U.S. Air Force (USAF) WC-135.Nuclear Sniffer.

The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a special-purpose aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and used by the United States Air Force. Its mission is to collect samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions. It is also informally referred to as the "weather bird" or "the sniffer" by workers on the program and international media respectively.

 

Junkers Ju 87 at the former eastern gate of the new airport building, at Tempelhof, before final assembly (factory photo of the "Weser" aircraft construction), around 1943.At this time, up to one hundred Ju 87s were produced monthly at the Tempelhof plant.

 

Four F4U Corsair fighter airplanes return from a combat mission over North Korea and circle the aircraft carrier USS Boxer while waiting for the planes in the next strike force to launch from the deck, September 1951.

 

Maintenance area servicing P-51 Mustangs and one P-47 Thunderbolt of the 35th Fighter Group, Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, Apr 1945.

 

Poseidon MRA1 (P-8A) aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth has been participating in a multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise off the coast of Norway.

 

Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat" fighters of fighter squadron VF-10 “Grim Reapers,”landing on the USS Enterprise after strikes on the Japanese base at Truk, 17-18 February 1944. Flight deck crewmen are folding planes' wings and guiding them forward to the parking area.

 

MOD have commited to purchasing more A400M Transport aircraft.

 

Ka-50 'Black Shark'. Soviet/Russian single attack helicopters, designed to defeat armoured vehicles and mechanized equipment. And a KA-50 Black Shark with its various weapons laid out.

 

On this day in 1963, the first operational Buccaneer squadron, 801 NAS, embarked in HMS ARK ROYAL. The Buccaneer was the Royal Navy Maritime Strike aircraft designed for the cold war and would serve until the late 70's when its mantle passed to the Sea Harrier.

 

An RAF P-8A Poseidon and Typhoon in the skies on a training mission.

 

De Havilland Mk20 Sea Venoms.

 

The B-52 Stratofortress bomb load.

 

Two FA-18E Super Hornets and two Italian navy AV-88 Harrier II.

 

Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky – Once the Largest Aircraft in the World.

 

American ‘nuke sniffer’ aircraft arrives in the UK. An American aircraft designed to ‘sniff’ radioactivity associated with the use of nuclear weapons has arrived in the United Kingdom. The aircraft landed at RAF Mildenhall this morning and is a rare visitor to the United Kingdom.

 

RAF A400M Atlas transport aircraft carrying out a series of spectacular test landings and take offs on a beach in South Wales.. .The trial at Pembrey Air Weapons Range was organised by the DE&S A400M Project Team, based at MOD Abbey Wood in Bristol, in conjunction with Airbus and the Royal Air Force...Atlas is coming into service as the 2nd Tranche replacement for the C130K to provide a tactical air lift and strategic oversize lift capability...Operated by 2 pilots and a Weapons Systems Operator (Crewman) (WSOp (Cmn)), the aircraft has the ability to carry a 25-tonne payload over 2,000nm to established and remote civilian and military airfields, or by landing on short, unprepared or semi-prepared strips. In a table detailing current and future Ministry of Defence expenditure, an entry is listed mentioning that the UK plans to purchase additional A400M Atlas transport aircraft later this decade.

 

Voyager landing at RAF Akrotiri.

 

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 29, 2022) Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) unload ordnance from F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft from the 31st MEU on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6).

 

Hanger onboard Indian INS Vikramaditya AC.

 

A pair of Indian Air Force Su-30 MKI's about to refuel.

 

WW II.

Fulmars and Albacores fill the hangar of the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious, January 1942.

BREAKING NEWS | U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers will shortly be deploying to the United Kingdom. Aircraft are expected to arrive over the coming days.

 

First VTOL.

On this day in 1963, the Hawker P1127, forerunner of the Harrier, made the first touch and go by VTOL (Vertical Take Off & Landing) ever in the world on an Aircraft Carrier on HMS ARK ROYAL off Portland, UK.

AV-8B Harrier II onboard the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) docked in Hong Kong, 2014.

 

HMS Valliant as seen from the flight deck of HMS Illustrious, practice shooting during exercises in the Indian Ocean, 22nd December 1942. In the foreground are several Fairey Fulmars and the aircraft to the stern are Martlets?

 

Russian Polikarpov I-15 biplanes under repair in Moscow, 22 Dec 1941. The I-15 was nicknamed ‘Chaika’ (seagull) due to the gulled shape of the upper wing.

 

 Myasishchev M-4 Molot (Russian: Молот (Hammer), USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 37", NATO reporting name Bison was a four-engined strategic bomber manufactured by the Soviet Union in the 1950s to provide a Long Range Aviation bomber capable of attacking targets in North America. 

MiG-29K in the elevator onboard INS Vikramaditya.

 

'V' Bomber.

 Avro Vulcan jet bombers lined up at RAF Cottesmore.

The Avro Vulcan (later Hawker Siddeley Vulcan from July 1963) is a jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing, high-altitude, strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe and Company (Avro) designed the Vulcan in response to Specification B.35/46. Of the three V bombers produced, the Vulcan was considered the most technically advanced, hence the riskiest option. Several reduced-scale aircraft, designated Avro 707s, were produced to test and refine the delta-wing design principles.

A flight deck crewman (left) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger signals as a skyraider is placed on a catapult; other crewmen make final checks, March 24, 1965.