R Michael Posted December 19, 2008 Share #1 Posted December 19, 2008 here is one of the nicer slides from a 100+ kodachrome slide grouping i picked up on Ebay last week. Well worth the $9.95 price. thought I would share. I know very little bout the bird. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Ragan Posted December 19, 2008 Share #2 Posted December 19, 2008 It's a Lockheed F-94 "Starfire", and I believe it's an "A" model with 20mm cannons in the nose. Later variants were rocket & missile armed. Sure is a neat pix of an almost forgotten early jet interceptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted December 19, 2008 Share #3 Posted December 19, 2008 I don't know nothing about jets and will never claim to but, doesn't that jet just look fast sitting there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBMflyer Posted December 19, 2008 Share #4 Posted December 19, 2008 Hi, beautiful shot of the aircraft. It is from the 64th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. The 64th FIS flew the F-94 from 1951-1954 out of Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. Hope this helps, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluehawk Posted December 19, 2008 Share #5 Posted December 19, 2008 I don't know nothing about jets and will never claim to but, doesn't that jet just look fast sitting there? It would go a tad less than 600 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Michael Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted December 19, 2008 Ahhh makes sense! as the other slides in the group are in Alaska, at least the military ones. thanks guys for the great information! This one slide to me was well worth the purchase price for the entire lot. Mike Hi, beautiful shot of the aircraft. It is from the 64th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. The 64th FIS flew the F-94 from 1951-1954 out of Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. Hope this helps, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewA74 Posted December 21, 2008 Share #7 Posted December 21, 2008 LOL, the parachutes look like tennis shoes, that's kinda what I thought they were when I first looked at the picture...landing gear. Andrew Doctor! Head Examniation Please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F100kid Posted January 10, 2009 Share #8 Posted January 10, 2009 Very new member here, but the F94C was my first airplane straight out of B47 tech school in 1955. I had been trained for 4 mths as a B47 mechanic so it made absolute sense for the AF to send me and about half my class to McClellan AFB in CA to work on fighters! Especially since Amarillo was also training fighter mechanics and in fact one of my room mates was in fighter school at the time. I don't remember much about the 94 as that was a long time ago, but as stated the C model did pick up a rocket pod on each wing and a rack that dropped down under the fuselage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evstringer Posted February 21, 2009 Share #9 Posted February 21, 2009 That indeed is a nice photo R Michael. F100Kid, looks like we are of the same vintage. I started Basic Training at Sampson AFB in May 1955 and started Aircraft Mechanic school on the F84F at Amarillo on 21 August 1955. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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