article F-104G Starfighter Tiger Hellenic Air Force • Role: Fighter• Dimensions: Wingspan 6.68m, Length 16.69m, Height 4.11m• Engine: 1 x General Electric J79-GE-11A turbojet (15,800 lbf thrust)• Armament: 1 × 20mm can IMn-M61 Sidewinder missiles,…
article XF4u-4 Corsair On January 25, 1944, Chance Vought received a letter of intent from the Navy regarding a proposal from the company to build the XF4U-4. The program began with the modification of…
article F-4E Phantom ii, AUP.339 sq aias ph farewell anniversary painting – HAF A OFFICIAL ceremony was held at Andravida Air Base on October 31, 2017 for the decommissioning of 339 “Aias” (“Ajax”) Mira, one…
article F2A Buffalo No. 21 of Commander Joseph C. Clifton: The First U.S. Navy Monoplane Fighter and Its Unique Camouflage The Brewster F2A Buffalo occupies a special place in aviation history as the first…
article FG-1A Corsair “94” NX69900 Lucky Gallon” Built as FG-1A by Goodyear. Received Strength/Charge with the United States Navy as BuNo 13481. History12 August 1946To Cook Cleland Air Service/Cook Cleland, Willoughby, OH with new c/r…
article Goodyear F2G-1 Super CorsairThe apparent capability of the Corsair meant that there was interest in exploring how far the design could be pushed. Vought, as already mentioned, was fully occupied with existing work and…
article Goodyear XF2G-1 Super Corsair In March 1944, Pratt Whitney requested an F4U-1 Corsair from Vought Aircraft to evaluate their new P&W R-4360,28 engine. Vought shipped an F4U-1, BuNo 02460 (Birdcage Canopy) to see if…
article Boeing B–29 Superfortress A series of historical images of the legendary Boeing B-29 Superfortress during WW2, depicting its life at the Pacific resort. Although it bore the “Superfortress” tag, a nod to another game-changer, the B-17,…
article XF6F-1 Hellcat: The Prototype That Created America’s Ultimate Carrier Fighter On 26 June 1942, at Grumman’s facility in Bethpage, Long Island, chief engineer and test pilot Robert Leicester Hall lifted the prototype XF6F-1 Hellcat…
article Akutan Zero (Koga’s Zero): The Captured Mitsubishi A6M2 That Changed the Air War in the Pacific On 4 June 1942, while the Battle of Midway was unfolding hundreds of kilometers to the south,…
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