Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was an American supersonic interceptor and fighter-bomber developed during the 1950s. Often called the “missile with a man in it,” or the widowmaker by the Luftwaffe due to high losses, it featured a needle-nosed fuselage, a high T-tail, and extremely short, razor-thin stub wings built for raw speed and high-altitude climbs.

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Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft, delivered to the U.S. Navy on October 15, 2026, at Marietta, Georgia, to be modified into the future E-130J Phoenix II strategic communications platform.

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The British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) TSR-2 prototype. Taking off in the foreground, with an English Electric Lightning in the background as a high-speed chase aircraft, and as a museum piece. The British Government cancelled the ambitious supersonic program in April 1965.

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Rockwell B-1B Lancer supersonic, variable-sweep-wing strategic bomber, commonly nicknamed the “BONE” (from “B-One”), took off in 1984; the first production Rockwell International B-1B Lancer, serial number 82-0001, soared into the skies for its inaugural flight from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.

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Indian Air Force Mi-35 Hind-E Attack Helicopter with a visible Yakushev-Borzov Yak 12.7×108 mm cannon and a Tamam HMOSP FLIR ball, along with a B-8V20A rocket pod that fires S-8 rockets.

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The British Aerospace P.1216 was a proposed supersonic Advanced Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) fighter developed by the former Hawker design team during the 1980s. Designed to build on the experience gained from the Harrier family, it aimed to combine supersonic performance with vertical landing and short take-off capabilities.

 

The Douglas XTB2D Skypirate, also known as the Devastator II, was a proposed American carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Designed for the large Midway- and Essex-class aircraft carriers, it was one of the largest single-engine carrier aircraft of its era.

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