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Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Mil Mi-28 attack helicopter, often referred to by its NATO reporting name “Havoc”.It is designed for specialised anti-tank operations and has been utilised extensively in the Russian-Ukrainian War. The aircraft is armed with advanced weaponry, including newly deployed anti-tank missiles. While primarily operated by the Russian Air Force, Iran has recently moved to acquire these helicopters.
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Grumman HU-16 Albatross, an amphibious aircraft built for U.S. Air Force search-and-rescue missions. Watch it power through the water before climbing effortlessly onto land using its retractable landing gear. Capable of operating from both open water and conventional runways, the Albatross has rescued countless downed aircrews and stranded sailors in places where few other aircraft could reach.
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Thursday, 16 July 2026
Lockheed EC-130V Hercules of the U.S. Coast Guard.
The shooter(Catapult officer) signals the launch of the McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk trainer aircraft of the Training Air Wing Two.
Tu-22M3 Backfire “Vladimir Bezbokov” with 2 Kh-22 Anti-Ship missiles and 2 MBD3-U9-68 multiple ejector racks under the air intakes.
Monday, 13 July 2026
A Rafale F4 controlled a UAV carrying the Namib EW payload as part of a wider drive by France to equip the combat jet for the SEAD/DEAD mission.
This image depicts “Navy One,” specifically a Lockheed S-3B Viking from Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). The event occurred on May 1, 2003, marking the only time in history a U.S. President landed on an aircraft carrier in a fixed-wing aircraft. President George W. Bush used this flight to deliver his “Mission Accomplished” speech on the flight deck.
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Mil Mi-28 attack helicopter, often referred to by its NATO reporting name “Havoc”.It is designed for specialised anti-tank operations and has been utilised extensively in the Russian-Ukrainian War. The aircraft is armed with advanced weaponry, including newly deployed anti-tank missiles. While primarily operated by the Russian Air Force, Iran has recently moved to acquire these helicopters.
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JASDF (Tactical Fighter Training Group, hikoukyoudougu) is the aggressor unit of the Air Tactics Development Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Komatsu Air Base in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
On this day in 1978 the Royal Navy ceased steam catapult launches from Aircraft Carriers, when the last ever Plane, an F4K Phantom was launched from HMS ARK ROYAL. A few hours earlier the last Buccaneer was launched too. Buccaneer and Phantom.
B-17 Flying Fortress serial number (42-97503) nicknamed "Princess Pat" a part of the 381st Bomb Group. Eventually crash landed in 1945 and burned out was salvaged and scraped.