6P3E/grumman-a-6a-b-c-e-and-ka-6d-intruder-flight-manual-pdf

 

Jari

[A-6A VMA(AW)-224 1972 Coral Sea Cruise: AGM-78 & AGM-45?]

7 hours ago, Tony T said:

 

I'd love to see that without its clothes on — I think that's a very rare (one of six) A-6B AN/APS-118 TIAS radome.

Where is this? It looks like the paint's being stripped off as part of a refurb. 

 

Tony

It was found here among others:

 

A-6B

 

Jari