Kenshin
12-05-2003, 05:37 AM
This are from Thunder bombing runs in Vietnam... with some dog fight and SAM avoidance mid air photos..
These are much better images to what we see now in black and white.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_a_03.jpg
North Vietnam, bomb detonation on a railroad line. Summer of 72
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_b_01.jpg
Strike mission, North Vietnam, Bridge near Vinh. (The first guys missed the bridge, notice the bomb craters well short of the target.)
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_b_02_jan73.jpg
Good BDA (Bomb Damage Assessment) of oil storage Southwest of Hanoi.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_b_03_nov72.jpg
Hit!
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_c_04.jpg
Three SAM missile in flight, two detonating, near Nam Dinh, North Vietnam. Bottom smoke trail is third missile missing left to right
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_d_03.jpg
Upper right is Mig-17 Fresco, no clean shot--over North Vietnam.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_i_02.jpg
Mig-17 Fresco, right to left.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_j_04_nov72.jpg
Another oil storage area hit
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_k_01.jpg
F-4 Phantom launching an AIM-7 Sparrow missile.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_k_02_nov72.jpg
Bombs on target.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_l_03_jan73.jpg
MK-84 2000#'s.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_n_01.jpg
Nice strike on oil storage area.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_n_02.jpg
Mig-17 Fresco right to left.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_e_02.jpg
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_f_03.jpg
Strike on runway at Mig base and hangar. (Notice craters in runway.)
These are much better images to what we see now in black and white.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_a_03.jpg
North Vietnam, bomb detonation on a railroad line. Summer of 72
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_b_01.jpg
Strike mission, North Vietnam, Bridge near Vinh. (The first guys missed the bridge, notice the bomb craters well short of the target.)
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_b_02_jan73.jpg
Good BDA (Bomb Damage Assessment) of oil storage Southwest of Hanoi.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_b_03_nov72.jpg
Hit!
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_c_04.jpg
Three SAM missile in flight, two detonating, near Nam Dinh, North Vietnam. Bottom smoke trail is third missile missing left to right
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_d_03.jpg
Upper right is Mig-17 Fresco, no clean shot--over North Vietnam.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_i_02.jpg
Mig-17 Fresco, right to left.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_j_04_nov72.jpg
Another oil storage area hit
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_k_01.jpg
F-4 Phantom launching an AIM-7 Sparrow missile.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_k_02_nov72.jpg
Bombs on target.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_l_03_jan73.jpg
MK-84 2000#'s.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_n_01.jpg
Nice strike on oil storage area.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides2/img_n_02.jpg
Mig-17 Fresco right to left.
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_e_02.jpg
http://jasont.media.mit.edu/pictures/thunder/slides/img_f_03.jpg
Strike on runway at Mig base and hangar. (Notice craters in runway.)