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Thursday, 11 June 2026
North American FJ-3’s launching during USS Forrestal CVA-59’s shakedown cruise, February 1956. Note the jet blast deflector is different from modern day versions. It raised and lowered vertically and was later replaced.
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French Navy Dassault Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft. The plane is pictured performing an aerobatic display, likely at a major airshow such as the Royal International Air Tattoo. It is designed for long-range missions, including anti-submarine warfare and anti-shipping roles, sometimes carrying dummy missiles for demonstrations. The French Navy is currently planning to replace this aircraft type with a new platform based on a business jet in the future.
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.
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.
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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