article F-104G Starfighter Olympus Hellenic Air Force• Role: Fighter• Dimensions: Wingspan 6.68 m, Length 16.69 m, Height 4.11 m• Engine: 1 x General Electric J79-GE-11A turbojet (15,800 lbf thrust)• Armament: 1 × 20mm Sinder missile …
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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 two …
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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 of …
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article F2A Buffalo No. 21 of Commander Joseph C. Clifton: The First U.S. Navy Monoplane Fighter and Its Unique CamouflageThe Brewster F2A Buffalo occupies a special place in aviation history as the first monoplane fighter …
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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 N69900.To Cook Cleland, …
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article Goodyear XF2G-1 Super CorsairIn 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 the …
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article Boeing B–29 SuperfortressA 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, which was …
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XF6F-1 Hellcat: The Prototype That Created America’s Ultimate Carrier Fighter
article XF6F-1 Hellcat: The Prototype That Created America’s Ultimate Carrier FighterOn 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 into …
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article Akutan Zero (Koga’s Zero): The Captured Mitsubishi A6M2 That Changed the Air War in the PacificOn 4 June 1942, while the Battle of Midway was unfolding hundreds of kilometers to the south, another operation …
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article Wrecked Japanese Zero Mitsubishi A6M Fighter – History, Pacific War Wrecks & Scale Modeling InspirationThe Rise of the Mitsubishi A6M ZeroThe Mitsubishi A6M Zero became one of the most recognizable fighter aircraft of the …