Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine, supersonic fourth-generation jet fighter in flight with its landing gear deployed. Developed by the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s to counter Western fighters like the F-16.Twin Klimov RD-33 turbofan engines with distinct large leading-edge root extensions (LERX) and twin vertical tailfins.

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British-built Nyan one-way attack (kamikaze) drone being launched from the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The carrier launched 4 one way attack drones from her flight deck for the first time.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-navy-launches-strike-drones-from-aircraft-carrier

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3D rendering of a Boeing Model 448, an early unbuilt design proposal from the late 1940s that led to the development of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. Unlike the production B-47 (which used external underwing pods), the Model 448 featured six TG-180 (Allison J35) jet engines buried inside the forward and rear fuselage.

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OTD in 1954: a Convair F2Y-1 Sea Dart disintegrates in mid-air in California (US); pilot Charles E. Richbourg dies. The YF2Y-1 – a prototype seaplane jet fighter – was on a demo flight to officials and press. The pilot inadvertently exceeded airframe limitations.

Shortly after the accident, the program was axed. At that stage the progress made in the performance of carrier-based aircraft made the Sea Dart surplus to US Navy requirements. Video shows the type on trials around 1953.

https://twitter.com/OnDisasters/status/2117966486056608149/video/1

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Westland Wyvern S.4 is a British single-seat, carrier-based strike fighter powered by a turboprop engine. Entered Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm service in 1953 and saw combat during the 1956 Suez Crisis; top speed 383mph at sea level. Capable of carrying aerial torpedoes, bombs, rockets, and 20mm cannons.

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McDonnell XP-67 “Moonbat”, an experimental twin-engine, single-seat interceptor built for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II.Featured a futuristic, blended-wing-body design with nacelles integrated smoothly into the fuselage to reduce aerodynamic drag. Powered by two Continental XI-1430 liquid-cooled inverted V-12 engines, which suffered from chronic underpower and overheating issues.

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Saab has presented the first GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft ordered by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the Swedish Air Force.The aircraft will now enter a phase of testing and verification ahead of its first flight and subsequent delivery to the FMV. Sweden has ordered three GlobalEye aircraft from Saab. The FMV contracted the first two aircraft in 2022, with an option for additional aircraft, and ordered a third GlobalEye in 2024.

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