Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)
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MartG said:
Look Keen In Army Green !!Think the US Army only ever had a couple of O-2's in the late 90's although the USAF used to work very closely with the Army in Vietnam
Remember one of the First Greenham Common shows I did in the late 70's and the US Army did a Mass flypast - something like 40 aircraft
They had OV-1 Mohawks / OH-58 Kiowa / UH-1 Iroquois / CH-47 Chinook / OH-57 Cayuse - Wagner's March of the Valkyries drifting over the Tannoy.
Sadly no HH-3 Jolly Green / H-54 Tarhe
Eric Mc said:
The Army was made give up all its fixed wing aircraft at some point. Does anybody remember when?
Yes, in 1947, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was separated from the Army and became the United States Air Force (USAF) as a separate branch of the U.S. military. As part of this separation, the Army was required to give up all of its fixed-wing aircraft to the newly formed USAF. This was due to the National Security Act of 1947, which reorganized and unified the various branches of the U.S. military under the Department of Defense. [Thanks: ChatGPT.]ktcanuck said:
Eric Mc said:
The Army was made give up all its fixed wing aircraft at some point. Does anybody remember when?
Yes, in 1947, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was separated from the Army and became the United States Air Force (USAF) as a separate branch of the U.S. military. As part of this separation, the Army was required to give up all of its fixed-wing aircraft to the newly formed USAF. This was due to the National Security Act of 1947, which reorganized and unified the various branches of the U.S. military under the Department of Defense. [Thanks: ChatGPT.]The US Army had/have various fixed wing aircraft through the 50's, 60's, 70's etc and still retains 278 today - see This List
NM62 said:
ktcanuck said:
Eric Mc said:
The Army was made give up all its fixed wing aircraft at some point. Does anybody remember when?
Yes, in 1947, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was separated from the Army and became the United States Air Force (USAF) as a separate branch of the U.S. military. As part of this separation, the Army was required to give up all of its fixed-wing aircraft to the newly formed USAF. This was due to the National Security Act of 1947, which reorganized and unified the various branches of the U.S. military under the Department of Defense. [Thanks: ChatGPT.]The US Army had/have various fixed wing aircraft through the 50's, 60's, 70's etc and still retains 278 today - see This List
Eric Mc said:
Yes, they were able to hang on to some fixed wing aircraft for a long time, including some fairly large ones, like the de Havilland DHC-4 Caribou.
Lovely Aircraft - Remember an old Tanzanian AF one at Brighton (Shoreham) - Not as weird looking as Boeing C-8 QSRA Buffalo derivativeIt's very restricted as to what they are "allowed" to fly.
It's the US Army who want the A-10 to be retained in the inventory as it such a good close air support aircraft. The USAF would love to get rid of it as they consider it old and unsophisticated. Every time they announce that it is to be retired, it's the Army who puts in the pleas to keep it. The Army has even asked for the A-10s to be transferred to them, if the Air Force really doesn't want them.
That's the point when the Air Force usually backs down and says "No, we'll keep then flying for a bit longer" as passing such a useful front line fixed wing aircraft to the Army is too much for them to bear.
It's the US Army who want the A-10 to be retained in the inventory as it such a good close air support aircraft. The USAF would love to get rid of it as they consider it old and unsophisticated. Every time they announce that it is to be retired, it's the Army who puts in the pleas to keep it. The Army has even asked for the A-10s to be transferred to them, if the Air Force really doesn't want them.
That's the point when the Air Force usually backs down and says "No, we'll keep then flying for a bit longer" as passing such a useful front line fixed wing aircraft to the Army is too much for them to bear.
DodgyGeezer said:
is top left a Mitchell?
Yes. Looks to be https://lonestarflight.org/fly/north-american-b-25...Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff