Military Aircraft in Flight

Images of various military aircraft including bombers and reconnaissance planes in flight, illustrating mid-20th century aviation technology and practices.

A left rear view of an F-106A Delta Dart aircraft intercepting a Soviet Tu-95D Bear aircraft off Cape Cod. The Delta Dart is from the Massachusetts Air National Guard. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Tu-16 Badger bomber. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 1984, PHOTO No. 138, Page 125. Country: Unknown

A left rear view of an F-106A Delta Dart aircraft intercepting a Soviet Tu-95D Bear aircraft off Cape Cod. The Delta Dart is from the Massachusetts Air National Guard. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

AN air-to-air right front view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Base: Southern State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft of Fighter Squadron 111 (VF-111), bottom, investigates a Soviet-built Tu-142 Bear F maritime reconnaissance aircraft of the Indian navy. Country: Unknown

A right side view of the VP-3A Orion aircraft assigned to the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet, parked on the flight line. Base: Naval Air Facility, Andrews Afb State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Right side view of a KC-10 Extender aircraft being rolled out at the ceremony in the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. Country: Unknown

AN air-to-air right side view of a KC-10 Extender aircraft. Country: Unknown

Three-quarter left front view of a North American F-86E Sabre jet, "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" (s/n 51-2733; c/n 172-16) as the pilot climbs into it. Also shown is a technician preparing the plane, and a nickname painted on the nose.. Three-quarter left front view of a North American F-86E Sabre jet, "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" (s/n 51-2733; c/n 172-16) as the pilot climbs into it. Also shown is a technician preparing the plane, and a nickname painted on the nose..

Los Angeles United States may 1979 Plane in the airport scene in 70s

AN air-to-air right rear view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Base: Southern State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

C-141 (NASA-714) in flight

An air-to-air left side view of a Soviet Bear H aircraft escorted by a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft. Country: Unknown

Artwork: "Air Force One", Artist: Craig Randall. US Air Force Art Collection (Copyrighted). Country: Unknown

Aerial right side view of a C-131H Samaritan aircraft in flight off the coast of Florida. The aircraft is assigned to Reserve Squadron Forty Eight (VR-48) and operates from the Naval Air Facility at Andrews AFB, Maryland. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

DF-SD-07-26030. Base: Unknown

Guests watch as a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft is towed from the hangar during the rollout ceremony. Base: Wichita State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The X-38, mounted beneath the right wing of NASA's B-52, climbed from the runway at Edwards Air Force Base for the seventh free flight test of the X-38, July 10, 2001. The X-38 was released at 37,500 feet and completed a thirteen minute glide flight to a landing on Rogers Dry Lake.

Space Shuttle Columbia Using Drag Chute Kennedy Space Center Florida USA

Seoul Airport, David Ketel, 1951 - 1953 color slide Seoul slide Seoul

1962 Guatemala - Pan American Jet airplane on tarmac in Guatemala early 1960s.

A right side view of a C-5A Galaxy aircraft parked on a flight line during exercise PROUD PHANTOM. Subject Operation/Series: PROUD PHANTOM Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

Cuban repatriates board the airplane that will take them home. The migrants have volunteered to return home under the sponsorship of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Boeing B-29 Fifi at CAF Air Show, Holman Field in St. Paul

A front view of an E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft in-flight. The aircraft is from the 961st Airborne Warning and Control Support Squadron, involved in Exercise Pacific Consort. Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC CONSORT Country: Australia (AUS)

An air-to-air right side view of a UC-12B transport aircraft. The UC-12B was recently placed into service with the Navy. Base: Naval Air Station, New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-02983. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An air-to-air right side view of the B-1B test program aircraft being trailed by an F-111 aircraft. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-88-06701. Country: Unknown

Left Front View of a MAC C-9A. Left Front View of a MAC C-9A. "Left front view of a MAC C-9A aircraft nicknamed the Nightingale on the ground, as the patient loading ramp is extended."

