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#91
Organizations and Equipment / Re: Helicopters!
Last post by Jarhead0331 - January 20, 2024, 05:27:42 AMAn F-35 pilot flies a Viper and likes it.
#92
Organizations and Equipment / Re: Helicopters!
Last post by Jarhead0331 - January 20, 2024, 05:24:19 AMQuote from: GDS_Starfury on September 30, 2023, 04:40:18 PMits not mocking anything, thats a Czech AH-1z.
look at the engine cowl.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ah-1z-viper-attack-helicopters-arrive-in-czech-republic
#93
Organizations and Equipment / Re: Helicopters!
Last post by GDS_Starfury - January 20, 2024, 03:46:17 AM #94
Organizations and Equipment / Re: Planes!
Last post by GDS_Starfury - January 20, 2024, 03:06:32 AMso I guess we have enough F-35s to have aggressor squadrons. 
#95
Organizations and Equipment / Re: Planes!
Last post by GDS_Starfury - January 18, 2024, 06:06:22 PMglad you liked it! those people in the back just CMANO all day long. 
#96
Organizations and Equipment / Re: Planes!
Last post by bobarossa - January 18, 2024, 02:58:31 PM #97
Organizations and Equipment / Re: Planes!
Last post by GDS_Starfury - January 18, 2024, 09:08:03 AM #98
Military (and other) History / Re: Virtual Battlefield Tours ...
Last post by ArizonaTank - January 17, 2024, 04:48:47 PMWWII Air Combat
Masters of the Air - US 8th Air Force, 100th Bomb Group
Thorpe Abbotts Airfield, near Diss, South Norfolk, United Kingdom
Hitting the Apple+ streaming service this month will be the Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks mini-series called "Masters of the Air." The series is based on the book "Masters of the Air" by Donald L. Miller. Here is the link:
https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Air-Americas-Against-Germany/dp/0743235452/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IS5YNUE3NKM8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.0V9HqZNW0ySg8C0Wd7bFHG-tWjQZ6BaDHjyl2yn6L7Q206vQtXNFV8ueXgRjEAMN0a-mTpJ8kstQDeIZotVSKcaEjjSCa3YJtkfPcKAAbI8fbllim3VVjxhWVxIVBhezVVfbtLH_U0lKXqFjYKWRSay1SICHorcNvFOD7WLMdz264HZIS2ZqbLnYjxeZKcGH9azHnRBKHsftBZpEiQkLofZRpfxXlWSHszfDvfqs71A.oFgBJ3y8mElcCFmprBHtLPAMEV4NRSIYH1qNvd2pCOY&dib_tag=se&keywords=masters+of+the+air&qid=1705528036&sprefix=masters+of+%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-1
The series will portray the US 100th Bomb Group of the US 8th Air Force that flew B-17s from the Thorpe Abbotts Airfield from mid-1943 until the end of the War. Because of their heavy losses, the group was called the "Bloody 100th."
The Bomb Group's web page does a much better job than I can of explaining the group's history.
https://100thbg.com/bloody-hundredth/
You can still see parts of the Thorpe Abbots airfield, and there is a 100th Bomb Group museum there. I get to the UK from time-to-time, so definitely putting this on my list of places to visit.
Here is a Google Street View of the base entrance:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3873997,1.2123557,3a,75y,239.02h,84.85t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1snjAM8zJ0aK8-_KcmBnANBg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DnjAM8zJ0aK8-_KcmBnANBg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D275.20053%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Here is the base control tower:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3864383,1.2126327,3a,75y,147.8h,104.45t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNNJwr-Ng8QrvYsLyl6r0c5o-6cUra12KRZkOFg!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNNJwr-Ng8QrvYsLyl6r0c5o-6cUra12KRZkOFg%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya239.86346-ro0-fo100!7i5632!8i1904?entry=ttu
Here is what appears to be a runway, but doesn't seem wide enough. So maybe a taxi-way:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3855676,1.1974845,3a,75y,96.39h,91.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDdryFNogDuh53FdawVntYQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDdryFNogDuh53FdawVntYQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D64.06438%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Masters of the Air - US 8th Air Force, 100th Bomb Group
Thorpe Abbotts Airfield, near Diss, South Norfolk, United Kingdom
Hitting the Apple+ streaming service this month will be the Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks mini-series called "Masters of the Air." The series is based on the book "Masters of the Air" by Donald L. Miller. Here is the link:
https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Air-Americas-Against-Germany/dp/0743235452/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IS5YNUE3NKM8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.0V9HqZNW0ySg8C0Wd7bFHG-tWjQZ6BaDHjyl2yn6L7Q206vQtXNFV8ueXgRjEAMN0a-mTpJ8kstQDeIZotVSKcaEjjSCa3YJtkfPcKAAbI8fbllim3VVjxhWVxIVBhezVVfbtLH_U0lKXqFjYKWRSay1SICHorcNvFOD7WLMdz264HZIS2ZqbLnYjxeZKcGH9azHnRBKHsftBZpEiQkLofZRpfxXlWSHszfDvfqs71A.oFgBJ3y8mElcCFmprBHtLPAMEV4NRSIYH1qNvd2pCOY&dib_tag=se&keywords=masters+of+the+air&qid=1705528036&sprefix=masters+of+%2Caps%2C145&sr=8-1
The series will portray the US 100th Bomb Group of the US 8th Air Force that flew B-17s from the Thorpe Abbotts Airfield from mid-1943 until the end of the War. Because of their heavy losses, the group was called the "Bloody 100th."
The Bomb Group's web page does a much better job than I can of explaining the group's history.
https://100thbg.com/bloody-hundredth/
You can still see parts of the Thorpe Abbots airfield, and there is a 100th Bomb Group museum there. I get to the UK from time-to-time, so definitely putting this on my list of places to visit.
Here is a Google Street View of the base entrance:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3873997,1.2123557,3a,75y,239.02h,84.85t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1snjAM8zJ0aK8-_KcmBnANBg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DnjAM8zJ0aK8-_KcmBnANBg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D275.20053%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Here is the base control tower:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3864383,1.2126327,3a,75y,147.8h,104.45t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNNJwr-Ng8QrvYsLyl6r0c5o-6cUra12KRZkOFg!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNNJwr-Ng8QrvYsLyl6r0c5o-6cUra12KRZkOFg%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya239.86346-ro0-fo100!7i5632!8i1904?entry=ttu
Here is what appears to be a runway, but doesn't seem wide enough. So maybe a taxi-way:
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3855676,1.1974845,3a,75y,96.39h,91.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDdryFNogDuh53FdawVntYQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDdryFNogDuh53FdawVntYQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D64.06438%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
#99
Organizations and Equipment / Re: Tanks!
Last post by GDS_Starfury - January 15, 2024, 08:07:20 PM
#100
Organizations and Equipment / Re: Planes!
Last post by Windigo - January 09, 2024, 12:12:01 PM50 year old plane in my head;
