fighters, as well as U.S.…
The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman.…
Along with its use as a general fighter, the P-38 was used in various aerial combat roles, including as a highly effective fighter-bomber, a night fighter, and a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks.…
Warplanes of Italy: Regia Aeronautica, Macchi fighters and bombers. Italian Regia Aeronautica Warplanes of the Second World War: Macchi fighters and bombers. Macchi M.C.94, transport. (Regia Aeronautica Photos). Macchi M.C.100, transport.…
Britain had not yet developed a synchronisation gear to match the German system and this had compelled British fighters to adopt the pusher configuration, such as the DH.2 and the F.E.2b.…
The Hawker Demon was a fighter variant of the Hart light bomber.…
The Mitsubishi A5M, formal Japanese Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Type 96 Carrier-based Fighter (九六式艦上戦闘機), experimental Navy designation Mitsubishi Navy Experimental 9-ShiCarrier Fighter, company designation Mitsubishi Ka-14, was a Second World War-era…
National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio: Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai fighter. Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai fighter. , National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio. (USAAF Photo). Kawanishi N1K. Shiden. , allied codename. George.…
The Nakajima Ki-27 (九七式戦闘機, Kyūnana-shiki sentōki, Type 97 Fighter) was the main fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service up until 1940.…
Canadian Warplanes 1: Bristol F.2B Fighter. Bristol F.2B Fighter. (City of Vancouver Archives Photo, AM54-S4-: Gr War P11.2). Bristol F.2B Fighter with Captain H.P. Sales and Lieutenant W.H. Welsh near San Quentin, France, ca 1918.…
Kawanishi N1K1 "Rex" floatplane fighter photographed by the JapaneseNavy prior to 1945.…
Arsenal VB 10 Heavy Interceptor Fighter. The Arsenal VB 10 prototype was a twin-engine fighter aircraft, but both engines were mounted inline in the fuselage. This unusual arrangement drove a set of contra-rotating propellers in the nose.…
Although it began as a small organization in 1941, the ZNDH was still providing a measure of air-support in the form of fighter, attack and transport aircraft and aircrews until the last days of the Second World War in Europe.…
McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle fighters from the 110th Fighter Squadron, 131st Fighter Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, in flight over the “Gateway arch” monument, St. Louis, Missouri, 2008. (US Army Air Service Photo).…
Canadian Warplanes 1: Nieuport 11 Bébé, Nieuport 12 and Nieuport 17 fighters. Nieuport 11. Bébé. , Nieuport 12 and Nieuport 17 fighters. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3390834). Nieuport 11.…
Grupul 3° Picaj, Corpul 1° Aerian, Cioara, Dolcesti, Romania August 1944; under orders of Luftwaffe, Luftflotte Kommando 4 with commands in Debrecen, Hungary. 6th Fighter Group. 7th Fighter Group. 8th Fighter Group (1941–1943). 9th Fighter Group. 5th Bomber…
The Nakajima A4N was a carrier-based fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the last biplane designed by Nakajima. The first prototype was completed in 1934, but due to engine trouble, the aircraft did not see service until 1936.…
North American F-51D Mustang fighters of the 159th Fighter Squadron, Florida Air National Guard, at Thomas Cole Imeson Airport, Jacksonville, Florida, ca 1947. (USAF Photo).…
North American F-51D-25-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-73574) from the 167th Fighter Group, West Virginia Air National Guard. (USAF Photo). Republic F-47D Thunderbolt, 167th Fighter Squadron, West Virginia Air National Guard, ca 1948.…
Army Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter (code name Nick) in IJAAF service with the 53rd Hiko Sentai. The Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (屠龍, "Dragonslayer") is a two-seat, twin-engine heavy fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.…
Republic F-84F Thunderstreaks from the 163rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, ca 1967 in Vietnam War camouflage. (Bill Larkins Photo). Republic F-84F35-RE Thunderstreak (Serial No. 52-6433), 163rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 1959. (USAF Photo).…
Warplanes of Italy: Regia Aeronautica, Savoia-Marchetti fighters and bombers. Italian Regia Aeronautica Warplanes of the Second World War: Savoia-Marchetti fighters and bombers. Savoia-Marchetti S.56 flying boat trainer. (Regia Aeronautica Photos).…
The F-84 was the first production fighter aircraft to utilize inflightrefueling and the first fighter capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, the Mark7 nuclear bomb.…
The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War.…
Warplanes of Italy: Regia Aeronautica, IMAM fighters and bombers. Italian Regia Aeronautica Warplanes of the Second World War: IMAM fighters and bombers. IMAM Ro.10 (Fokker F.VII), transport, commercial airlines. (Regia Aeronautica Photos).…
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force. The Bf 109 first saw operational service in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War.…
Warplanes of Italy: Regia Aeronautica, Caproni fighters and bombers. Regia Aeronautica Warplanes of the Second World War: Caproni fighters and bombers. (Alan Wilson Photo).…
The aircraft are from the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. (USAF Photo). 101st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Two F-106 Delta Daggers in formation, 1965. (USAF Photo).…
Kawaskai Ki-96 Experimental Twin-engine single-seat fighter. The Kawasaki Ki-96 was a Japanese singleseat, twin-engine heavy fighter of the Second World War. It was intended toreplace the Kawasaki Ki-45s of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service.…
