The Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO designation Flanker) is the front-line fighter aircraft designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. It is a twin-engined aircraft with a blended wing and fuselage, and twin tail fins. The aircraft were […]
The Aviation Marcel Dassault Mirage 2000C is an single engine, delta wing all weather night and day interceptor. Developing nation: France. Manufacturer/designer: Marcel Dassault Aviation. Production line: Bordeaux-Mariagne. Number built: 601 Type aircraft: multirole, single-engine […]
Sukhois PAK-FA or T-50 is started taxi trials in December 2009 and first flight 29 January 2010. Designed by Sukhoi and built by the companys Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant, the T-50 prototype flew for 47 minutes […]
The Grumman E-2C Hawkeye is an American all-weather, aircraft carrier-based tactical Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft. The early E-2A and E-2B versions are no longer in service, todays Hawkeyes being to E-2C and E-2C+ standard. […]
The Grumman C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine cargo aircraft, designed to provide critical logistics support to aircraft carriers of the United States Navy. Its primary mission is Carrier onboard delivery (COD). The first flight took […]
Several military versions of the Hirundo A109 have been developed for army, naval, and patrol use. The Agusta A109A ?made his maiden flight on 4 August 1971. The baseline Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) is […]
The first AW149 prototype flew for the first time November 13 2009, and is fully representative of the AW149 final configuration with respect to the airframe and avionics, whilst the second prototype will fly in […]
Role Fighter Manufacturer Fokker-Flugzeugwerke Designed by Reinhold Platz First flight May 1918 Primary user Luftstreitkrafte Number built approximately 381 The Fokker D.VIII nicknamed “the Flying Razor” by the Allies, unusual parasol-monoplane configuration was perhaps the […]
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an air dominance fighter due to replace the F-15C Eagle’s of the United States Air Force. In October 1986 the USAF launched the Advanced Tactical Fighter program and invited […]
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A/C is a single seat shipboard and shore-based multi-role fighter and attack aircraft. The F/A-18B/D is a two seat operational trainer. The F/A-18 fills a variety of roles: air superiority, fighter escort, […]
McDonnell Douglas F-15A/C Eagle is a single-seat air superiority fighter. The F-15E Strike Eagle is an all-weather two-seat dual role aircraft for strike / interdiction. The F-15 was ordered “off the drawing board”, and there […]
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