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Closely related with the development of the Bell AH-1 is the story of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois—predecessor of the modern helicopter, icon of the Vietnam War and still one of the most numerous helicopter types in service today. The UH-1 made the theory of air cavalry practical, as the new tactics called for US forces to be highly mobile across a wide area. Unlike before, they would not stand and fight long battles, and they would not stay and hold positions. Instead, the plan was that the troops carried by fleets of UH-1 "Hueys" would range across the country, to fight the enemy at times and places of their own choice.[3]
It soon became clear that the unarmed troop helicopters were vulnerable against ground fire from Việt Cộng and North Vietnamese troops, particularly as they came down to drop their troops in a landing zone. Without friendly support from artillery or ground forces, the only way to pacify a landing zone was from the air, preferably with a machine that could closely escort the transport helicopters, and loiter over the landing zone as the battle progressed. By 1962 a small number of armed UH-1As were used as escorts, armed with multiple machine guns and rocket mounts.[4]
The massive expansion of American military presence in Vietnam opened a new era of war from the air. The linchpin of US Army tactics were the helicopters, and the protection of those helicopters became a vital role.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_AH-1_Cobra](http://www.schrefflerphotography.com/Airplanes/Planes/i-sSNnkGv/0/Ti/AH-G1%20Cobra-Ti.jpg "AH-G1
Closely related with the development of the Bell AH-1 is the story of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois—predecessor of the modern helicopter, icon of the Vietnam War and still one of the most numerous helicopter types in service today. The UH-1 made the theory of air cavalry practical, as the new tactics called for US forces to be highly mobile across a wide area. Unlike before, they would not stand and fight long battles, and they would not stay and hold positions. Instead, the plan was that the troops carried by fleets of UH-1 \"Hueys\" would range across the country, to fight the enemy at times and places of their own choice.[3]
It soon became clear that the unarmed troop helicopters were vulnerable against ground fire from Việt Cộng and North Vietnamese troops, particularly as they came down to drop their troops in a landing zone. Without friendly support from artillery or ground forces, the only way to pacify a landing zone was from the air, preferably with a machine that could closely escort the transport helicopters, and loiter over the landing zone as the battle progressed. By 1962 a small number of armed UH-1As were used as escorts, armed with multiple machine guns and rocket mounts.[4]
The massive expansion of American military presence in Vietnam opened a new era of war from the air. The linchpin of US Army tactics were the helicopters, and the protection of those helicopters became a vital role.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_AH-1_Cobra")
Nose of Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
This is a view of the air inlet for the 5,300lb st Allison J35-A-25 turbine engine taken at Maps Air Museum near the Akron/Canton Airport in Ohio.
The first Thunder jets to have a taste of battle were the F-84E series aircraft of 27th Fighter-Escort Wing (522nd, 523rd and 524th Squadrons) in December, 1950, in Korea and they were joined during the course of that campaign by the F-84s flown by 49th Group (7th, 8th, 9th Squadrons); 58th (69th, 310th, 311th); 474th (428th, 429th, 430th) in 1951, and 1952. At first the Thunder jets were used to escort bombers but when the swept-wing MiG-15 appeared on the scene, which could out fly all the American fighters, they were used as fighter-bombers to outstanding effect, earning widespread respect for their effectiveness.
The Republic F-84 Thunder jet, the best of the first generation jet fighters. It was designed by the creator of the outstanding P-47 Thunderbolt, Alexander Kartveli, and the F-84 echoed in a more modern and aggressive way the success of its illustrious predecessor. As many as 7,889 aircraft in numerous variants (amongst which the last one, the F-84F, was a major redesign of the original version, having a swept wing) left the assembly lines and of these almost half, 3,723 aircraft equipped the air forces of NATO countries within the context of American post-war military aid programs. In Italy for example the Aeronautica Militare put F-84s into service in 1952 and kept the RF-84F photo-reconnaissance variant in use until 1974. In the USAF the Thunder jet/Thunderstreak/Thunder flash (these were the names of the principal variants of the F-84) stayed in first line service until the middle of the sixties.
Source http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Republic-F84.html
This is a view of the air inlet for the 5,300lb st Allison J35-A-25 turbine engine taken at Maps Air Museum near the Akron/Canton Airport in Ohio.
