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Wednesday, 29 July 2026
An F-14 from VF-1 escorts two Tu-16 Badgers in the mid-80s. The Tu-16 entered service in the 1950s, and various versions were developed for naval operations, including missile launchers.
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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.
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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.
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