British Army ‘Wildcat’ reconnaissance helicopters arriving at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania earlier this month.

 

Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter.

 

The Northrop XB-35 and YB-35, Northrop designation N-9[1] or NS-9,[2] were experimental heavy bomber aircraft developed by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Army Air Forces during and shortly after World War II.

 

F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the "Tophatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, on the flight deck of CVN_72

 

A B-17 undergoes repairs at a depot near Townsville, Australia, 1943. In the left background is a B-18 Bolo.

 

Blackburn Buccaneer flies past HMS Victorious late '60's.

 

Gloster Gladiator Mkl G-AMRK "N2308" from the Shuttleworth Collection.

 

View of the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) flight deck during the “Operation Sea Orbit” in August 1964. Visible are various aircraft of Carrier Air Wing Six (CVW-6) (from left to right): two Grumman E-1B Tracer of airborne early warning squadron VAW-12 Det.65 Bats, two Grumman C-1A Trader of fleet replenishment squadron VRC-40 Det. 65 Rawhides, 14 Douglas A-4C Skyhawk, five of attack squadron VA-66 Waldos, four of VA-64 Black Lancers, and five of VA-76 Spirits, and eight Douglas A-1H Skyraider of VA-65 Tigers. The nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) is visible in the background. 1964.

 

Wave farewell to the RoyalNavy's Hawk jets as they depart Cornwall for the final time.

 

Australia unveils ‘Ghost Bat’ loyal wingman drone.

 Boeing’s Loyal Wingman has been designated as the MQ-28A ‘Ghost Bat’ by Australia.

North American P-82 Twin Mustang (S/N 44-83887) in flight with North American P-51D Mustang (S/N 44-84745), between 1947-49.

The North American F-82 Twin Mustang is the last American piston-engined fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force. Based on the North American P-51 Mustang, the F-82 was originally designed as a long-range escort fighter for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress in World War II. The war ended well before the first production units were operational.

A British-designed American-built Felixstowe F5L flying boat ready to take flight for making spotting practice with battleships. The new USN dreadnoughts, USS Oklahoma (Battleship No. 37), and USS Florida (Battleship No. 30) are in the background, March 16, 1921. Location unknown.

 

The Yankee Clipper in 1939.

The Pan American World Airways Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper (serial NC18603), circa 1939. This aircraft started the Transatlantic mail service. It crashed in Lisbon, Portugal, on 22 February 1943 and was written off.

Construction of the first P-8A Poseidon for New Zealand is under way.

https://seawaves.com/?p=20165 

Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick. This aircraft was meant to be used alongside the Short Sunderland in maritime patrol, but was found to be unstable both in the air and on the water. Out of 21 examples built, 10 were lost to accidents and another went missing.

 

A new build 737NG for the Royal Air Force that will become a E-7A Wedgetail AEW Mk1 after military conversion. It performed taxi checks today, but wx prevented its first flight today.

 

Reunion of 8 B-17s at Thunder Over Michigan 2010.

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Yankee Lady" Yankee Air Museum

"Aluminum Overcast" EAA Aviation Foundation

"Thunderbird" Lone Star Flight Museum

"The Movie Memphis Belle" Military Aircraft Restoration Corp

"Texas Raiders" Commemorative Air Force - Gulf Coast Wing

"Sentimental Journey" Commemorative Air Force - Arizona Wing

"Liberty Belle" Liberty Foundation

"Nine-O-Nine" Collings Foundation

Two TBM-1 Avengers sent to Britain under Lend Lease to become Tarpons of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.

 

TBF-1C Avenger No.95 from VT-2, USS Hornet (CV-12), September 1944.

 

Two of the three floatplanes carried by USS Wyoming.

 

Deck handling ratings dive out of the way as a Seafire crashes into the deck park of HMS INDEFATIGABLE, April 16th 1945

 

Storm damged Martin PBM-5 Mariner USCG BuNo 9146, Bermuda - 1953.

 

American B-24 Liberators in flight.

 

An E-2D Hawkeye, attached to the "Seahawks" of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 126, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Mar. 10, 2022.

 

OS2U Kingfisher, Howard NH-1, Grumann Goose JRF-5, and four Martin PBM Mariner at NAS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 1944-45.

 

The VRM-30 CMV-22 Osprey inducted by FRCSW on January 13 is pictured in Building 333. The inner composite skin of the aircraft suffered a four-foot by two-foot crack during a mishap.

 

XV231 Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR 2. Royal Air Force.

A British RC-135 'Rivet Joint', an electronic surveillance aircraft, has conducted a patrol from northern Poland all the way to southern Romania at the Black Sea in order to monitor Russian forces.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-rc-135-patrols-from-poland-to-black-sea/ 

The Sukhoi Su-30 (NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air interdiction missions.

A Curtiss SOC-3 scout-observation floatplane stripped for maintenance in the hangar of USS Savannah (CL-42), circa 1938. The plane's engine is a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 nine-cylinder radial engine.

 

Strategic and tactical air transport aircraft including C-17s🇬🇧, C-5s 🇺🇸, A330 🇫🇷 MRTTs and C-130s 🇵🇱 from multiple Allied nations have been busy moving units from the NATO Response Force along with national contributions to locations across NATO's Eastern Flank. NATO

On this day in 1953,the Hawker Sea Hawk jet fighter entered service with Royal Navy, at 806 NAS at RNAS Brawdy. The Sea Hawk was prolific during the Suez crisis but was only in service until the early 60s, despite being a popular export with 542 aircraft built. The only airworthy Sea Hawk left in the world is flown by the Royal Navy Historic Flight. This jet was built in 1954.

 

Boeing B-29-40-BW Superfortress 42-24614: Delivered to the USAAF 28 July 1944. First B-29 to arrive at Saipan, on 12 October 1944. Flown by General Hansell, commander of XXI Bomber Command. Assigned to 873rd Bomb Squadron, 498th Bomb Group, named "Joltin' Josie, The Pacific Pioneer". Written off (destroyed) when burst into flames and fell into sea at Magicienne Bay, Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands, shortly after takeoff, on April 1, 1945. No survivors among the eleven crew on board. 42-24614 was taking part in "Mission 51": One hundred and fifteen of 121 B-29's dispatched from the 73rd BW to attack the Nakajima aircraft plant in Tokyo. They claim 1-1-0 Japanese aircraft. Six B-29's were lost.

 

The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engined, turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the L-188 Electra commercial airliner. The first Canadian operational flight of a RCAF Block IV CP-140 Aurora was completed in February out of 14 Wing Greenwood to exercise upgraded capabilities and start full aircrew training.