F-4 Phantom II

The F-4 Phantom II is a twin engine, all weather, tactical fighter-bomber. It originally performed three tactical air roles: air superiority, interdiction and close-air support.

In its air-to-ground role, the F-4 Phantom II could carry twice the normal load of a World War II-era B-17 bomber. Weapons and/or external tanks can be carried on nine external store stations. A typical configuration for an F-4C in 1967 consisted of four AIM-7E and four AIM-9B air-to-air missiles, and eight 750-pound Mk 117 bombs.

The aircraft also carried two external fuel tanks on the outboard pylons and one ALQ-87 electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod on the right inboard pylon. The F-4E also had an internally mounted 20mm multibarrel gun with improved fire-control system.

When operating in the attack or close air support role, the aircraft normally carried air-to-air missiles for self protection.

The aircraft continued to serve the Air Force, including a vital role in Desert Storm, until it was retired in 1996.

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An air-to-air right side view of an 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft releasing 18 Mark-82 500-pound bombs over the Bardenas Reales Gunnery Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Nolan)An air-to-air right side view of an 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft releasing 18 Mark-82 500-pound bombs over the Bardenas Reales Gunnery Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Nolan)

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Early F-4s in Southeast Asia were painted gray, but by 1966, they were camouflaged like the Phantom at the bottom of the photograph. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Mil Mi-8 "Hip" Helicopter

A Mi-8 "Hip" helicopter simulates an attack while being scoped by a Dutch Stinger Missile Platoon (Not shown) on McGregor Range, New Mexico during Roving Sands '99, June 21, 1999. Roving Sands is a one-of-a-kind event that is the world's largest Joint Tactical Air Operations exercise.

It melds the Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Elements; Air Defense Artillery; and Aircraft; of the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, and Multinational Forces, into a Joint Integrated Air Defense System (IADs). Location: MCGREGOR RANGE, NEW MEXICO (NM) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

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Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Photo #: 80-G-182252. Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. A Japanese Navy "Zero" fighter (tail code A1-108) takes off from the aircraft carrier Akagi, on its way to attack Pearl Harbor during the morning of 7 December 1941. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Three quarter rear view of a Japanese, Mitsubishi A6M5 "Zero" fighter on the flight line at McCarren Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada during the USAF Gathering of Eagles convention. Exact Date Shot Unknown, 05/01/1986.

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Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter

Boeing AH-64 Apache - An AH64D Apache helicopter from 4-2nd Avn. comes around for another pass at training targets during the 2nd CAB gunnery qualifications conducted at the multi-purpose range complex in Rodriguqez Range, South Korea, Photo Credit: Cpl. Ju-ho Ma.

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AH-64 Apache Longbows deploy - U.S. Army AH-64 Apache Longbows pilots from the 1-135th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., prepare March 27, 2013, for their deployment to Afghanistan. The Apaches carry three weapons systems, including a state-of-the-art Hellfire missile that can be laser-guided or radar-guided. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shelby R. Orozco/Released)

An Army AH-64D Apache helicopter prepares to land aboard the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15), during an exercise. Ponce, formerly designated as an amphibious transport dock ship, was converted and reclassified to fulfill a long-standing U.S. Central Command request for an AFSB to be located in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jon Rasmussen/Released)

North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie

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The #1 XB-70A (62-0001) is viewed from above in cruise configuration with the wing tips drooped for improved controllability.

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The XB-70A, capable of flying three times the speed of sound, was the world's largest experimental aircraft in the 1960s. Two XB-70A aircraft were built. Ship #1 was flown by the NASA Flight Research Center (now NASA Dryden), Edwards, Calif., in a high-speed flight research program.

In this view the #1 XB-70A (62-0001) is in a level cruise flight mode at a relative high altitude judging from the darkness of the sky.

de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito

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Mosquito B Mk IV serial DK338 before delivery to 105 Squadron - this aircraft was used on several of 105 Squadron's low-altitude daylight bombing operations during 1943. Description: de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito. Source: Canadian Forces.