The first Thunder jets to have a taste of battle were the F-84E series aircraft of 27th Fighter-Escort Wing (522nd, 523rd and 524th Squadrons) in December, 1950, in Korea and they were joined during the course of that campaign by the F-84s flown by 49th Group (7th, 8th, 9th Squadrons); 58th (69th, 310th, 311th); 474th (428th, 429th, 430th) in 1951, and 1952. At first the Thunder jets were used to escort bombers but when the swept-wing MiG-15 appeared on the scene, which could out fly all the American fighters, they were used as fighter-bombers to outstanding effect, earning widespread respect for their effectiveness.
The Republic F-84 Thunder jet, the best of the first generation jet fighters. It was designed by the creator of the outstanding P-47 Thunderbolt, Alexander Kartveli, and the F-84 echoed in a more modern and aggressive way the success of its illustrious predecessor. As many as 7,889 aircraft in numerous variants (amongst which the last one, the F-84F, was a major redesign of the original version, having a swept wing) left the assembly lines and of these almost half, 3,723 aircraft equipped the air forces of NATO countries within the context of American post-war military aid programs. In Italy for example the Aeronautica Militare put F-84s into service in 1952 and kept the RF-84F photo-reconnaissance variant in use until 1974. In the USAF the Thunder jet/Thunderstreak/Thunder flash (these were the names of the principal variants of the F-84) stayed in first line service until the middle of the sixties.
Source http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Republic-F84.html
Nose of Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
This is a view of the air inlet for the 5,300lb st Allison J35-A-25 turbine engine taken at Maps Air Museum near the Akron/Canton Airport in Ohio.
The first Thunder jets to have a taste of battle were the F-84E series aircraft of 27th Fighter-Escort Wing (522nd, 523rd and 524th Squadrons) in December, 1950, in Korea and they were joined during the course of that campaign by the F-84s flown by 49th Group (7th, 8th, 9th Squadrons); 58th (69th, 310th, 311th); 474th (428th, 429th, 430th) in 1951, and 1952. At first the Thunder jets were used to escort bombers but when the swept-wing MiG-15 appeared on the scene, which could out fly all the American fighters, they were used as fighter-bombers to outstanding effect, earning widespread respect for their effectiveness.
The Republic F-84 Thunder jet, the best of the first generation jet fighters. It was designed by the creator of the outstanding P-47 Thunderbolt, Alexander Kartveli, and the F-84 echoed in a more modern and aggressive way the success of its illustrious predecessor. As many as 7,889 aircraft in numerous variants (amongst which the last one, the F-84F, was a major redesign of the original version, having a swept wing) left the assembly lines and of these almost half, 3,723 aircraft equipped the air forces of NATO countries within the context of American post-war military aid programs. In Italy for example the Aeronautica Militare put F-84s into service in 1952 and kept the RF-84F photo-reconnaissance variant in use until 1974. In the USAF the Thunder jet/Thunderstreak/Thunder flash (these were the names of the principal variants of the F-84) stayed in first line service until the middle of the sixties.
Source http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Republic-F84.html
This is a view of the air inlet for the 5,300lb st Allison J35-A-25 turbine engine taken at Maps Air Museum near the Akron/Canton Airport in Ohio.
The first Thunder jets to have a taste of battle were the F-84E series aircraft of 27th Fighter-Escort Wing (522nd, 523rd and 524th Squadrons) in December, 1950, in Korea and they were joined during the course of that campaign by the F-84s flown by 49th Group (7th, 8th, 9th Squadrons); 58th (69th, 310th, 311th); 474th (428th, 429th, 430th) in 1951, and 1952. At first the Thunder jets were used to escort bombers but when the swept-wing MiG-15 appeared on the scene, which could out fly all the American fighters, they were used as fighter-bombers to outstanding effect, earning widespread respect for their effectiveness.
The Republic F-84 Thunder jet, the best of the first generation jet fighters. It was designed by the creator of the outstanding P-47 Thunderbolt, Alexander Kartveli, and the F-84 echoed in a more modern and aggressive way the success of its illustrious predecessor. As many as 7,889 aircraft in numerous variants (amongst which the last one, the F-84F, was a major redesign of the original version, having a swept wing) left the assembly lines and of these almost half, 3,723 aircraft equipped the air forces of NATO countries within the context of American post-war military aid programs. In Italy for example the Aeronautica Militare put F-84s into service in 1952 and kept the RF-84F photo-reconnaissance variant in use until 1974. In the USAF the Thunder jet/Thunderstreak/Thunder flash (these were the names of the principal variants of the F-84) stayed in first line service until the middle of the sixties.
Source http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Republic-F84.html