Posted on Jan 16, 2019
Sky High : The search for a new Canadian fighter jet in the 1970s (1978) - The Fifth Estate
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Canada Top Gun F-14 Tomcats on Afterburners to intercept Russian Bombers?
Flashback 1978. F-14, F-18 or the Toronado.
Canada searching for a replacement of the F -101Vodoo and the F-104.
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Story discusses failures of the F-104 Starfighter and the F-5. This is a Canadian show like 60 Minutes. The Show still exists today.
Flashback 1978. F-14, F-18 or the Toronado.
Canada searching for a replacement of the F -101Vodoo and the F-104.
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Story discusses failures of the F-104 Starfighter and the F-5. This is a Canadian show like 60 Minutes. The Show still exists today.
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CanadaARNORTHCOM&NORAD Military History Fighter Pilot Close Air Support (CAS)
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1SG (P) Mark Rudolph I'm not sure what your question is? I posted this story last night but you know how you only have 20 people you can give the link to. This morning, I added you and a few others. I saw this last night on my YouTube suggestions list and I couldn't stop watching this. Just click the YouTube link. It shows quite a few playing crashes. F-104 Starfighter crash. F-14 Tomcat crashed from a carrier and F-14 crashed on land after turbine failure. They showed some really cool planes back then and these planes are still being updated today. Hopefully we don't all go to the F-35 junk Strike Fighter.
1SG (P) Mark Rudolph LTC Stephen F. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
1SG (P) Mark Rudolph LTC Stephen F. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Sky High : The search for a new Canadian fighter jet in the 1970s (1978) - The Fifth Estate
Adrienne Clarkson looks at the search for a replacement for Canada’s aging fighter jet fleet in the late 1970s. The Canadian Forces had been looking for one ...
1SG (P) Mark Rudolph
I did include it in my original story but here it is.
https://youtu.be/kTk-Z0Th_SA
I did include it in my original story but here it is.
https://youtu.be/kTk-Z0Th_SA
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One plain I forgot to mention was the F-15 Strike Eagle. I didn't know that the f-104 Starfighter was a Widowmaker.
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LTC John Shaw
LTC (Join to see) - F-104, one of the earliest jets.
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/heres-luftwaffe-dubbed-iconic-f-104-starfighter-widow-maker/
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/heres-luftwaffe-dubbed-iconic-f-104-starfighter-widow-maker/
HERE'S WHY THE LUFTWAFFE DUBBED THE ICONIC F-104 STARFIGHTER "WIDOW MAKER" - The Aviation Geek...
The Starfighter got off to a very bad start in Germany when, in Jun. 1962, four F-104s were practicing for the type’s “introduction-into-service” display and crashed in formation, killing all four pilots The first futuristic-looking F-104 Starfighter flew in early 1956 and with its long circular fuselage, sharply pointed nose, and tiny, thin wings, it …
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
LTC John Shaw Worked on a base with Turkish F-104s in the early 80s. Quite an aircraft but the Turks did plant quite a few.
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