Aviation News and Photos with David Arkwright
Military and Civilian
Labels
Civilian
Commonwealth Air Forces
FAA
Fleet Air Arm
Fleet Air Arm/RAF.
IFTTT
Joint Forces.
RAF
RAF.
RAF/ US Navy.
RAF/Civilian
RAF/RN
RAF/USAF
US Air Force
US Air Force/NASA
US Air Forces
US Air Forces.
USA Air Force
USA Air Forces
USCG
USN
WordPress
World Air Force
World Air Force.
World Air Forces
Friday, 18 November 2022
Corsair II NE-304 launches from the USS Ranger with a load of Snakeyes, 1968.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Newer Post
Older Post
Home
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of an air-to-air variant of APKWS II precision-guided rockets to Italy, under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The possible sale, worth $364 million, includes 5,031 Guidance Sections Single Variant Air-to-Air APKWS II WGU 59B/B, LAU-131 A/A launchers, Mk-152 high explosive warheads, MK66 rocket motors, proximity fuzes, WTU-1/B practice warheads, and inert MK66 rocket motors, along with other associated equipment and support. The principal contractor of the sale will be BAE Systems. @BAESystemsIncAPKWS II (Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-II) is a design conversion of an unguided Hydra 2.75-inch rocket with a laser guidance kit to give it precision-kill capability. The air-to-air variant is primarily designed for counter-drone engagements.
via WordPress https://ift.tt/3w0W4u2
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.
The Saunders-Roe Princess SR.45 A product of the optimism of post-World War Two Britain, the Saunders-Roe Princess, the largest metal flying boat ever created, promised to revolutionize commercial air travel between London and New York.
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment