general melchett Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Easy,.... Blinder, Bison, Bounder, Bear, Fiddler.......Do svadanya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Mirage III/V family Mirage IV Mirage F-1 MiG-21 Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozkar Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 U-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pielstick Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) There are so many to choose from... Not forgetting we are talking about non-UK aircraft... In no particular order: C-130 - more than fifty years in service now and still going strong in MANY countries. MiG-21 - quantity has a quality all of its own Su-27 - I bet this gave many a NATO pilot bad dreams in the last years of the Cold War. F-4 - in service with many air arms and battle tested many times in many different roles. SR-71 - a truly amazing piece of engineering, never once touched despite the Soviet's best efforts. And the ones that I don't think were much good: F-104 - overrated, the USAF got rid of it as soon as they could and it appears many of the foreign purchasers were bribed into buying it. MiG-23 - looks like the Soviets forgot to learn the lessons about non-agile missile fighters the Americans did over Vietnam. MiG-25 - after the Belenko defection it became clear NATO had been getting all worked up over nothing. Edited October 9, 2009 by Pielstick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 My five would be, judged solely by the Top Gear "cool wall" principle1/ EE Lightning 2/ Sukhoi Su15 3/ Viggen 4/ F15 Eagle 5/ Sea Vixen Would Kirsten Scott Thomas be seen in any of these? Anyhoo my tuppence worth (again in no particular order): MiG 17: the backbone of many a conflict Douglas A-1: just because it just looks so cool all loaded up Mirage III/V family: for all those neat colour schemes C130: so good its replacement looks remarkably similar 50 years on UH1: the best thing ever with a rotating wingspar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 This is a tricky one, here goes; 1. SR-71 Blackbird 2. F-106 Delta Dart 3. Mig 25 Foxbat 4. F-4 Phantom 5. SAAB Viggen I seem to have picked mostly interceptors, so maybe the SR-71 should be swapped for a YF-12! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 F-8 Crusader F-106 Delta Dart RF-101C Voodoo RA-5C Vigilante Draken I guess the Phantom should get a honourable mention Mlcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Well my choices are 1. F-104 Starfighter 2. EE Lightning---- Now this is the Cold war fighter when I think of aicraft in the cold war. 3.Hawker Hunter 4.F-86 Sabre 5.F-102 More on the list 6.F-106 7.Vulcan 8.F-101 Voodoo Thats my selection that comes to mind when I think of the Cold war. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuts Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Here's mine... F4 NATO's backbone.. F15 Mirage series MiG21 Su27 Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatt88 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 OK, worldwide........no particular order.... F-106 MiG 21 EE Lightning, because it just looked bad bottom even sitting still F-4 Mirage III Cheers, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Lightning (bit biased, first RAF posting was Binbrook) F-104 Starfighter SR-71 Blackbird Draken F-8 Crusader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrite Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Mirage IV Mirage III series Viggen Lightning Tornado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nwanda Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 (edited) 1. Mirage III family - elegant, tough, allways a winner and still soldiering on in various forms (Rumour has it that the SAAF chettahs are to be sold to a South American Nation which will keep it going for a while longer) 2. Mirage F1 - for pure prettiness, and bit quite hard hitter in its day ... 3. Canberra - say no more 4. C -130 no conflict has been complete without it in one or the other role 5. C47 - an escapee from an earlier age and still going strong .... Mike Blimey, my 100th post Edited October 15, 2009 by Nwanda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avro683 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Carrying on from the other thread.. 1 Dassault Mirage lll 2 NA F-86 Sabre 3 Hawker Hunter 4 Blackburn Buccaneer 5 Lockheed C130 Hercules Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svake Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Hm this was not easy, have too many I like but number one is no problem. 1. F-104 Starfighter. 2. Yak-28. 3. Mig-21. 4. F-86. 5. F-5. Sven-Ake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmanrick Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 My top five (non- RAF) are: F-4 Phantom (for it's sheer ubiquitous-ness) F-111 (the first operational swing-wing fighter, need I say more) B-36 (My uncle was a bomb handler on these monsters, so a special place is reserved) MiG-21 (the Soviet bloc equivalent (in production terms) of the F-4) MiG-23/37 (the Soviet bloc equivalent of the F-111) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPNGROATS Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Cold War...USA-USSR, as defined, so: B-52, SR-71, F-4, Mig-21, KC-135. Cheers, ggc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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