Three Generations by junge1
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These three aircraft, in the center the P-38 'Lightning' representing World War II, the F-86 'Sabre' representing the Korean War, and the F-16 "Fighting Falcon' representing the Gulf War, the Iraq War, and the Afghanistan War were instrumental in bringing these wars to a successful conclusion.
The Lockheed P-38 "Lightning' is a twin boom, twin engine, with a single, center nacelle cockpit. It has two 1,000 hp turbo-supercharged 12 cylinder Allison J-1710 engines fitted with counter-rotating propellers.
The P-38 was the only aircraft produced throughout America's involvement in World War II. The P-38 was used in a number of roles, including dive-bombing, level-bombing, ground-attack night-fighting, and photo-reconnaissance.
It was used in the Pacific; Europe; China-Burma- India Theater of Operations.
On 18 April 1943 16 P-38G 'Lightning' were launched from Guadalcanal, flew 435 miles near sea level (to avoid radar detection) and intercepted and shot down near Bougainville two Japanese Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty' aircraft, one of which was carrying Japanese Admiral Yamamoto.
The North American F-86 'Sabre' (to the left of the P-38) is a single seat, single engine transonic jet fighter aircraft, used as a fighter-interceptor and fighter-bomber. It was the United States first swept wing fighter. It was extensively used during the Korean War, and despite some shortcomings vis-a-vis the Russian built Mig-15 it had a much better kill ratio thanks to the superior skills of the American pilots.
The General Dynamic F-16 'Fighting Falcon' was used in the Gulf War, during the Iraq War, the war in Afghanistan, and other military interventions It is scheduled to be slowly faced out.
This picture was taken on 15 March 2014,
Sig...
Comments (25)
Faemike55
Fabulous capture and history thanks for sharing
tigertim
Great to see Sig, a fantastic trio.. would make a great modelling diorama too!
rawdodb
Cool shot!!!!! Excellent history
blinkings
Sensational shot of these beauties.
barryjeffer
WOW
bmac62
Now if you could have just been up there in a chase ship to get 'em from the air. Don't you and I just wish! Neat photo of three great aircraft. And where was this flyover? Pennsylvania, Phoenix, Reno?
bazza
Fabulous capture of these three Sig and interesting info..
jocko500
lot of history here. cool shot
junge1
This fly-over was part of Luke Day. Open house for two days with the United States Thunderbirds and other aircraft performing!
SunriseGirl
Wow! a rare shot and so much interesting info. Thanks for sharing.
jayfar
Three iconic aircraft and a splendid picture Sig.
Juliette.Gribnau
cool shot
starship64
What a great tribute. Fantastic shot.
CarolusB
did they forget to invite the Vietnam War or was he too busy on that day?
debbielove
Perfect mate! A really fine shot AND great info.. Well done! More.. Rob
illkirch Online Now!
Interesting shot
ontar1
Beautiful planes and capture!
junge1
@CarolusB. A really good question. I think the main reason they didn't have a Vietnam representation is that it cost a lot of money to maintain an F-4!
Cyve
Excelent !!!
adrie
Fantastic and interesting photoshot my friend....love the POV.
MagikUnicorn
love it - Canada juste sent 6 CF-18 + COUPLES HERCULE + Marine ship with NATO Canadian base in Romania
UVDan
Great shot! I wish I could have been there.
drifterlee
Awesome planes and shot!!!!!
flavia49
fantastic
danapommet
A very special trio Sig - the F-86 Sabre jet was my favorite plane as a kid.