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Role Fast bomber, Fighter-bomber, Night fighter, Maritime strike aircraft, Fast photo-reconnaissance aircraft. Manufacturer: de Havilland Aircraft Company. First flight: 25 November 1940. Introduction: 1941. Status: Retired. Primary users: Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, United States Army Air Forces. Produced: 1940–1950. Number built: 7,781.

de Havilland Mosquito B.XVIs, including the Percival-built PF563, closest to the camera. Expired Crown Copyright. Image by Royal Air Force

Hawker Hurricane

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A Royal Air Force Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC (s/n BE500, 'LK-A', "United Provinces Cawnpore") being flown by Squadron Leader Dennis Smallwood, the Commanding Officer of No. 87 Squadron RAF based at RAF Charmy Down, Somerset (UK).

No. 87 Squadron was one of the first RAF night fighter squadrons. Sqn Ldr Smallwood led the squadron in 1941-42, when most intercepts were made entirely without on-board radar. The aircraft is painted in an overall black scheme known in the RAF as "Special Night". BE500 subsequently served with No. 533 Squadron RAF and finally in the Far East.

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Hurricane Mk1, RAF serial R4118, squadron code UP-W, UK civil registration G-HUPW, at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.

The aircraft was delivered new to 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron in August 1940. It flew 49 combat sorties from Croydon, England, destroying 3 enemy aircraft and damaging 2 others. Still painted in its original markings, R4118 is the only Hurricane from the Battle of Britain still flying.

This picture was taken at RIAT Fairford on the Thursday before the show days of Saturday and Sunday. Later the show was cancelled, due to waterlogged car parks.

Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in July 2008 and placed in the public domain. July 2008

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American Airlines Boeing 777 200ER

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American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER landing at London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL), London Borough of Hillingdon, London, United Kingdom.

The Boeing 777 is a long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and has a typical seating capacity for 314 to 451 passengers, with a range of 5,235 to 9,380 nautical miles.

The original 777-200 variant entered commercial service in 1995, followed by the extended-range 777-200ER in 1997.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrains

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Two USAAF C-47A Skytrains (based on the Douglas DC-3) from the 12th Troop Carrier Wing, loaded with paratroopers on their way for the invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon) August 15, 1944.

The aircraft in the back is a Douglas C-47A-65-DL (s/n 42-100550), the other is a C-47A-90-DL (s/n 43-15661). 020930-O-9999G-009.JPG Tags History, Airpower, 1940's (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Fieseler Fi 156 Storch

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Fieseler Fi-156C-1 DAYTON, Ohio -- Fieseler Fi-156C-1 Storch at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. It remains famous to this day for its excellent STOL (short takeoff and landing) performance (U.S. Air Force photo)

A former German Fieseler Fi 156C-1 Storch liasion plane now in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Ohio (USA). The plane "5F+YK" belonged to the 2.(H)/Auf.Kl.Gr.14, a short-range reconaissance unit in North Africa. The museum's Fi 156 is painted as the Storch used by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in North Africa. Built in 1940, it was exported to Sweden where it remained until 1948. It was donated to the Museum in 1974.

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Boeing 767-220ER

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The American Airlines Flight 11 aircraft was a Boeing 767-223ER delivered in 1987, registration number N334AA.

The 767-200ER was the first extended-range model and entered service in 1984. The type's increased range is due to an additional center fuel tank and a higher maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of up to 395,000 pounds. The type was originally offered with the same engines as the 767-200, while more powerful Pratt & Whitney PW4000 and General Electric CF6 engines later became available.