An air-to-air left side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft refueling a B-1B bomber aircraft from Edwards Air Force Base, California. Country: Unknown

A modified L-100-30 Super Hercules aircraft stands on the flight line prior to flying a cargo mission. The commercial aircraft, operated by Southern Air Transport Corporation, is contracted to the Navy and Air Force for airlift missions to priority sites. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A left side view of an NKC-135A Stratotanker aircraft following its departure from Hickam Field during exercise RimPac '90. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '90 State: Hawaii(HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Test Activities. Air-to-air of F-89 sampler aircraft: Series of 9 photos (6 of 9). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

An air-to-air right side view of a C-131 Samaritan aircraft. Country: Unknown

Braniff International Airways , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

An air-to-air right side view of a US Air Force NKC-135A Stratotanker Airborne Laser Laboratory (ALL) aircraft and an A-7 Corsair II chase aircraft over the Pacific Missile Test Center range. The plane will be used to test targets. Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Equipment is offloaded from a Military Airlift Command C-141B Starlifter aircraft during Operation Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Right side view of a Marine F-4J Phantom II aircraft sitting on the flight line. The F-4J is a part of Marine Fighter/Attack Squadron 235. Base: Naval Air Station, Whiting Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Front view of a B-1 bomber undergoing electronics cooling maintenance during testing and evaluation of the aircraft. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

S77-27945 (12 Aug 1977) --- The space shuttle Orbiter 101 Enterprise soars above the NASA 747 carrier aircraft after separating during the first free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on Aug. 12, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., and C. Gordon Fullerton were the crew of the Enterprise. The ALT free flights are designed to verify Orbiter subsonic airworthiness, integrated systems operations and pilot-guided approach and landing capability and satisfying prerequisites to automatic flight control and navigation mode.

Low-rise Logan , Airports, Airplanes, Logan International Airport. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

A right underside view of two Soviet MiG-21 Fishbed fighter aircraft in flight. Country: Unknown

American Airline's Boeing Astrojet in flight, 1964

DF-SC-85-03083. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-03776. Country: Unknown

An air-to-air right side view of a Soviet MiG-31 Foxhound aircraft. Country: Unknown

With this Fokker F-28 Fellowship of the state of the Netherlands, H.K.H. Koningin Beatrix and Z.K.H. Prince Claus at Airport Eelde to visit the city of Groningen on Queen's Day 1982.

Albatros USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park Mobile, Alabama, USA

DF-SC-85-05564. Country: Unknown

A front view of the Columbia space shuttle orbiter landing. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-07478. Country: Unknown

The Lockheed P-3C (UPDATE II) Orion long distance maritime patrol goal 300 (1981-2006) on patrol over a foreign coast.

Visitors at the 38th Paris International Air and Space Shown at Le Bourget Airfield line up to tour a Soviet An-225 Mechta aircraft with the Space Shuttle Buran on its back. Base: Le Bourget Airfield, Paris Country: France (FRA)

Northrop NF-5B of 316 Squadron on the runway.

DD-ST-89-11754. Country: Unknown

An air-to-air left rear view of the B-1B test program aircraft, originally the No. 2 B-1 prototype, during a test flight. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STS071-S-070 (7 July 1995) --- The drag chute of the Space Shuttle Atlantis is deployed as the spacecraft touches down on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle landing facility. The Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) piloted by astronaut Robert D. Cabana, is visible in upper left. The landing completed an historic mission in space involving a linkup with Russias Mir Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis, a total of six astronauts and four cosmonauts. Onboard for the landing were six NASA astronauts and two cosmonauts. Touchdown occurred at 10:55 a.m. (EDT), July 7, 1995.

