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There are a few pictures out there with the dual launcher, but it didn't seem to be used very much.  By far the single rail installation was the one seen the most.  You'll notice on the picture below that the Thud is still in the aluminum lacquer paint scheme.

 

Regards,

Murph

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Murph said:

There are a few pictures out there with the dual launcher, but it didn't seem to be used very much.  By far the single rail installation was the one seen the most.  You'll notice on the picture below that the Thud is still in the aluminum lacquer paint scheme.

 

Regards,

Murph

 

 

AIM-9 dual launcher.jpg

Where would one get the dual rail mount? That looks pretty cool

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On 3/20/2023 at 10:09 PM, Murph said:

There are a few pictures out there with the dual launcher, but it didn't seem to be used very much.  By far the single rail installation was the one seen the most.  You'll notice on the picture below that the Thud is still in the aluminum lacquer paint scheme.

 

Regards,

Murph

 

During the late 60's when we could we carried the twin mount mostly to RP 6 and sometimes 5.

Cheers:cheers:

Itch

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8 hours ago, Raptor.777 said:

Did they ever use the AIM 9E or was it always the AIM 9B?. I Like the lookout the E's better

Bs only. Rolling Thunder ended at the end of October 1968. AIM-9Es were a modification of the AIM-9B that became operational in 1969, but no one was going into North Vietnam then. The F-105Ds were withdrawn from SEA by the end of 1970 and we didn't start bombing NVN again (seriously) until Line Backer in May 1972. At that time the USAF used primarily AIM-9Es with the AIM-9J making a limited appearance beginning in July 1972.

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1 hour ago, mrvark said:

Bs only. Rolling Thunder ended at the end of October 1968. AIM-9Es were a modification of the AIM-9B that became operational in 1969, but no one was going into North Vietnam then. The F-105Ds were withdrawn from SEA by the end of 1970 and we didn't start bombing NVN again (seriously) until Line Backer in May 1972. At that time the USAF used primarily AIM-9Es with the AIM-9J making a limited appearance beginning in 

What are the major differences between the B and the E?

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13 minutes ago, Raptor.777 said:

What are the major differences between the B and the E?

FWIW F-105's had 3 air to air kills with the B version.

B to E.

E was essentially an upgraded B with a better cooling system, different materials for the seeker dome, and a different rocket motor.

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17 minutes ago, Raptor.777 said:

What are the major differences between the B and the E?

The AIM-9E incorporated the Low Altitude Performance (LAP) seeker, which was 6.5" longer and pointier than the AIM-9B seeker. Also, it's canards were attached with screws instead of being permanently attached in the factory. Aside from the seeker, the remainder of the missile was unchanged.

 

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I just got my Phase hangar resin sidewinder missile pylon set and I also got the Eduard/Brassin AN?ALQ 87 jamming pod. I see that there are a couple different configuarations for the jamming pod. One has blades up front, I'm assuming to spin to generate power, one has a flat nose and is just a plain nose and also different antenna configurations. Looking for something that was used in the late 60's. Anyone have any pics they would like to share? All this is for the F-105D

Thanks

Jeff

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Here are a  couple of pics, the early pods had blades on the nose to generate the power to the pod while later ones used the aircraft's power:

 

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also the antennas varied depending on what radar frequencies needed to be jammed.

 

Jari

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By late 1967 all F-105s had been modified to supply electrical power to the AN/ALQ-87s. The RATs were occasionally seen later than that if there was an electrical problem with the aircraft/pylon.

 

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