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Thursday, 31 August 2023

Marine F-35.


 

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Harriers and Chinooks aboard Atlantic Conveyor on the way to the Falklands, before she was sunk. 1982.


 

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Assembly line finished Corsairs and Hellcats hangered waiting collection.


 

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Russian Tu-160.








 

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De Havilland DH-98 Mosquito. The famous British Mosquito - known to many as "Mossie" was a versatile aircraft used extensively during World War II. It was constructed primarily of plywood with a balsa wood core and had excellent speed, altitude and range. Almost 8,000 Mossies were built in Great Britain, Canada, and Australia.


 

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Thursday, 24 August 2023

Me-262B, Night Fighter.



 

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An American F-22 and a Polish F-16 over the Thermal Power Plant in the Polish city of Belchatow. Joint certification training of the USA, Poland and Italy Air shielding 2022.


 

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70 years ago, Handley Page Victor.


 

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A-12 high-altitude spy plane sitting on the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid in New York City.


 

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Tuesday, 22 August 2023

HH-3 Jolly Green Giant U.S. Air Force rescue helicopter Hovering over the after deck of USS William V. Pratt (DLG-13) was taken in August 1967, while the ship was on Vietnam War duty in the Gulf of Tonkin.


 

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Merlin of 814 NAS on board HMS Portland, a Towed Array Patrol Ship.


 

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Thursday, 17 August 2023

A Royal Navy McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 from 892 Naval Air Squadron is launched from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (R09). 1972.


 

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B-17 Flying Fortress serial number (42-97503) nicknamed "Princess Pat" a part of the 381st Bomb Group. Eventually crash landed in 1945 and burned out was salvaged and scraped.


 

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The Harrier Jump Jet can slow down from about 1,000 kph (620 mph) to a complete stop in 12 seconds.


 

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Russian experimental amphibious aircraft VVA-14 at the Central Museum of the Russian Air Force, Monino



 

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U.S. Air Force F-4E Phantom with bombs en route to a target in Southeast Asia.


 

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Friday, 11 August 2023

Avro Vulcan B.2 (XH561) of the Waddington Wing leading four English Electric Lightning F.6s of 5 Squadron in a formation to mark the formation of RAF Strike Command by amalgamating Bomber and Fighter Commands on 30 April 1968.


 

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Bell XS-1 on the ramp with the B-29 mothership in 1949.


 

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A pair of heritage painted F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing conduct aerial maneuvers over southern England June 9, 2019.


 

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A prototype Curtiss XSB2C-1 Helldiver on its maiden flight on 18 December 1940.


 

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The last two U.S. Navy Lockheed S-3B Viking aircraft soar over Laguna Peak at Naval Base Ventura County, California (USA). In January 2016.


 

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Wednesday, 9 August 2023

Two U.S. Navy LTV A-7A Corsair II aircraft (BuNo 153220, 153223) of Attack Squadron 147 (VA-147) "Argonauts taking off from Naval Air Station Lemoore, 1967.


 

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German RF-4 Phantom II aircraft and two F-15 Eagle aircraft in flight during Exercises.


 

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, some of the 800+ that the Luftwaffe had on inventory.


 

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On a lighter note!


 

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XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrates the separation of the ALTIUS-600 small unmanned aircraft system in a test at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground test range, Ariz., March 26, 2021.


 

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Friday, 4 August 2023

US Marine Corps F-35B has landed on old road in California, refuelled, rearmed, and took off again. Marines experimenting with dispersed operations from improvised landing areas.




 

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On this day in 1941, saw the first operational success of a Hurricane fighter ship when Lt Everett launched from HMS Maplin to destroy a German Focke Wulf attack. As the Hurricanes were single-use, the pilot had to ditch after their mission, Everett just about escaped and was recovered


 

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Thursday, 3 August 2023

Biplanes over the Forth Bridge, 1920's.


 

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F-35B creates a vapour cone while conducting flypast during training sorties from HMS QNLZ last week.


 

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Consolidated PBY Catalina.


 

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1957: The McDonnell F-101B Voodoo, the two-seat version of the original Voodoo, flies for the first time.

 

  • 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.
     
  • Coulson Flying Tankers - C-FLYL.
     
  • An F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off from the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 21, 2021
     

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