Classic warbirds and other aviation vids.

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Powered by Pratt & Whitney J57-P-1W turbojets that were later replaced by the markedly more powerful P&W TF33-P-3 turbofans, the B-52 supports a payload of up to 31,500 kilograms and boasts an operational range of just over fourteen thousand kilometers without aerial refueling.

 

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Looks like a 4000 lb HC bomb is being loaded on Avro Lancaster

 

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

 

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“If I’m not back in 5 minutes, just wait longer!”

All jokes set aside, Mi-17 in Anakonda, the largest annual exercise of Poland's armed forces and after recent turmoil in Ukraine, its significance may be more important than ever.

 

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Black Hawk search and rescue

 

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F35 of 48th Fighter Wing

 

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Boeing AH-64 Apache have two 1,700-horsepower T700-GE-701 turboshafts. They slung on each side of the fuselage in heat-signature-reducing pods, turn the four-bladed main and tail rotors made of steel and composite materials, allowing speeds of 182 miles per hour, a service ceiling of 21,000 feet, and an endurance of 150 minutes. Despite weighing nearly nine tons loaded, the Apache proved exceptionally agile, capable of pulling off barrel rolls and loops

 

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The F-111 first was tested in combat in Vietnam during 1968, but issues with the design delayed its full fielding until Operation Linebacker. It would go on to become one of the most survivable bombers of the war due to its ability to penetrate at a low level, with only a 0.015 loss rate.

 

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F22 Raptor going vertical

 

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In an era of 5th generation stealth fighters, the older French Dassault Rafale often goes unnoticed. But those who ignore it do so at their peril as the French-made fighter jet is a great aircraft and formidable foe in capable hands.

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The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is the world’s first successful military tiltrotor to take to the air and the largest active production line for tiltrotors

 

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North American P-51D Mustang

 

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The F-15 Eagle was first flown in 1972 and entered service 45 years ago, in 1976. The world in which the Eagle was born was that of the Cold War, since then the Cold War has ended and military technology has become ever more stealthy.

The F-15 Eagle is a fourth-generation fighter jet. Today, fifth-generation fighter jets are in production, and sixth-generation are in development. And yet, in all of this, the F-15 has managed to remain relevant and is still being produced for the US Air Force.

 

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Gladys Roy and Ivan Unger playing tennis on the wing. If there was a ball, it didn’t stay up there long enough for the photographer to capture it.

 

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the world's oldest airline, established in 1919.

 

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RAF armorers and maintenance crew work on Spitfires in North Africa.

 

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Richard must be competing for the highest number of forum posts award.... Great pictures though.....

 

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Richard must be competing for the highest number of forum posts award.... Great pictures though.....

I was away for two weeks so gotta make up for lost time

 

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After WW2, the United States captured and evaluated the Horten Ho 229 prototypes and design documents

 

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In 1964, a B-52 configured as a testbed to investigate structural failures flew through severe turbulence, shearing off its vertical stabilizer. The aircraft was able to continue flying, and landed safely.