Forum: Military Aircraft of the Cold War

Here is a fun ride that had some interesting post WWII history. Definitely has the look that says to Gums: "Fly me" Very Happy

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Awww man, you guys are really getting to me!

Always wanted to get a hop in one of those things when I was at 'Alex' and they were right down the flightline.

Nimrod. Look that up.

Anyway, the Air Commandos here have a few of the 26 drivers around. maybe I could get one to post on the board.

Otherwise, you can go to:

http://aircommando.net/

or

http://www.aircommandos.org/

Just ask them for more info after browsing all the pages.

HABU WARNING HABU WARNING

As you may have guessed, I am a life member of the Air Commando Assoc. we have a really neat reunion annually right here in Ft Walton Beach and all are welcome. Cheap, good time of year (Columbus Day weekend), and you can rub shoulders with some honest-to-God living legends (besides Gums).

later,

OOOOOH....sounds tempting Gums....When is it?

Sheesh, habu,

Columbus Day weekend!!!!

Have to look up exact date, but should be 9 Oct weekend +/-.

I have another reunion the week before, so may have to miss this one. Too bad, cause I live right here in the heart of the Air Commando envelope.

Stay in touch.

Gums sends

Also, Hurlburt has a great static display line, once one enters the main gate. Help me out here Gums. What do they have? A B-26K, an AC-119(?), an AC-130 (no Air Commando display is complete without one,) an A-1, I think an AC-47, a T-28(?) and I know I'm missing a couple/few. It's hard to think of static aircraft around that area, without also thinking of the USAF Armament Museum.

Here is a post from troung on the ACIG forum...

Quote:

B-26K

The B-26K was a modified B-26 to suit the COIN role the USAF was lacking in the early 1960s. Wing tip fuel tanks were added to the planes to increase the radius of actions, new engines to improve performance and the wings were strengthened to increase the loads and improve the life span. The B-26K was used heavily in the Indochina wars operating in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam in the air to ground role.

SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 71 ft. 6 in.
Length: 51 ft. 7 in.
Height: 19 ft.
Weight: 38,314 lbs. Max.
Armament: Eight nose mounted 12.7mm Browning machine guns, six wing mounted 12.7mm Browning machine guns, eight wing pylons capable of carrying 8,000 lbs. of mixed ordnance (dumb bombs/rockets/cluster munitions/napalm/flares), and 4,000 lbs. of bombs internally.
Engines: Two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-52Ws of 2,500 hp.
Crew: Two
Cost: $577,000

PERFORMANCE FIGURES
Max. Speed: 323 mph/281 knots
Cruising speed: 310 mph/270 knots
Range: 2,700 statute miles/2,346 nautical miles, 700 mile mission radius with a 3500lb payload
Service ceiling: 28,600 ft.

WEAPONS CLEARED FOR USE
Mk.81/82
M-117
M-1A4
CBU-14
CBU-24/25/29/49
BLU-37
LAU-3A
SUU-025
M-34/35

Other info as near as Tom our writer/historian/author at acig can figure out is that the CIA never got the fancy K above for SEA ops like USAF, just old ones. The K was used in the Congo uprising and reported to be a good Simba hunter.

Here is some nice artwork of some of the Bay of Pigs birds.
http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_154.shtml

Forest Fire bomber Very Happy

http://www.airspray.com/fire_suppression_B26.htm

Gums, That's a great bunch of folks. I loaned Kittinger my cranium cover to fly in the T-Bird once, what a great guy. "Tiny" and your group are some hellatious warriors!

Variety of photos...

http://images.google.com/images?tab=ni& ... =en&q=a-26

Forum: Military Aircraft of the Cold War

A-26 ( post WWII redesignated B-26 by USAF )