U.S. Military Bicentennial Liveries

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 06/09/2015 at 13:29 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Googled “Thunderbirds F-15” out of boredom and curiosity and found these. Looks like the various branches painted a few aircraft in red, white, and blue schemes to celebrate the 1976 bicentennial.

ly2v8-Brian > Jcarr 06/09/2015 at 13:35

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Tractors too

Your boy, BJR > Jcarr 06/09/2015 at 13:42

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Cadillacs too

Brian, The Life of > Jcarr 06/09/2015 at 13:50

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There was also a train! The Spirit of 76 train took the Liberty Bell on a whistle stop tour of the US in 1976. It stopped in my hometown :)

Jcarr > Brian, The Life of 06/09/2015 at 13:57

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Something tells me that stuff like this won’t happen, or won’t happen to the same extent, in 2026.

T5Killer > Jcarr 06/09/2015 at 14:04

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German owned USAF marked Training TF-104s @ Luke AFB AZ.

Brian, The Life of > Jcarr 06/09/2015 at 14:13

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It really was a party. The entire country had Bicentennial Fever and virtually every consumer product packaging was changed to celebrate the year.

Jcarr > Brian, The Life of 06/09/2015 at 14:17

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Wish I could have experienced it. Alas, I was still 8 years off.

Brian, The Life of > Jcarr 06/09/2015 at 14:18

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I was 11.

/lawn. off.

ttyymmnn > Brian, The Life of 06/09/2015 at 14:37

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I was 10, so can I stay on your lawn? I was in Cub Scouts at that time, so we were all over it. I still keep every Bicentennial quarter that I find.

Brian, The Life of > ttyymmnn 06/09/2015 at 14:40

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Somewhere I still have (what’s left) of my Tyco HO Bicentennial train set. Mainly just the engine and caboose. IIRC, the cars in between were regular ones that didn’t sport the red, white and blue livery. I'll have to find it one of these days.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 06/09/2015 at 19:45

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I enjoyed this collection of photos. Neat idea. Thanks.

The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) > Jcarr 06/11/2015 at 15:05

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What’s more AMERICA than a futuristic fighter jet that fired nuclear missiles at Russian bombers while painted like the American flag? Nothing, that’s what.

The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!) > Brian, The Life of 06/11/2015 at 15:09

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I think every railroad jumped on the Bicentennial train in 1976. Pic related - one of my favorites: