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JUNKERS 88 of the Indian National Army Air Force. Southern Russia 1941.

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The roundels are complete conjecture but based on known iconography of the INA.

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Universal Century

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"...In the wake of Nixon's sudden and unexpected death, the nacent Space Shuttle program found itself unexpectedly on the backburner. While President Agnew was a strong proponent of human space exploration, he regarded the development of a shuttle from whole cloth to be an unnecessary expense, particularly when the Saturn-Apollo family had proven itself perfectly capable. Acutely aware that Congress desired a reduced space budget, the former Vice-President turned President directed NASA to shelve their shuttle designs and begin focusing on developing a space station and a more economical Saturn-derived launcher..."

"...The culmination of NASA's post-lunar brainstorming was the Saturn-ID, a variation of the Saturn-IB which made use of two F-1C liquid rocket engines to reach low-Earth orbit. Used in conjunction with the Saturn-IB, the S-ID would launch Skylab missions one through eight, and would service the larger, three-module Spacelab which would replace it. Its ultimate use, however, would come from its role in lofting Apollo Block III capsules and astronauts to one of the three Conestoga-class Interplanetary Transfer Vehicles (ITVs) waiting in orbit, which would propel the Apollo-Venus and Apollo-Mars missions to their destinations. In 1982 Ishtar-III would find itself the first manned mission to orbit an alien planet, while in 1988 Ares-VI would write itself into history by orbiting Mars, directing the Pioneer rover from orbit and relaying its findings back to Earth among other experiments..."

-Workhorses of the Space Age: A History of the Saturn Rockets; MacMillan Press, 2011.
 

RanulfC

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"...In the wake of Nixon's sudden and unexpected death, the nacent Space Shuttle program found itself unexpectedly on the backburner. While President Agnew was a strong proponent of human space exploration, he regarded the development of a shuttle from whole cloth to be an unnecessary expense, particularly when the Saturn-Apollo family had proven itself perfectly capable. Acutely aware that Congress desired a reduced space budget, the former Vice-President turned President directed NASA to shelve their shuttle designs and begin focusing on developing a space station and a more economical Saturn-derived launcher..."

"...The culmination of NASA's post-lunar brainstorming was the Saturn-ID, a variation of the Saturn-IB which made use of two F-1C liquid rocket engines to reach low-Earth orbit. Used in conjunction with the Saturn-IB, the S-ID would launch Skylab missions one through eight, and would service the larger, three-module Spacelab which would replace it. Its ultimate use, however, would come from its role in lofting Apollo Block III capsules and astronauts to one of the three Conestoga-class Interplanetary Transfer Vehicles (ITVs) waiting in orbit, which would propel the Apollo-Venus and Apollo-Mars missions to their destinations. In 1982 Ishtar-III would find itself the first manned mission to orbit an alien planet, while in 1988 Ares-VI would write itself into history by orbiting Mars, directing the Pioneer rover from orbit and relaying its findings back to Earth among other experiments..."

-Workhorses of the Space Age: A History of the Saturn Rockets; MacMillan Press, 2011.
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You managed to peek into my notes I see, well for the book title anyway :)
Nice :)

Randy
 
thedarkmaster

thedarkmaster

Avro Canada, Thunder B2. Operation Musketeer, Cyprus 1956



Developed by Avro during the late 1940's as a direct counterpart to the Canberra bomber, for service in Canadian and other allied nations.

Braodly similar in layout and concept the Thunder acheived no export sales and served only with the RCAF, the B2 version dispenced with the rear twin 20mm cannon and instead carried a small rear warning radar.

The Thunder carried two fixed forward firing 20 mm cannon and a H2S radar bombing system as well as a visual bombaiming position.

Seeing service during the initial bombardment of the Egyption airforce and during the continued campaign after wards to reseat the Egyption Monarchy, also with Commonwealth forces in Israel and with other Commonwealth nations in Indonesia.

The aircraft illustrated is a member of 442 City of Vancouver sqd based at RAF Akritouri during the initial phase of the disabling of the Egyption airforce.

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thedarkmaster

thedarkmaster

Mitsubushi F1 Kyūdō (弓道 or きゅうどう?), 1991


The upgraded Japenese version of the Avro Arrow was placed in production for the JASDF during the first quarter of 1975, containing a full suite of Japanese electronics and offensive weaponry, entering service in 1979 with the 2nd Air Wing (Chitose Air Base: 201SQ,) and spreading through Northern Air Command until production stopped in 1989 after 212 examples had been completed.

Tasked with air defence the Kyudo was a regular site for Soviet aircrew trying to penetrate Japanese air space, and for American forces still operating from Japan.

War service during the 91 disaster was against soviet and Northern Korean forces with an impessive kill ratio over both.

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thedarkmaster

thedarkmaster

Armstrong Whitworth Agni MK9 , Bombardment of Port Said 1956



Following the British aquasition of many of Germany's top scienist by group Captain Dashwood and his team at the end of the war development of various projects continued, one of which was the Agni ( Hindu god of fire ) series of missiles based upon the quite simple V1 guided missile.

Progressing through various marques and increasing with complexity with each redesign until by the time of the Suez conflict the missile was the mk9, with radio and gyroscopic control it was at the time accurate to within 185 yds had a range of over 350 miles and a usable payload of over 1 tonne in either high explosive or gas/chemical warheads.

Used operationally against the facilities and possible defences of Port Said as well as airfields at Ishmalia, Abu Sueir and Fayid to name a few. Credited with numerous aircraft kills on the ground it also acheived the dubious distinction of killing the most civillians with one missile coming down due to AA damage on a district of Port Said killing over 128 and wounding more than 300.

Not used again after the initial bombardment the missiles stayed in service for many years until finally being expended as live targets for RAuxAF squadrons during summer camps in the middle 1970's.

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rob2001

thedarkmaster said:
Armstrong Whitworth Agni MK9 , Bombardment of Port Said 1956



Following the British aquasition of many of Germany's top scienist by group Captain Dashwood and his team at the end of the war development of various projects continued, one of which was the Agni ( Hindu god of fire ) series of missiles based upon the quite simple V1 guided missile.

Progressing through various marques and increasing with complexity with each redesign until by the time of the Suez conflict the missile was the mk9, with radio and gyroscopic control it was at the time accurate to within 185 yds had a range of over 350 miles and a usable payload of over 1 tonne in either high explosive or gas/chemical warheads.

Used operationally against the facilities and possible defences of Port Said as well as airfields at Ishmalia, Abu Sueir and Fayid to name a few. Credited with numerous aircraft kills on the ground it also acheived the dubious distinction of killing the most civillians with one missile coming down due to AA damage on a district of Port Said killing over 128 and wounding more than 300.

Not used again after the initial bombardment the missiles stayed in service for many years until finally being expended as live targets for RAuxAF squadrons during summer camps in the middle 1970's.

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If your talking about the Ministry of space series, Dashwood was a Air Commodore at the end of the second world war.
 
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