QSRA (NASA-715) takeoff and landing trials onboard the USS Kitty Hawk

High angle view of an aircraft in flight, Lockheed JetStar

An air-to-air underside view of a Military Airlift Command C-21A Learjet aircraft. Country: Unknown

AN air-to-air right side view of a KC-10A aircraft refueling an A-4 Skyhawk. Country: Unknown

A right front view of F-101 Voodoo aircraft in a line while undergoing general maintenance. The aircraft are assigned to the 107th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, New York Air National Guard, North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). Base: Niagara Falls Air Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An air-to-air left side view of a DC-130 Hercules drone control aircraft carrying two BQM-34S Firebee target drones under its wing. The aircraft is assigned to Fleet Composite Squadron 3 (VC-3). Country: Unknown

Cessna 152s of the Rijksluarvaartschool (RS) on the platform of the airport at Eelde.

Left side view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, immediately after landing. The Stratotanker is here to have a high bypass engine modification made. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vintage Photograph. American Airlines Boeing 747 in flight.

A NASA SR-71 takes off Oct. 31, making its first flight as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The SR-71 took off at 8:31 a.m. PST. The aircraft flew for one hour and fifty minutes, reaching a maximum speed of Mach 1.2 before landing at Edwards at 10:21 a.m. PST, successfully validating the SR-71/linear aerospike experiment configuration. The goal of the first flight was to evaluate the aerodynamic characteristics and the handling of the SR-71/linear aerospike experiment configuration. The engine was not fired during the flight..

Convair B 36 G Peacemaker Bomber at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.

AVION AZOR.

Left side view of a Tu-142 Bear-D aircraft in flight off the coast of Lebanon. The aircraft was sighted from the deck of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62). (Substandard image). Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Three-quarter right front view of a North American F-86D Sabre on runway. Tail of aircraft is out of picture.. Three-quarter right front view of a North American F-86D Sabre on runway. Tail of aircraft is out of picture..

One-half right front view of a Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star taxiing, somewhere in Korea. The tail bears a sunburst, and a buzz number (FT-564) is visible on the side of the aircraft. The wing are fitted with wing tip tanks. Five other F-80 Shooting Stars, also with sunbursts on the tails and wing tip tanks, are shown taxiing behind it. A muddy field appears in the foreground.

A Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 58 (VR-58) C-9B Skytrain II aircraft taxis along the runway. Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

B1 BLANCER BOMBER

View of airplane with Air Traffic Control Tower in the distance. Ramon Airport, Eilat, Israel. Architect: Mann Shinar Architects, 2019.

The U-2 Earth Resources Aircraft on the Ames tarmack surrounded by the on board sensors and camera systems

Air to air of the C-8A (NASA 716). Air to air of the C-8A (NASA 716)

Bell XV-15 Tilt Rotor Army Configurations; Combat

A right side view of the S-3B Viking aircraft of the commander of Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) parked on the flight line. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Carl Huntington and his wife exit a Wien Consolodiated airplane at Galena, Alaska, Carl is holding his trophy from winning the 1974 Iditarod Race ca. March 1974.

Two Air Anti-submarine Squadron 38 (VS 38) S-3A Viking aircraft pass over the Rocky Mountains while en route to Naval Air Station, North Island, California. Country: Unknown

A right front view of several S-2 Tracker aircraft parked on the flight line. Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Concertina wire surrounds C-5 Galaxys, C-141 Starlifters, and C-130 Hercules parked on the ramp of the Moi International Airport. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

DN-ST-86-02319. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '84 Country: Caribbean Sea

A commercial tractor-trailer carrying aviation fuel passes the tail of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

An air-to-air left side view of a 28th Bombardment Wing B-1B aircraft over an intercontinental ballistic missile facility. State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerial right side view of three Air Force VC-9C VIP transport aircraft parked on the apron. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

One-quarter right rear view of a Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star (s/n 49-1873) parked in a revampment, somewhere in Korean. The aircraft bears the markings of the 36th Fighter Bomber Squadron (FBS). One man stands on the left side of the plane removing a top panel, probably in preparation for engine repair work. A second man stands under the right stabilizer, holding on to it. Various pieces of equipment lie on the ground.

Rockwell International Corporation employees stand by the X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability demonstrator aircraft prior to the plane's rollout ceremony. The aircraft was produced jointly by Rockwell of the U.S. and Messerchmitt-Bolkow-Blohm of West Germany. Base: Palmdale State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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