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Can you imagine the insufferably smug reaction of the Air Force brass when they had to be called on to "clean up the Navy's mess"...and the kind of humble pie they had to consume when it didn't quite work out as planned? A bad day to be an officer having any part in the whole shebang, I'm guessing.
Greg
George Lewis:
GMorrison Wirraway It does point out the shortcomings of an interceptor not equipped with cannon or MG, doesn't it ?... Well, consider that the F-89 was later equipped with the Genie rocket, those were crazy times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIR-2_Genie
Wirraway It does point out the shortcomings of an interceptor not equipped with cannon or MG, doesn't it ?... Well, consider that the F-89 was later equipped with the Genie rocket, those were crazy times.
It does point out the shortcomings of an interceptor not equipped with cannon or MG, doesn't it ?...
Well, consider that the F-89 was later equipped with the Genie rocket, those were crazy times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIR-2_Genie
Three words that should never be in the same sentence:
'unguided' 'nuclear' 'missle'
Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas
G. Beaird,
Hilarious!
"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"
Np GM, I'm glad SP posted this- I'd never heard of The 'Battle' of Palmdale'.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Gamera, I learn something every day. Thanks for that...
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Wirraway It does point out the shortcomings of an interceptor not equipped with cannon or MG, doesn't it ?...
Ah you crazy Californians! Couldn't happen here on the east coast- we only had the USAF dropping an A-bomb on South Carolina...
LINK
Don't think it had anything to do with the shelling of Fort Sumter, after all this was a hundred years too late...
"Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional"
" A hobby should pass the time - not fill it" -Norman Bates
Oh man....I thought it had something to do with an Home Owner's Association.....
mississippivol For a minute I thought it was the background story for the movie "1942".
For a minute I thought it was the background story for the movie "1942".
Closer to "Blast From the Past" than "1941".
But "1941" was based off of these events (with artistic/comedic license)
"The Great Los Angeles Air Raid"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles
and I-19's War Patrol in the area of Los Angeles Harbor in December 1941 shortly after the Pearl Harbor Attack
http://www.historynet.com/japanese-submarines-prowl-the-us-pacific-coastline-in-1941.htm
Horrywood!
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
That has been speculated...
A good story about the F-89. A Curtiss C-46 was towing a target. Four Scorpions circled around and lined up for runs at the target. Much to the horror of the crew of the Commando, they'd been mistaken for the target.
One by one, all four aircraft launched all of their rockets, 104 each. They all missed.
In the debrief, the captain was the last guy in.
"What did you do when you realized what was happening?".
"I closed my eyes".
"That's what the rest of the crew said, too".
wow, thats a crazy story.
guess those pilots wouln't've been much use against attacking Soviets if they couldnt even hit a lazy drone....
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Now that I'm here, where am I??
Well this is a new one to me... I just stumbled across this Wiki article. I am surprised that it is not more well known around these parts...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palmdale
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