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The Hawkwr Typhoon was originally designed as an interceptor, but its poor performance and structural failures of the rear fuselage at altitudes 20,000 feet almost ended its service at the start. ...

Designed to combat guerilla warfare, the A-37B Dragonfly was designed as what the military referred to as a counter insurgency(COIN) aircraft. Powered by twin J85-GE-17A engines with a total of...

When the requirements for the P-40 were formulated, no prospect of high-altitude enemy attack against the U.S.A was envisaged, so that coastal defence and ground attack were the main tasks...

The revolutionary F4U Corsair was originally designed in 1938 in response to a US Navy request for a high speed carrier-based fighter. The producers of this plane, Chance Vought, attempted to...

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 is a ground-attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union and later license-produced in India by Hindustan Aeronautics as...

The grumman TBF-1 went into action during the battle of midway. The results of that first battle were not encouraging with five of the six aircraft belonging to VT-8 being shot out of the sky...

When the Japanese attacked the United States in 1941, the most modern fighter in the Navy was the Grumman F4F Wildcat.Although the Wildcat was small. it was not as fast or maneuverable as the...

The JU-87 STUKA (the word for dive bomber) flew for the first time in 1935, and it entered production in 1937 with large trousered landing gear and full equipment for dive bombing, including a...

The Camel was perhaps the best allied fighter of WW I. It's victory tally was 1,924 aircraft short down in only sixteen months of fighting.The Camel was an Aces Mount which was extremely agile and...

The French-built SPAD XIII was one of the most famous fighters of World War I. While most of the fighters in use during the War used a rotating radial engine(Rotary), the SPAD was one of the first to...

The MiG-23 is a variable geometry, swept-wing fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. Produced in large numbers, it remains in limited service...

Russia's MiG 21 Fishbed fighter has become one of the most-produced jet fighters in history. Over 10,000 of the delta-winged fighters had been built by 1985, with production still continuing for...

The Starfighter was originally designed for the US Air Force as a pure high speed fighter interceptor. First flight was on 4th March 1954 at Edwards AFB. By that time most European NATO Countries...

The P-51C Mustang earned its reputation as one of the greatest fighters of the Second World War, perhaps of all time.The replacement of the 1,100 hp Allison V-1710-39 engine in the original design...

B-17s were the best known U.S. heavy bombers of WWII. Over 12,000 were produced. It was a long range low flying bomber. The G version included an increase of guns from 7 to 13. Many Gs were later...

Academy has masterfully reproduced the extended wingtip version of the JU-87 that was personally flown in combat by Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the most decorated Luftwaffe pilot of WWII. The JU 87 STUKA...