Day raiders

A lonely impulse of delight

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McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

The F/A-18C and the two-seater D models are the result of a block upgrade in 1987 incorporating upgraded radar, avionics, and the capacity to carry new missiles such as the AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile and AGM-65 Maverick and AGM-84 Harpoon air-to-surface missiles

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The Boeing B-29 Superfortress excelled in its day and night missions over Japan. It was the USAAF’s longest range bomber, which was required on its vast over open water missions.

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 Boeing B-29 Props

© rsheath 76

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So beautiful, we owe a lot to propellers….we changed them into compressor fans, for use in jet engines…now they are back as drone vertical propellers, smaller and more useful than ever!!

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B25 ‘Mitchell’ bomber and Porsche 356C convertible

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B25 Mitchell

© CAF SoCal

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Martin RB-57A Canberra in flight (S/N 52-1447) of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, with a view of the checkerboard paint on the tail. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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B-17 returns from mission

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NASA researches received three SR-71s on loan from the Air Force after the program was canceled for high-speed and high-altitude aeronautical research. (NASA photo)

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Pilot - Photographer ¦ Lifestyle - Nature - Private

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B-24 Liberator ‘Rapid Robin’ of the 431st Bomb Squadron parked under camouflage netting at Bellows Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, Aug or Sep 1943  Source   United States Army via Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society

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B-29 Superfortress “Tokyo Local” 882nd Bomb Squadron taking off from Isley Field, Saipan, Sep-Nov1944.  Source   United States National Archives via D. Sheley

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Dark clouds

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Klingon armada closing planet earth

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This Friday at the Science & Nature show I will be debuting the last two prints in my Space Shuttle series (previous shuttles HERE) celebrating the Challenger and Columbia. These two incredible shuttles and their crews completed 36 successful missions and spent over 300 days in space. Some highlights of their missions included carrying the first woman to space (Challenger) and deploying the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (Columbia).

I’ll have these prints along with a very small supply of my original 3 shuttle prints at the show this Friday.

SCIENCE & NATURE // December 4th @ 7PM // Gallery 1988 East 7021 Melrose Ave Los Angeles CA 90038

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A B-25 and F4U-4 on Iwo Jima, 1945

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B-17 Bombardiers View of Bombs Falling on Target Germany