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HistoryPhotos is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

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Nuclear consent switch on an F-16 Fighting Falcon (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/historyphotos@piefed.social

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[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

LOL, I had my "JETS ARE COOL!" phase when the F-1n fighters were the only active ones, so yeah. The swing-wing one from Top Gun is an F-14. F-16's (provided by the Israeli Air Force, so... yay?) were featured in the, ahem, somewhat less well regarded Louis Gossett Jr. vehicle Iron Eagle.

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Hey, you leave ol' Iron Eagle outta this. That's was the best fuckyeah-milprop winter blockbuster that '86 had offer. Besides, at least LG Jr isn't a gawdamn sociopathic cultist. 😅 I think.