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Buccaneer a British carrier-capable attack aircraft, RN retired last large aircraft carrier in 1978, moving strike role to Sea Harrier, and transferred Buccaneers to RAF.

first flight was April 30th 1958, intro to service July 17th 1962, 211 built served on until March 1994.

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F4U-4B French Navy Corsair

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The Heat is On…

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Dassault Rafale French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace) 🇫🇷

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SR-71C was a hybrid aircraft composed of the rear fuselage of the first YF-12A (S/N 60-6934) and the forward fuselage from an SR-71 static test unit. The YF-12 had been wrecked in a 1966 landing accident. This Blackbird was seemingly not quite straight and had a yaw at supersonic speeds. It was nicknamed "The Bastard".

This unique airplane has recently been refurbished and you can see it at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Gordon Ponsford was the refurbisher.

Being a hybrid of 2 separate aircraft initially caused some unforeseen problems, most noticably with the aircraft's geometry. During the first sixteen flights for the Air Force, these issues were addressed and resolved by a team of pilots and engineers led by William Campbell (LtGen-Ret). I remember Major Campbell that lived at Beale

He recalls:

" 981 took a long time to pass the acceptance testing at Edwards because the inlets were acting so unusually. We had more than 10 unstarts on several flights and by-pass doors and spike positions were hardly ever in synch.

"I had Palmdale install a sideslip (Beta) indicator in the front cockpit because the aircraft seemed to be out of rig. Once installed, with indications of zero sideslip, the rudders needed to be trimmed out of the streamlined position and the inlets were still acting up. For the next flight, I asked to have a yaw string (made out of Nomex) placed ahead of the cockpit.

"On that mission, the yaw string was centered when the Beta indicator showed a 4 degree yaw and the rudders were then in streamlined trim. However, the inlets were still not matched in position. To determine what was wrong, Palmdale finally determined that the pitot boom was out of alignment in yaw by 4 degrees and thus feeding bad information to the inlet computers. Once they straightened the boom, 981 flew normally and we delivered the aircraft to Beale."

Regardless of fixing the yaw this SR 71 was a hanger queen.

By the time 981 was delivered to Beale on March 9, 1970, she flew just like the B model. The "Double Eagle" flight of 7 October 1969 was a completely normal flight apart from two minor unstarts (which were themselves completely normal before DAFICS came along).

The only major difference was that the C model only had 5 fuel tanks, whereas the B's had six so it did not have as long of a range.

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Raptor Miami Vibes! No rival matches this reach, agility, or power. The F-22 was built to own the skies, and it does. Air superiority, but make it elevated.💥

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Let Freedom Ring! Jet noise and some fireworks💥 Happy Birthday, America! 🇺🇸

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Sound 🆙 BRRRRTTTT Incoming...

The 104th Fighter Squadron brought the A-10 Thunderbolt II to Volk Field for Combat Search and Rescue training and let that cannon eat.

Shot in Douglas, WI on May 12, 2025, this live-fire footage captures the raw power of the A-10, designed for one job: Close Air Support.

🎥: U.S. Air National Guard by Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers.

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An F-15E Strike 🦅🇺🇸 receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker. Air refueling: where trust, precision and jet fuel meet.