MA tail code A-10A, F-15A/B…131 TFS, 104 FW, “red/white”, Barnes MAP, MA, ANG/ACC

WA tail code A-7, A-10, F-105, F-111D, F-15C/D/E, F-16C/D, F-22, HH-60G, T-38, RQ-1…57 W, (ACC), Nellis AFB, NV

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1978 Valiant Super Bee with 300HP 360. Never heard of it? No surprise. It was only available in Mexico.

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What are those?

Um, that's not good...

From another site ...
Turbojet and turbofan engines cannot effectively use supersonic air. The front blades on the compressors set up shockwaves and the engines compressor stall or flameout.

The air coming in the intake has to be slowed to subsonic speed for the engines to use it effectively.

The devices on the F-4's were variable inlet doors or ramps.

They would move the supersonic shockwave far enough out front of the intakes.

They would also slow the air to subsonic speed.

If you ever heard that high pitched whistling noise on an F-4 or any supersonic capable aircraft in the landing pattern,it's the variable inlet doors moving to disrupt the airflow for the engines to use the air more effectively.(It's the air molecules screaming in pain -- LOL)

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There can never be too many pictures posted of the A-10! What an incredible aircraft!
We used to go down to Camp Atterbury in southern Indiana to watch the live fire testing of these, typically along with A-7's and F-4's in the mid to late 80s. When they were being scored on their firing they would typically make two passes at the target. I always called the A-10 the Corvette of fighter jets because after the F-4 and A-7's would make their first pass they would bank hard to come around for the second pass and they would almost go out of sight due to the large arc they had to take. The A-10's though would make a firing pass, bank hard and turn and in 15-20 seconds they were right back on target for their second pass! The others took around a minute to come back around. And when they fired that 30mm gun! You'd see the smoke pour out of the front of the plane, THEN hear that sound! It was goose bumps the whole time! I'll never forget that.