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Published: 2008-02-17 02:02:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 604; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 9
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a pair of Republic F-105D Thunderchiefs in the standard USAF Tactical Air Command camo pattern,commonly known as Vietnam Camoflauge. applied to a rigid USAF Tech Order,and usually stenciled and applied using large rubber mats cut and shaped accordingly,with a 4-color pattern consisting of FS 30219 Dark Tan,34102 Medium Green and 34079 Dark Jungle Green on top,all undersurfaces 36622 Camoflauge Grey. {FS=Federal Standard FS595A} same FS colors used on most TAC aircraft,but SAC had other unique camo colors of their own for their heavy bombers.Related content
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An bunch of stuff, but having trouble finding the plastic....
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Great design. Sad to see them go.
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our state ANG was the last unit to use them operationally. {McGuire AFB,New Jersey} F-105G "Wild Weasels",retired in 1983.
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Camoflauge looks so random. I never stopped to think what an orderly thing it must be!
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sure is. we and our British friends usually followed set specs and patterns from way back,and pretty much everybody does nowadays. a lot of WWII Axis{enemy} aircraft did use many non-standard "hurry-up/slop job" camos,especially towards the end,when things began to get desperate and chaotic.
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Excellent work! I actually got to see a Thud at Wright-Patt...
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i actually almost got knocked down by one as a 13 yr-old! it was at Bradley Field,CT. i was on a ramp area watching one take off{CTANG},and when he kicked in his AB......KABOOM!!!!! what a concussion! {this was in the days when security at airports just wasn,t so paranoid,and you could actually enjoy yourself....!}
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I wish that that could still be experienced today...
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maybe some day,the world will come to it,s senses......!
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Probably not anytime soon.
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i,m not going to hold my breath waiting,for sure!
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hopefully some time before i "Go West"............
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but i,m not counting on it.
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perhaps in your time.....!
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and hopefully mine too,like around when i need to retire.....!
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That would be quite useful.
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it would! Social Security is not just someone,s private piggy-bank to waste on whatever foolishness!
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that would be like me just going and blowing my mortgage/property tax money and wifey,s grocery money at a hobby shop.....! gotta balance the budget,it,s not limitless!
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That's the things about budgets...gotta stick to them.
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sure do! even at a place like COAir,at the end of every fiscal year,it all adds up on The Bottom Line. one of our biggest problems in the US is that we just have too much money/currency out there in circulation{Funny Money}but nowhere near enough gold,silver,platinum to really properly back it up with. and they just keep on printing more as needed........
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I see that becoming a p[problem in the future...
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it did happen once before,i believe it was on a Friday in October of 1929..............speculation just got out of control.
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those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
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or even worse are those who remember all,and yet learn nothing.....! {Vietnam 1960s Vs. Iraq present day}
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Time will prove that i was right. it usually does.
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i usually get my way in the end!
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doesn,t always come fast or easy,but it does come eventually.
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yep^^ I love to fly this machine in Wings Over Vietnam simulator ;D
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how many time have you been shot down? it did happen a lot to F-105s......going "Up North" was dangerous.
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yep Vietnamese AA Guns are very dangerous 
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gotta watch out for SAM,s too....nasty things!
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but then,i hope your outfit has a Wild Weasel escort to deal with Mr. SAM!
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no longer in use,but still a very sleek plane!
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