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Try these sites: https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv43-70/index.html https://www.usscoralsea.net/pics1970s1.php Jari

Here is another one: Jari

Good pick up on the TP bomb GW, it looks like the fwd upper on the inboad is another one as the yellow stripe is further back compared to the rest. The early thermal protection was internal, a goo type material. Here is another one with Mk-82s: it appears to be an earlier MER type rack (see pg 2 of this thread) while the other one is a later BRU-3 which probably required different fin configuration. Some engineer most likely did the math of how the bombs would behave when the bombs came off so that they didn't hit the rack, aircraft or the other bombs. Jari

Here are F-111s with bombs: Mk-82: M-117, note forward bombs are a different config compared to the rear bombs: Mk-82 AIR: Jari

Some interesting details of the F-4G in Desert Storm starting on pg15: https://afhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Winter2023-Issue_all.pdf a nice pic of kill markings on pg36. Jari

Here are some F-104s in Tawain: https://images.google.com/hosted/life/718659467b2d4d2b.html click the Related images thumbnails for more. Jari

Flasher pod being installed: Jari

Look here: https://public.fotki.com/tsumner/scale-modeling/revetments/ on page 2 there are a couple of drawings giving dimensions. Jari

Here is some info from manuals, first one is the RA-5C: The early bomber version: Jari

One thing to note is there are always various shades of colour as you can see with the various bomb bodies in this pic: Jari

Don't know the timeframe but how about 3 x GBU-12 on a TER: Jari

Back to the subject of Rockeyes: Jari

The F-4 drag chute: F-104: A 2 ft difference. Jari

Not much which airframe they were flying but some details here: https://www.twz.com/air/f-15e-pilot-recounts-having-to-switch-to-guns-after-missiles-ran-dry-during-iranian-drone-barrage a bottom view showing the load of a F-15E: I think the fourth AIM-120 wasn't loaded. Jari

A F-111F loaded with Durandals during Desert Shield: from here: https://www.301fw.afrc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/690834/echoes-of-desert-storm-reverberate-in-fort-worth/ Jari