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bigglesworld · 1 year

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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. USAAF. Thunderbird. Gate Guard at Burke Lakefront, Cleveland

#McDonnell #Douglas #F-4 #Phantom #Thunderbird #Burke #Lakefront #military aircraft #fighter aircraft #interceptor aircraft #bomber #Cleveland

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nocternalrandomness · 1 year

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335th TFS F-4E Phantoms at Seymour Johnson AFB, NC

#USAF #355th TFS #McDonnell Douglas #F-4 #Phantom II #Fighter jet #Interceptor aircraft #Military aviation #F-4E #Phantoms

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usafphantom2 · 2 months

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(Standing by - English Electric Lightning F3 by Paul Thurston).

@ron_eisele via X

#lightning #f.3 #raf #interceptor #cold war aircraft

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coolthingsguyslike · 1 year

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#Lockheed #YF-12A #Interceptor #jet #aircraft #skunk works

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dronescapesvideos · 6 months

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An English Electric Lightning intercepting a Tupolev Tu-95. Cold War Era.

E.E. Lightning VIDEO ➤➤ https://youtu.be/mVJB_DvroJs

Tu-95 VIDEO ➤➤ https://youtu.be/KPHNmN9BaBw

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admiralnelsoniii · 6 months

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The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt. It is the only operational rocket-powered fighter aircraft in history as well as the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight.

Credited with the destruction of between nine and 18 Allied aircraft against ten losses.

Armament

Guns:

2 × 30 mm (1.181 in) Rheinmetall Borsig MK 108 cannon with 60 rpg (B-1a)

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2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151/20 cannon with 100 rpg (Ba-1 / B-0 pre-production aircraft)

Germany started small-scale combat operations with the Me 163B in May 1944. The Me 163B's unsurpassed velocity was something Allied fighter pilots were at a loss to counter. The Komets attacked singly or in pairs, often even faster than the intercepting fighters could dive. A typical Me 163 tactic was to fly vertically upward through the bombers at 9,000 m (30,000 ft), climb to 10,700–12,000 m (35,100–39,400 ft), then dive through the formation again, firing as they went. This approach afforded the pilot two brief chances to fire a few rounds from his cannons before gliding back to his airfield. The pilots reported it was possible to make four passes on a bomber, but only if it was flying alone. According to the historian Mano Ziegler, Nazi officials were allegedly considering using the Me 163 to directly ram into enemy aircraft in suicide attacks; this desperate tactic was never actually used.

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blackros78 · 4 months

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Swedish Air Force Saab J 35 Draken fighters

#saab j 35 draken #fighter aircraft #jet fighters #interceptor #swedish air force

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stone-cold-groove · 5 months

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Convair F-106B Delta Dart.

#vintage illustration #usaf #u.s. military #u.s. air force #military aircraft #fighter jets #interceptors #f-106 #f-106 delta dart #delta dart #f106 #convair #f 106 #convair f-106 delta dart #two seaters

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feybeasts · 1 year

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As I am currently suffering too much executive dysfunction to actually do anything today, please imagine I did really good art of wolfgirls or such at your leisure

#woah look it's lena doing a kickflip #or something like that #woah she's going on a five hour infodump about the specific quirks of the Mirage F1 #the world has never seen a lupine with so much knowledge of french interceptor aircraft #holy molyyyyyy

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yz · 1 year

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A frozen Chance Vought Crusader aboard the USS Intrepid.

#us navy #navy #aviation #military aviation #crusader #vought crusader #aircraft carrier #vietnam war #interceptor #warplanes #avgeek #new york city #uss intrepid #yzshot #travel #america #military

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bigglesworld · 1 year

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. Crew member pulls away safety streamers

#Lockheed #F-104 #Starfighter #interceptor aircraft #RCAF #jet aircraft #military aircraft

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nocternalrandomness · 2 years

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Bangladesh Air Force F-7

#Chengdu F-7 #Fishcan #Fighter aircraft #Strike fighter #Interceptor aircraft #Jet photos #Aviation #Military planes

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usafphantom2 · 2 months

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That’s low

@ron_eisele via X

#lightning #raf #interceptor #cold war aircraft

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coolthingsguyslike · 10 months

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#Lockheed #YF-12 #skunkworks #Interceptor #Blackbird #aircraft #jets #planes #documentary #Youtube

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dronescapesvideos · 3 days

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F-4 Phantom II - McDonnell Douglas Supersonic Jet Interceptor And Fighter Bomber

#youtube #f-4 phantom ii #mcdonnell douglas #aviation #aircraft #bomber #fighter #interceptor #supersonic

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apas-95 · 3 months

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Incredible double mishap in the German Navy off the coast of Yemen! The German warship's radar systems incorrectly recognized a drone circling overhead as hostile. The “Hessen” then fired two rockets at them. But in reality the unmanned aircraft was a US MQ-9 Reaper drone (20 meter wingspan, 30 million euros). A blessing in disguise for the Americans: Both German SM2 interceptor missiles did not reach their target for technical reasons, but instead fell into the sea without achieving anything.

[2024-02-28, Bild is German private media] The only thing more embarrassing than a blue-on-blue incident is a *failed* blue-on-blue incident.

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