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That looks to be possibly Biggs Army Airfield or El Paso IAP: the El Paso area was the only part of Texas to be regularly visited by Tac Air in 1986-early '87. Went there a few times, so that may be a 335th strike.

Wonder what the Marines thought when they found out those survivalists had "taken care of" the Soviets who came ashore... Apart from likely complaining about not having any live prisoners to interrogate, that is.

VA-52 launches from USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) during mopping-up operations after the Battle of Puget Sound, June, 1986. Soviet survivors, many of them armed, had gone ashore on a number of the San Juan islands, and had to be dealt with by 3rd Marine Division. It took two weeks to clean them up.

I may be too hard on the man, but that sounds like something the Edsel mechanic would say. ISTR hearing that one of his Whiz Kids actually did say something to that effect while visiting a carrier… This happened in late '65-early '66, IIRC. A Whiz Kid showed up on TF-77's flagship in the Gulf of To...

Lordroel wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 7:26 pm All 389 chapters are now online:

Chapters of the Last War

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What enemy Search and Rescue? Downed Combloc aircrew were told that unless they were found by Spetsnatz or other SOF (like the Cuban TE) behind American lines, they were on their own. Some units told their crews that the best option was to be captured by the U.S. Military instead of the Resistance o...

Getting set for the next one.... 335th TFS, Sheppard AFB, TX: 1145 Hours Central War Time: In the CO's Office, Major Wiser sat behind his desk, dealing with the armchair warriors. While annoying, at least the XO filtered out what was really important for his attention, and dealt with the rest “on be...

Both the 419th TFW and the 116th TFW (GA ANG) flew Thuds for much of the war, but the AF decided not to reestablish a formal RTU (Replacement Training Unit). Thus, each wing was responsible for training new air and ground crew, with the 419th having a det at Hill where students first flew the F-105F...

One of the Cuban Tu-16s...

One of the Cuban examples:

Once again tankers play a key role in the day's events That they do. One thing that may happen once Al Salman is secured is that the West (Saudi) tanker track moves north. And when the base is secured? AF RED HORSE will come in to see if the field can be reopened to support CSAR and SOF operations....

North Korea, before their terminal case of the stupids.

There's some writing on one mine that looks like Farsi. That would betray the source of the mines as Iranian.

One of 74 Squadron's F-4Js on a maintenance check flight after both engines were changed, late 1987; Flight Lts. Karen McKay (PLT) and "Razor" Wilkinson (RIO) are at the controls.

F-15 had the best for the Allies. Toss-up between MiG-29 and Su-27 for the bad guys. The MiG-29s would've been far more lethal if their helmet-mounted sight and the AA-11 (R-73) AAM were both operational. And again, you had no business messing with a Flanker in anything less than a "Teenage&quo...

A brief history of the Wolverines from the Templin Institute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYrleoLU--A

One of four VA-155 A-6s from USS Ranger (CV-61) launched on a Mining Mission near Kamchatka, during First Kamchatka, 1987

Working on the next piece, folks.

No. If launched, the missile exhaust might interfere with the pod's electronics.

One of the antiarmor loads that the 335th carried: this one doesn't have AIM-9 on the inboard pylon missile rails, but I have seen loads that do have the 6x Mark-20 Rockeye (or other CBUs) and the Sidewinders. This bird does have the ECM pod and should have the two AIM-7s in the aft missile wells.