#planes
An historic moment as warplanes intentionally takeoff and land on a civilian road in Michigan.
A pair of Boeing B-1B Lancers of the 28th BW/37th BS Tigers and the 28th BW/34th BS T-Birds fly past Devil’s Tower National Monument, Wyoming during a training sortie.
The B-1 was designed to perform exceptionally well at low-level missions.
(Photo by Ted Carlson/Fotodynamics.com)
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“B-17G Fortress “Liquid-8-Or” of 569th Bomb Squadron dropping cases of “10 in 1” rations into Holland during Operation Chowhound aimed at breaking the famine in western Holland, May 3 1945” (C. Peter Chen)
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US Army aviators decorating bombs for easter during WWII.
In 1964, the team transitioned to the supersonic fighter-bomber, the F-105B Thunderchief.
The F-105 was one of the primary attack aircraft of the Vietnam War with over 20,000 sorties flown and was known for it’s high speed and low-altitude attack capabilities.
Although it was a smaller aircraft, the single-engine fighter-bomber could deliver a larger payload than the largest bomber platforms from World War II, like the B-17 Flying Fortress.
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