The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin is an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft. It was intended to deploy from the bomb bay of the Convair B-36 bomber as a parasite fighter.…
FM159), F2-T, is named in honour of Canadian born, Ian W. Bazalgette, VC, 635 Squadron. Museum centre-piece. National Bomber Command Air Museum, Nanton, Alberta. (Tony Hisgett Photo). (Joanna Poe Photo). (National Bomber Command Museum Photo).…
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a Second World War-era fighter aircraft produced by the American aerospace company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945.…
The first of the Century Series of American jet fighters, it was the first United States Air Force (USAF) fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight.…
The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, "Peregrine falcon"), formal Japanese designation Army Type 1 Fighter (一式戦闘機, Ichi-shiki sentōki) is a single-engine land-based tactical fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in the Second World War.…
This aircraft was shot down over Laos on. 16 January 1966. while being assigend to the 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, Takhli RTAFB. (USAF Photo).…
Falke. heavy fighter. The Focke-Wulf Fw 187 Falke ("Falcon") was a German aircraft designed in 1935.…
The Boulton P.82 Paul Defiant was designed and built as a "turret fighter", without any forward-firing guns.…
McDonnell F3H -1N Demon (BuNo. 133492), 104 and F3H-2/F-3B Demon (BuNo. 146715), 105, Fighter Squadron VF-13 ". Night Cappers. " in flight.…
Each Orlyak had a fighter, a line bomber and two reconnaissance Yatos (Squadrons). There was also an Independent Aviation corps, which combined the 5th Bomber and 6th Fighter Regiments.…
The McDonnell Aircraft Corp. developed the XF-85 Goblin "parasite" fighter to protect B-36 bombers flying far beyond the range of conventional escort fighters.…
The Boeing 707-347C aircraft provided long range passenger transport for the military, VIP transport for government and air-to-air refueling for fighters such as the CF-116 Freedom Fighter and CF-18 Hornet.…
North American F-51H Mustang (Serial No. 44-64579), 194th Fighter Squadron, California Air National Guard. (Bill Larkins Photo). North American F-51H Mustang (Serial No. 44-64480), 195th Fighter Squadron, California Air National Guard, night view.…
Heinkel HD 37 fighter biplane (used only by Soviets). (SDA&SM Photo). Heinkel HD 38 fighter biplane/floatplane. (SDA&SM Photo). Heinkel HD 43 fighter biplane (prototype). (SDA&SM Photo). (Luftwaffe Photo). Heinkel He 45, bomber/trainer in Spain, ca 1939.…
Fiat G.50 Freccia (Arrow), fighter. (Regia Aeronautica Photo). The Fiat G.50 Freccia (“Arrow”) was a Second World War Italian fighter aircraft that was developed and manufactured by the aviation company Fiat.…
North American F-51D-25-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-63746), 188th Fighter Squadron, New Mexico Air National Guard, 1947. (USAF Photo). North American F-51D-25-NA Mustang fighters from the 188th Fighter Squadron, New Mexico Air National Guard in flight.…
The Nakajima A6M2-N (Navy Type 2 Interceptor/Fighter-Bomber) was a single-crew floatplane based on the Mitsubishi A6M Zero Model 11. The Allied reporting name for the aircraft was Rufe.…
The Boulton P.82 Paul Defiant was designed and built as a "turret fighter", without any forward-firing guns.…
I (Wk Nr. 45829), British/Latvian biplane fighter. (Luftwaffe Photos). Hawker Hurricane captured British fighters in Luftwaffe markings. (Luftwaffe Photo). Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik, captured Russian fighter-bomber. (Luftwaffe Photo).…
The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of the Second World War.…
Soviet fighters were usually superior in firepower, speed and agility, and were to be avoided unless the enemy was in a disadvantageous position.…
Warplanes of the USA: Minnesota, Granite Falls, Fagen Fighters WWII Museum. Granite Falls. , Fagen Fighters WWII Museum. , 2450 540th Street, 56241. (Aaron Headly Photo). Curtiss JN-4D Jenny biplane, Reg. No. N2975. (Aaron Headly Photos).…
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (Serial No. 42-76248), 406th Fighter Group prepares for take off, England, 1943. (IWM Photo). Republic P-47D Thunderbolts of the 78th Fighter Group at Duxford, England, 1943. (NMUSAF Photo). (S. Kaiser Photo). (Goshimini Photo).…
Created as a day fighter by Lockheedas one of the "Century Series" of fighter aircraft for the UnitedStates Air Force (USAF), it was developed into an all-weather multiroleaircraft in the early 1960s and produced by several other nations, seeingwidespread service…
Misidentified as a B.E.2c fighter flown by a Canadian who had destroyed a German airship, it was sent to Canada as a war trophy in 1919.…
MiG-21 Fishbed, ex-Polish Air Force painted as a Soviet fighter. (F.A. Johnson Photo). (Visit Idaho Photo). North American F-86A Sabre (Serial No. 49-1050). Boise.…
Banshee. fighter (BuNo 124974) from fighter squadron VF-172. Night Owls. , Carrier Air Group Five (CVG-5). , being brought up to the flight deck aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier. USS Essex (CV-9). on 25 August 1951. The.…
Curtiss XF15C-1 mixed-power fighter prototype in flight. The Curtiss XF15C-1 is a mixed-propulsion fighter prototype of the 1940s.…
F-15C fighters accounted for 34 of the 37 Air Force air-to-air victories.…
Fiat C.R.32, fighter. fighter, in the Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano in central Italy. (Smolik Photos). Fiat C.R.32 fighter, in the Spanish Air Force Museuo del Air Museum, Madrid, Spain. (Regia Aeronautica Photo).…
Fury. fighters from Fighter Squadron VF-61. Jolly Rogers. at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia (USA), circa 1955. VF-61 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 8 (CVG-8). (USN Photo). U.S. Navy North American FJ-3. Fury.…