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Saturday, 20 June 2026
2 F-22s and a B-2 flying along the coast of Hawaii.
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Friday, 19 June 2026
A U.S. Navy F-35C from Strike Fighter Squadron 86 “Sidewinders” prepares to launch from USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Pacific Ocean, June 16, 2026.
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Several Tupolev Tu-22M3 are on the runway. The Tupolev Tu-22M (also known as Backfire) is a long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by Tupolev for the Soviet Air Force. The aircraft is currently in service with the Russian Air Force and Russian Naval Aviation.
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Su-34 Fullback’s air intake, Lipetsk-2 Air Base,
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Thursday, 18 June 2026
Northrop YB-49, (P1), an experimental flying wing jet bomber developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s.It was powered by eight Allison TG-180 turbojet engines, providing a maximum speed of 493 mph. The prototype was a jet-powered development of the earlier propeller-driven Northrop YB-35, (P2). only two prototypes were built, and the program was canceled in 1949, with the remaining aircraft ordered to be dismantled.
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
English Electric Canberra in formation with two Hawker Hunters, 1983
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Vickers Valiant bombers, the first of Britain's "V-bomber" force designed for nuclear deterrent missions during the Cold War. The image shows a line-up of these bombers, likely at RAF Gaydon in the mid-1950s. The Valiant first flew in 1951 and entered service in 1955, featuring a high-mounted swept wing and four Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engines. The entire fleet was grounded and retired in January 1965 due to structural failures.
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2 F-22s and a B-2 flying along the coast of Hawaii.
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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.
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.
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.