Vickers Wellington stripped to the bones, in Brooklands Museum.

 

On This Day in 1966, the first RoyalNavy F4-K Phantom made its first flight at the McDonnell Douglas factory in St. Louis. The Phantom would become the FAA interceptor throughout the '70s until HMS ARK ROYAL was retired. You can still see the exact same aircraft on display in the Fleet Air Arm Museum.

 

A flight of twelve Grumman Avenger torpedo-bombers over the South Pacific, 1943.

 

USN catapult crew members prepare to launch an A-7 Corsair II from the No. 2 catapult aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72).

 

An RNZAF Sunderland aircraft on patrol over Fiji.

 

Almaya, Cairo soon after the war. RAF heavy transport Avro York. Derived from the Lancaster and produced in small numbers (aprox 250) served in long distance roles, as VIP transport for Churchill or de Gaulle and later in the Berlin blockade. This is the personal unit of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, Cairo, Egypt, 1946.

 

Avro 504K H1966 of the RNZAF.

 

In late 1945 1 P-51 Mustang was modified to receive 2 Ford PJ-31 pulsejets. These were basically American versions of the German V-1 engines that would lead to the missile Republic-Ford JB-2 Loon. It didn't work, when not in use they were dead weight and on piston alone performance was poor.

 

JU 88P.

 The Ju 88P was an anti-tank version of the Ju 88, designed to carry a large anti-tank cannon. It was developed in 1942, after the invasion of Russia did not achieve a knockout victory in 1941. The prototype was tested in mid 1942, and carried a single 75mm KwK 39 (Kampfwagen-kanone), in a large gondola under the fuselage. The KwK 39 tended to damage the aircraft when fired, and was replaced with a slightly less destructive PAK 40 cannon.

Three patrol aircraft over Manila bay during a SEATO exercise in 1963. Depicted are: A Lockheed SP-2H Neptune of No. 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, a U.S. Navy Martin P-5B Marlin of patrol squadron VP-40, and a Short Sunderland MR.5 of No. 5 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Corregidor island is visible in the background.

 

The Saab 340 AEW&C is a Swedish airborne early warning and control aircraft; a variant of the Saab 340 aircraft is designated S 100B Argus by the Swedish Air Force.

 

Lockheed Martin successfully delivered 500th Electro-Optical Targeting System for F-35.

 https://defence-blog.com/lockheed-martin-successfully-delivered-500th-electro-optical-targeting-system-for-f-35/

Dutch Navy Searches for Plane Wrecks in IJsselmeer.

https://seawaves.com/?p=12547

A Republic of Singapore Air Force F-15SG refuels from an A330 MRTT aircraft over the U.S. state of Idaho during an exercise in September 2019.

 

A Chinese J-16 fighter.

 

RAF Bomber Command aircrew and ground-crew line up in front of a Short Stirling bomber to demonstrate the personnel and equipment required to operate each aircraft, England, 1942.

 

WWII Photo B-24 Liberator Heavy Bomber Factory. Fort Worth, Texas.

 

Chilean Navy AS332 Super Pumas armed with Exocet anti-ship missiles

 

An Apache embarked on HMS Prince of Wales.

 

HMS HERMES’ flight deck as she sails from Portsmouth the South Atlantic. Five Sea Harriers of No 800 Squadron Fleet Air Arm are visible on the crowded flight deck in front of a mass of Sea Kings. At the time of sailing, the crew had not had time to organize the stowing of aircraft or supplies

 

A Harrier of No 1 Squadron RAF is prepared for a sortie on the flight deck of HMS Hermes, 1982.

 

Factory-fresh RAF Mosquito B.XVIs, including the Percival-built PF563, closest to the camera, fighter-bombers built by Percival Aviation, c.1943-44. One of the Mosquito’s most famous raids occurred on 30-January-1943 when the RAF bombed Radio Berlin and disrupted a speech by Göring commemorating the 10th anniversary of Hitler’s rule, damaging his credibility

 

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Multi-role Fighter.

 

MQ-25 Becomes First Unmanned Aircraft to Refuel Another Aircraft.

 For the first time in history, the U.S. Navy and Boeing have demonstrated air-to-air refueling using an unmanned aircraft – the Boeing-owned MQ-25™ T1 test asset – to refuel another aircraft

During a test flight June 4, MQ-25 T1 successfully extended the hose and drogue from its U.S. Navy-issued aerial refueling store (ARS) and safely transferred jet fuel to a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, demonstrating the MQ-25 Stingray’s ability to carry out its primary aerial refueling mission.

https://seawaves.com/?p=12330

Turkish F-16 and an F-4.

 

Formation of SBD Dauntless in Pacific waters WWII.

 

Four Lysanders IIIA 1942.

 

US Marine F-35B.

An F-35B launching from HMS Queen Elizabeth during Exercise Steadfast Defender in the Eastern Atlantic, which has been taking place over the course of the last week.

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KA-27.

Night shot of a search and rescue version of the KA-27 on the deck of Russian carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.

Westland Wyvern.

British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft built by Westland Aircraft that served in the 1950s, seeing active service in the 1956 Suez Crisis. Production Wyverns were powered by a turboprop engine driving large and distinctive contra-rotating propellers, and could carry aerial torpedoes.

Fleet Air Arm.

Fairey Swordfish being brought up to the deck of the escort carrier HMS Activity, during WWII.