British F35 escorting a Russian bear as it drops a sonar buoy near a carrier strike group in the Norwegian Sea.

 

The Marine Corps' BoeingDefense BAESystemsAir AV-8 Harrier fleet has been finally retired, leaving the Italian and Spanish navies as the last bastions for this magnificent aircraft and brilliant British invention.

 

The mighty Sunderland was equipped with a twin-gun turret in the nose, a tail turret with four machine guns, and positions for hand-held weapons on each side of the upper hull.

 

The big blower connected to a Rolls Royce F135 engine, the F-35B,s two stage counter rotating lift fan can generate 20,000 lbf of thrust for VTOL capability.

 

MH-47 Chinook.

 

Captured enemy aircraft at the Farnborough exhibition October/November 1945.

 

Captured German Luftwaffe and Italian Air Force aircraft being displayed at a Captured Aircraft Exhibition in Farnborough, England, in 1945.

 

A KC-130J Super Hercules of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, 2nd MAW, in a training exercise. The Hercules is celebrating 70 years since its inception in 1954. The C-130 Hercules is used in over 70 countries with over a million flight hours. USMC photo.

 

Breaking: In over 300 targeted strikes during the past 24 hours, Israel destroyed the entire air force of Syria, including all aircrafts (MiG and Sukhoi), all helicopters, and all anti-aircraft systems.

 

Variants of the British Harrier.

 

RAF fighters have been scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers north of Shetland. The Typhoon jets launched from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray on Monday morning. The Russian Tu-142 Bear-F and Tu-142 Bear-J aircraft were monitored in international airspace as they passed north of the UK.

 

Thrust vectoring of a F22 Raptor.

 

The last operational Martin Mars flying boat, used as a water bomber. And sister the Hawaii Mars waterbomber.

 

 

 

The Payen PA-22 was a French experimental aircraft designed by Nicolas-Roland Payen. While being tested in a wind tunnel at Chalais-Meudon (Paris), the Germans invaded France and confiscated it. The German occupation forces were intrigued by the design and completed the wind tunnel testing.

 

Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon.

 

C-17 Globemaster III.

 

Harriers. Two manufacturers, Hawker Siddeley and McDonnell Douglas. Developed into versions British Aerospace Sea Harrier; McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II; British Aerospace Harrier II

 

The CH-53 is the heavy-lift helicopter used by Marines around the world. It is capable of rapidly transporting troops and equipment from ship-to-shore. First used in the Vietnam war.

 

Boeing CH-47 Chinook

 

French AF Douglas AD4N Skyraider.