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Cold War Air Mobility

@kadonkey via X

     In 1996, she returned home for retirement. The Starlifters were all born at Air Force Plant 6 in Marietta, Georgia, where she sat without wings for many years until “The Aviation Wing” museum acquired the historic prototype. They towed her to a museum airpark on Plant 6 and replaced the wings. Her restoration continues within eyeshot of the Lockheed plant that she rolled out of in 1966.

Cold War Heavy Lifter by markkarvon

An impressive lineup of U.S. Air Force aircraft types were on static display at this airshow at Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas, circa 1967. The fighter row (middle) includes three F-105 Thunderchiefs, three Lockheed F-104 Starfighters, an F-101 Voodoo, an F-4 Phantom II, two Convair F-106 Delta Darts, a Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, and a T-38 Talon trainer. At top, a B-52 Stratofortress bomber and a KC-135 Stratotanker refueler are next to a Lockheed C-141A StarLifter transport and the XB-70 Valkyrie triple-sonic research aircraft, whose center fuselage was made at the then-Lockheed-Georgia Company facility in Marietta, Georgia. The eclectic group at the bottom includes (clockwise from left) a Lockheed YF-12 interceptor, an RB-57 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft modified at the General Dynamics (formerly Convair) facility across the runway, a Convair B-58 Hustler bomber, a General Dynamics F-111A fighter-bomber, a B-26K Counter Invader, and a Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady high altitude reconnaissance aircraft. At the far right, either real or mockups, are an X-15 research aircraft and a Thor-Able booster rocket.

Some shots from JBLM 's McChord Field and museum.

(U.S. Air Force photo)

AFRC Lockeed C-141 Starlifter @ RAF Fairford