The 767-200ER was the first 767 to complete a non-stop transatlantic journey, and broke the flying distance record for a twinjet airliner on April 17, 1988 with an Air Mauritius flight from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Port Louis, Mauritius, covering a distance of 8,727 nautical miles. The 767-200ER has been acquired by international operators seeking smaller wide-body aircraft for long-haul routes such as New York to Beijing. Deliveries of the type totaled 121 with no unfilled orders. As of July 2012, 59 examples of passenger and freighter conversion versions were in airline service. The type's competitors included the Airbus A300-600R and the A310-300.

1. El Al Boeing 767ER (4X-EAF) landing at London (Heathrow) Airport in August 2004. Taken by Adrian Pingstone and released to the public domain.

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2. Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200ER (Z-WPF) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

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American Airlines DC-3

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American Airlines DC-3. Photographers of the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI) filming a scene at the American Airlines "Flagship" passenger plane, for the motion picture "Black Marketing." The film was released by the OWI on August 19, 1943.

Creator(s): Smith, Roger, photographer. Date Created/Published: 1943. Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller. Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-031475-C (b&w film neg.)

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Fairchild FC-2W2

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The first aircraft purchased by the NACA was this Fairchild FC-2W2. Marked as "NACA 26," this aircraft was the first to be flown in a NACA paint scheme. The colors applied to this Fairchild were blue fuselage, silver wings and tail. The wing had a yellow stripe down the middle, from tip to tip. A red, white and blue shield was added to the rudder. It was used by NACA in an effort to correlate wind tunnel and flight aerodynamic characteristics. Date 1929.

A 1927 FC-2W, the oldest American Airlines plane to ever fly. NASA Center: Langley Research Center. Image#: L-03546. Date: 01/01/1929.

SPAD XVI XIII clipart

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SPAD XVI with two Lewis guns in the rear and a Vickers forward-firing gun. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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The SPAD S.XIII was a French biplane fighter aircraft of World War I, developed by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) from the earlier highly successful SPAD S.VII. It was one of the most capable fighters of the war, and one of the most-produced, with 8,472 built

SPAD XIII DAYTON, Ohio -- SPAD XIII at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)

PBY Catalina Consolidated OA-10 Flying Boat

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The OA-10 was the U.S. Army Air Forces' version of the PBY series flown extensively by the U.S. Navy during World War II. It was a twin-engine, parasol-mounted monoplane equipped with a flying boat hull, retractable tricycle landing gear and retractable wing-tip floats. The OA-10 operated primarily for air-sea rescue work ("DUMBO" missions) with the USAAF's Emergency Rescue Squadrons throughout WWII and for several years thereafter. During the war, OA-10 crews rescued hundreds of downed fliers.

The prototype Catalina first flew on March 28, 1935, and the production version was built in both seaplane and amphibian versions. The Consolidated Aircraft Corp., along with Canadian Vickers Ltd. and the Naval Aircraft Factory, produced nearly 2,500 Catalinas; of these, the USAAF received approximately 380.

The Brazilian Air Force was one of several Allied nations that received Catalinas during the war. It operated this Catalina in a variety of roles in the Amazon Basin until 1981. Flown to the museum in 1984, it was restored and painted as an OA-10A assigned to the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron in the Pacific Theater during WWII.

TECHNICAL NOTES: Armament: Two .50-cal. machine guns in the waist, two .30-cal. machine guns (one in the bow and another in a rear tunnel), and 8,000 lbs. of bombs. Engines: Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92s of 1,200 hp each. Maximum speed: 184 mph. Cruising speed: 120 mph. Range: 2,325 miles. Ceiling: 22,400 ft. Span: 104 ft. Length: 63 ft. 10 in. Height: 20 ft. 1 in. Weight: 36,400 lbs. loaded.

DAYTON, Ohio -- Consolidated OA-10 Catalina at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)



PBY Catalina landing at NAS Jacksonville during WWII.

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NASA's research aircraft

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Description: A collection of NASA's research aircraft on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center in July 1997: X-31, F-15 ACTIVE, SR-71, F-106, F-16XL Ship #2, X-38, Radio Controlled Mothership and X-36. NASA Photo by: Tony Landis.

