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The evolution of the F-15 Selective Jettison knob over the past 50 years.

The 15A allows manual selection for each pylon as well as automated Combat, Rack, Pylon, & Stores options.

The 15C/E/EX all feature 7 options including OFF, with the E/EX variant having a slight difference in positioning.

F-15A Selective Jettison knob, which features both manual and automatic jettison modes
F-15C Selective Jettison knob, which does away with manual selection of each individual pylon in favour of with a simplified layout with a design preference toward automatic jettison modes.
F-15E Selective Jettison knob, which features updated labelling and is slightly offset from the F-15C variant
F-15EX Selective Jettison knob, which is identical to the F-15E variant
#f15#aircraft#cockpit
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There’s just something about plane corpses that really speak to me.

Relics of a bygone era. The memory of their time soaring through in the skies slowly fading with the passage of time. With the loss of each airframe we loose a piece of history. Power made meek. Permanence made impermanent.

A damaged and part-stripped RAF Sepecat Jaguar T4 resting on its nose, left abandoned in its asphalt parking space at Predannack Airbase, UK. Photographed on 3 Oct 2018.
Various abandoned Russian fighters, bombers, and reconnaissance aircraft left to rot amongst trees at an airbase in Sakhalin, Russia. Photographed in November 2020.
A Czechoslovak MiG-19S parked in a sheet metal hangar at Hradec Králove Airbase, Czechia. Photographed on 16 November 2006.
A derelict Consolidated B-24D Liberator left abandoned in an open grassland on Atka Island in Alaska, USA. Its tail section is separated from the forward half of the airframe.
#aircraft#fighterjet#bomber
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Here’s one more. This is a black-and-white photo from below of a Soviet MiG-19PM carrying four guided ‘beam-riding’ RS-2U air-to-air missiles. Judging from the darkness of the sky above this was probably taken while flying near its service ceiling of 17,500 m.

Black-and-white photo from below of a Soviet MiG-19PM carrying four guided ‘beam-riding’ RS-2U air-to-air missiles.
#Soviet#MiG19#RS2U
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Since I’m currently trialling the MiG-19P in #DCS I decided to look up some nice pics of the MiG-19 and Shenyang J-6/F-6.

I have to say these few are some of the coolest of the plane in service I’ve come across. Really showcases what the MiG is all about.

A pair of two-seat Pakistani F-6 fighter aircraft flying in close formation over a semi-arid landscape. The furthest aircraft banks hard left, showcasing two external fuel tanks mounted under its distinctive swept wings.
Pakistani F-6 fighter jet flying over clouds while test firing an AIM-9P air-to-air missile.
A trio of two-seat Pakistani F-6 fighter aircraft flying in close formation over clouds. The furthest two aircraft bank hard left, showcasing two external fuel tanks mounted under its distinctive swept wings.
An F-6 of Pakistani Squadron 25 parked on the apron of Rafiqui Airbase, Punjab, Pakistan on 14 Feb 1991. A pilot wearing a white helmet monitors cockpit interments during startup. The canopy of the cockpit is slid back open. A member of the ground crew in a green uniform stands lazily beside an external power unit parked beside the nose of the aircraft.
#PAF#MiG19#J6
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#TIL the external travel pod equipped to F-16 fighter jets are actually old hollowed-out Mark 77 napalm incendiary bombs.

Incendiary bombs saw extensive use during the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars to horrific effect. However, this Mark 77 has since been retired to a life of carrying luggage and other goods for pilots. What a silly way to reuse a bomb.

A Pakistani F-16B fighter jet carrying a former Mk-77 napalm incendiary bomb on the outboard hardpoint of the plane's left wing. Pakistan, 2007.
An American A-4E (or later variant) ground attack aircraft dropping a Mark 77 napalm incendiary bomb near Khe Sanh, South Vietnam. 1968.
An American F-100D fighter jet dropping a Mark 77 napalm incendiary bomb near Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.1967.
An American AV-8B Harrier jet being equipped with a Mark 77 napalm incendiary bomb in preparation for Operation Desert Storm. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February 1991.
#f16#f100#napalm
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I recently discovered that there’s an AV-8B+ Harrier II flying out of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake with VX-9 [en.wikipedia.org] and VX-31 [en.wikipedia.org]. I didn’t know the Harrier II was still in active service given how old the birds are now.

Pretty rad knowing there’s some Harriers out in the rugged Coso Volcanic Field [en.wikipedia.org] doing training flights like something out of Star Wars.

Flightradar24 showing a a McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II flying around the Mojave Desert and Sierra Nevada today (10 June 2024).
A McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II flying low over the rocky terrain of the Coso Volcanic Field in May 2024.
#AV8B#HarrierII#fighterjet
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