article P-61 Black WidowThe Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first US aircraft designed and built specifically for night combat. The first of two XP-61s (s/n 41-19509) flew on 21 May 1942. By the summer …
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article Bell P-59 AiracometThe Bell P-59 Airacomet (US Navy designation: YF2L-1) was a twin-engine jet fighter, the first for the USAAF, designed and built by Bell Aircraft during World War II.Bell Aircraft was one of …
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article P-40 Curtiss Warhawk Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP)The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) were a paramilitary aviation organization. WASP’s predecessors, the Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) and the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), were …
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article Curtiss P-36 HawkThe Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, was an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. Contemporary to both the Hawker Hurricane and the …
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article Republic P-43 Lancer The Forgotten Bridge to GreatnessThe Republic P-43 Lancer served as a vital transitional fighter for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) in the years just before World War II. Though …
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article Aggressor Camouflage,F/A-18“Ambush”Red 12 Shark” This striking F/A-18B Hornet belongs to the U.S. Navy’s VFC-12 “Ambush” squadron, an elite adversary unit stationed at NAS Oceana, Virginia. Bearing the Bureau Number 161924 and the code Red 12, …
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article Aggressor camouflage F-16 “BDU Splinter”64th NellisF-16’s of the 18th Aggressor Squadron painted in an paint scheme blue aircraft is sporting a latest generation BDU Splinter camouflage scheme to replicate current Russian fighters. After the …
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article Aggressor Camouflage F-15 & F-16 Squadron 64&65thNellis.Desert Flanker,schemeThe 65th AGRS was reactivated in January 2006, as part of the 57th ATG at Nellis, to operate the F-15 Eagle in an attack role. At the …
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article Aggressor Camouflage F-15 Squadron 65thNellis, “Blue Flanker 2” schemeThe 65th Aggressor Squadron began flying the F-5E Tiger II in 1975. It provided attack training to U.S. Air Force fighter crews participating in Red Flag …
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article Aggressor camouflage F-16 “Blizzard”64th NellisThere are currently three aircraft painted in this striking “Blizzard” design with the 64th Attack Squadron at Nellis AFB.US Air Force F-16c ‘Blizzard’ (s/n 84-0301) (s/n87-267) (s/n86-0269) of the 64th …