large aircraft colour schemes worn during the Vietnam War

[McColm]

Hi Guys,
You might be aware that I'm building a few AEW & C aircraft. The theme is the Vietnam War , aircraft flown either by the USAF or USNavy.
Had the Shackleton entered service with either the USAF or USNavy I wonder what camouflage schemes they would have used?
The USNavy went for a dark blue and white scheme on the Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star Constellations.
The RA-5C did wear a temporary cammo scheme before reverting to the usual colours.

[PR19_Kit]

IIRC the USN Warning Stars were white over grey by 1965 or so.



There were only a few Vigilantes in that camo scheme, maybe only one. It flew with RVAH-5 from the USS Kitty Hawk.

[McColm]

Thanks for clarifying that, all the pictures I've seen about the Warning Star have looked dark blue and white.

[Dizzyfugu]

I'd assume it's FS36081? For the USN, the standard high viz naval scheme would be a typical option (FS36440 over white), while a USAF aircraft could optionally carry the SEA scheme or the SIOP scheme (Check B-52Ds of the era or the later G models) with more pale colors and a very light grey or black underside?

[Rick Lowe]

There was at least one EC-121 Connie in the standard SEAC 3-tone over Lt Grey:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Lockheed_EC-121R_1969.jpg

Makes a different version from the US Navy scheme...

Cheers

[McColm]

Thanks