Keywords: X-36; Dryden Flight Research Center; Boeing Phantom Works; McDonnell Douglas; Ames Research Center; Williams International; Moffett Field; F112 engine; turbofan; Air Force Research Laboratory; AFRL; Reconfigurable Control for Tailless Fighter Aircraft; RESTORE; software; neural-net algorithm; X-31; F-15 ACTIVE; SR-71; F-106; F-16XL; X-38; X-36; Dryden Fleet Aircraft

Dryden Home > Collections > Photo Home > Dryden Fleet Aircraft > Photo # EC97-44165-149. Dryden 1997 Research Aircraft Fleet on Ramp - X-31, F-15 ACTIVE, SR-71, F-106, F-16XL Ship #2, X-38, Radio Controlled Mothership and X-36. Photo Number: EC97-44165-149. Photo Date: July 16, 1997.

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Wright Brothers First flight Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Title: [First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina] Other Title: First flight, December 17, 1903. Date Created / Published: [1903 Dec. 17]

Photograph shows the first powered, controlled, sustained flight. Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. Wilbur Wright running alongside to balance the machine, has just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine. (Orville Wright preset the camera and had John T. Daniels squeeze the rubber bulb, tripping the shutter.)

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CV-22 Osprey

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey - 58th Special Operations Wing, Kirtland AFB, N.M., CV-22 Osprey over the canyons in northern New Mexico,

The view from here is ... at an angle! KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico: A crew from KOB-TV, Albuquerque, N.M., news takes a ride on a CV-22 Osprey Aug. 7 and finds themselves in the midst of aerial scenery that is breathtaking, as is the angle of flight through part of the ride. The CV-22 is assigned to the 58th Special Operations Wing, 71st Special Operations Squadron, here. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Markus Maier.

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Ospreys in flight - Two Air Force CV-22 Ospreys prepare to land at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on Friday, May 26, 2006. These Osprey are two of only three in the Air Force inventory. The Ospreys and their crews are taking part in the filming of the movie, "Transformers." (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Russell Scalf)

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Grumman A-6 Intruder

Two A-6E Intruder aircraft, one from the "Sunday Punchers" of Medium Attack Squadron Seven Five (VA 75) (bottom), and the other from the "Main Battery" of Medium Attack Squadron One Nine Six (VA 196) (top), patrol the skies over the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.

Photographer's Name: LT Pat Etienne, USN. Date Shot: 9/26/1996. VIRIN: 960926-N-LN746-001.

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Grumman A-6 Intruder - air-to-air view of an A-6E Intruder aircraft from Medium Attack Squadron 52 (VA-52). VIRIN: DN-SC-84-05437

C-17 Globemaster III

Wright-Patt to get C-17 aircraft - A formation of C-17 Globemaster IIIs fly over the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia during low-level tactical training in December 2005. The 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will become Air Force Reserve Command's fourth C-17 unit and second unit to be equipped with its own Globemaster III aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob Bailey)

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The C-17 Globemaster III T-1 flies over Owens Valley, Calif., for a test sortie. (U.S. Air Force photo) The Globemaster III on display is the prototype C-17. Built by the Douglas Aircraft Co., which is now Boeing, it was designated T-1 (S/N 87-0025). T-1 made its first flight on Sept. 15, 1991, when it was delivered to the USAF at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for testing. After completing the extensive C-17 flight test program, T-1 supported many other flight and propulsion test programs for the USAF, NASA and others. T-1 also appeared in a number of major motion pictures, including "Transformers" (2007), "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (2009), "Iron Man" (2008) and "Iron Man 2" (2010).

After 20 years of wide-ranging flight tests, T-1 had reached the end of its flying career, and it was retired at Edwards AFB in 2011. T-1 was flown to the museum to begin its new career in April 2012.

C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 535th Airlift Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, participate in an airdrop training mission May 16, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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