Mike Busutil Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 While we wait for the LS MiG-21 I thought I would share some of my pictures I took of some dead Iraqi MiG's and other aircraft. I did a deployment in 2006 to Habbaniyah Iraq. (Approximately 10 miles west of Fallujah) Bullet holes... Two seater Front cockpit I took a mach gauge from this MiG-21 to bring home and have in my office. But when I left Iraq "they" told me I was not allowed to keep it as it was a "prize of war" or something like that. They kept it during my packout... Too bad because that would of been really cool to have. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Checkout my user files here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mike Busutil/apply/
Mike Busutil Posted May 7, 2014 Author Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) A few more... From a distance I thought this was a Zero! But after a closer look I believe it is a Percival Provost T1 Edited May 7, 2014 by Mike Busutil [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Checkout my user files here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mike Busutil/apply/
Zakatak Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) If only this module came out sooner, you could have fixed one up and flown it back home yourself! :P Also, Rosebud was his MiG. Edited May 7, 2014 by Zakatak
McBlemmen Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 In a way , thats pretty scary... I do like the "saddam's air force one" though
Jonnio Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 Great pictures, I would've tried to snag a souvenir from one of them. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Vitesse2l Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 Some western aircraft in there too. Third one down was a vampire? Twin tail booms. Very old... Great pics.
Mike Busutil Posted May 7, 2014 Author Posted May 7, 2014 Great pictures, I would've tried to snag a souvenir from one of them. I took a mach gauge from the Black MiG-21 to bring home and have in my office. But when I left Iraq "they" told me I was not allowed to keep it as it was a "prize of war" or something like that. They kept it during my packout... Too bad because that would of been really cool to have. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Checkout my user files here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mike Busutil/apply/
Mike Busutil Posted May 7, 2014 Author Posted May 7, 2014 Some western aircraft in there too. Third one down was a vampire? Twin tail booms. Very old... Great pics. Correct, de Havilland Vampire. Notice it still had bombs on it... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Checkout my user files here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mike Busutil/apply/
Mike Busutil Posted May 7, 2014 Author Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) The first twin engine I believe is a DH-104 de havilland dove... Edited May 7, 2014 by Mike Busutil [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Checkout my user files here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mike Busutil/apply/
hypersonik Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 MIG29 seemed to still have radar :O, nice shots. Wouldn't wana be there when it went down. DCSW wishlist : multi-crew :D GTX480, i52400, 8GB, Samsung EVO 840 250G SSD, Raid 0 2TB =~45 FPS [Maxed] [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
ironmarc Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 Great pics. And what a waste. They were just abandoned there and for a long time it seems.
Haukka81 Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 There is something in these pictures that makes me go bit sad. Maybe its just to see fighter aircrafts in so bad shape just left to open for ever. Oculus CV1, Odyssey, Pimax 5k+ (i5 8400, 24gb ddr4 3000mhz, 1080Ti OC ) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
lazduc Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 Haukka81, Wanna see something real sad....look this up....Images for air force boneyard Tucson . All our tax dollars and if you want something there you have to buy it...nothing is given away....errr except to movie studios. Lazduc
stokerel Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) Beautiful pics but heartbreaking to see state those birds came to. The Vampire pic is amazing, bomb still attached - I assume it's a training round. In the Tucson boneyard, just browsing the pics on google, look what I found: They certainly look like F15s to me :cry: Edited May 7, 2014 by stokerel
Grim_Smiles Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 "ROSEBUD". You owe me a new keyboard. :D LOL I loved that one as well. I took a mach gauge from the Black MiG-21 to bring home and have in my office. But when I left Iraq "they" told me I was not allowed to keep it as it was a "prize of war" or something like that. They kept it during my packout... Too bad because that would of been really cool to have. WWII we had soldiers bringing back Lugers, these days you can't even bring home a fountain pen you found on the ground.:doh: It isn't like you were walking away with Babylonian pottery, shame they didn't let you keep the gauge. "Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky; With hideous ruin and combustion down; To bottomless perdition, there to dwell; In adamantine chains and penal fire" (RIG info is outdated, will update at some point) i5 @3.7GHz (OC to 4.1), 16GB DDR3, Nvidia GTX 970 4GB, TrackIR 5 & TrackClip Pro, TM Warthog HOTAS, VKB T-Rudder Mk.IV, Razer Blackshark Headset, Obutto Ozone
Scrim Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 WWII we had soldiers bringing back Lugers, these days you can't even bring home a fountain pen you found on the ground.:doh: It isn't like you were walking away with Babylonian pottery, shame they didn't let you keep the gauge. In Vietnam, I've read at least one account of how official regulations allowed anything up to an SKS rifle to be sent home by mail.
Vitesse2l Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) I'm thinking the Vampire may actually be a Venom, according to this page, and the shape of the intake http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_207.shtml Also, I like that the 2-seater cockpit pic has English labels. Edited May 7, 2014 by Vitesse2l
Paradox Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 I'm thinking the Vampire may actually be a Venom, according to this page, and the shape of the intake http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_207.shtml Also, I like that the 2-seater cockpit pic has English labels. I think most of the Iraqi MiG-21s had English text. Not sure about the MiG-29s
SkateZilla Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 someone cut a canopy section and ship it back to me on a palet? lol.. So when I fly DCS MIG-21 I can sit in the mig pit complete with closing canopy,:music_whistling: Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
Scrim Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 Get hooked up with some local, I doubt he'd mind making a hundred bucks (probably a months worth of salary) or so by dismantling part of what he considers to be trash in his backyard. :P
MiG21bisFishbedL Posted May 7, 2014 Posted May 7, 2014 Actually, aren't most of those J-7 IIs as opposed to actual MiGs? Reformers hate him! This one weird trick found by a bush pilot will make gunfighter obsessed old farts angry at your multi-role carrier deck line up!
X93355 Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Haukka81, Wanna see something real sad....look this up....Images for air force boneyard Tucson . All our tax dollars and if you want something there you have to buy it...nothing is given away....errr except to movie studios. Lazduc There's a few latex'd F-16's in there that were destined for NZ back in early 2000. But we put a woman in charge of the country and that was that really. Sad InWin S Frame with Asus Z170 | i7-6700K @ 4.5 Water Cooled CPU and Graphics | 16GB DDR4 | GTX1070 | 240GB M.2 SSD | Warthog Hotas | MFG Crosswind | 40" Samsung 4K | CV1 | Replica MB Mk10 Ejection Seat with Gametrix 908
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