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Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Tupolev Tu-95.


 

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A RAAF CA-27 Sabre with the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in 1959, during trials to test the AIM-9 sidewinder missile.


 

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RAF Blackburn Shark II over HMS Nelson.


 

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Monday, 29 May 2023

RAF experts restore World War 2 bomber to its former glory It was famed for its geodetic fuselage structure designed by Barnes Wallis. 1942 Wellingtons were the most numerous aircraft in Bomber Command, until they began to be replaced by more capable four-engined heavy bombers such as Halifaxes and Lancasters. Wellingtons continued to operate with Bomber Command as a training aircraft and served in North Africa, Italy, the Far East and Coastal Command





 

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Sunday, 28 May 2023

B-2 Spirits.


 

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McDonnell RF-101C-45-MC Voodoo. One of the 32 units converted into reconnaissance aircraft.


 

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The boneyard. 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group in Arizona,


 

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Friday, 26 May 2023

Crewmen work to recover a damaged F-4J Phantom II of Fighter Squadron VF-151 "Vigilantes" hanging over side of ship. The damage resulted from a collision between USS Midway (CV 41) and Panamanian freighter Cactus - July 1980.


 

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Thursday, 18 May 2023

A MiG-31K attack aircraft of the Russian Air Force takes off with a Kinzhal missile


 

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Tuesday, 16 May 2023

The #BlueAngels perform during the 2023 Wings Over South Texas Airshow in Corpus Christi, Texas, May 7, 2023.




 

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Sunday, 14 May 2023

French Navy Rafale



 

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Saturday, 13 May 2023

A B-47 with a jet assisted takeoff (JATO). This must have been an impressive sight.


 

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Wrecked Italian Fiat CR.42 and G.50 aircraft at Castel Benito airport, Tripoli, Libya, in 1943.


 

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Short Bros. Sturgeon anti Submarine The Short Sturgeon was a planned British carrier-borne reconnaissance bomber whose development began during Second World War, went on in different guises. Torpedo bomber, Reconnaissance bomber, Target tug and Anti-submarine aircraft.


 

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Friday, 12 May 2023

A Jet just landed on the USS Nimitz for the 350,000th time. The carrier is scheduled to retire in 2026.


 

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Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Hawker Hunter F58 from Hawker Hunter Aviation ZZ190, departure at Manching Military Air Base, Germany.


 

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F-4 Phantom II aircraft from the 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron.


 

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AT-6 with GBU-12 Bombs.



 

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Saturday, 6 May 2023

Dornier Do-29, experimental aircraft used to test a tilting-propeller system for STOL aircraft






 

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P-38J-20 44-262396 "Yippee" painted bright vermilion during its publicity tour in the US,1944.


 

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E/A-18G Growler on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68)


 

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Wildcat of 815 NAS flew from Wellington Barracks to Winchester last week with brass. En route demonstrated new heavy weapons capability - note Sea Venom missiles on the weapon wing.


 

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Tuesday, 2 May 2023

Grumman F9F-8 Cougar Fighter Plane, BUNO 141092 from Fighter Squadron 61 (VF-61) positioned on the port catapult of USS Intrepid (CVA-11) was taken 1956.


 

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Eurofighter EF-2000.


 

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Mikoyan MiG-31.




 

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Russian strategic bomber Tu-95MS.


 

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Head on with the SR-71 at Evergreen Aviation Museum.


 

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Handley Page Victor, with crew on standby during the Cold War, and a Victor on sentry duty outside RAF Marham, Norfolk.

 

  • Bartini-Beriev-VVA-14. Only 2 ever made.The aircraft's first flight was held on 4 September 1972. At that time, the prototype would not yet be equipped with a pontoon for water landing. The addition of the pontoon allowed the VVA-14 to land in the sea. In addition, aircraft can efficiently hover along the surface of the water. The VVA-14 has two turbojet engines in addition to 12 turbofan engines. The aircraft logged a total of 103 flight hours over 107 times before the project was canceled following Bartini's death.
     
  • Coulson Flying Tankers - C-FLYL.
     
  • Soviet AN-225. Who said size does not matter!
     

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