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Mitsubishi F-2
The F-2's maiden flight was on October 7, 1995. Later that year, the Japanese government approved an order for 141 (but that was soon cut to 130), to enter service by 1999; structural problems resulted in service entry being delayed until 2000. Because of issues with cost-efficiency, orders for the ..
Mitsubishi F-2
The Japanese may eventually make up to 98, at a cost of roughly 110 million USD each in 2004 dollars. Ironically, the cost per unit of what is essentially an updated F-16 is just 20 million dollars less than the cost of the most sophisticated fighter in existence, the F-22 Raptor. Much of the F-16 t..
Mitsubishi F-2
The F-2 program was controversial, because the unit cost, which includes development costs, is roughly 4 times that of a Block 50/52 F-16, which does not include development costs. Inclusion of development costs distorts the incremental unit cost (this happens with most modern military aircraft), th..
Mitsubishi F-2
In October 1987, Japan selected the F-16 as the basis of its new secondary fighter, to replace the aging Mitsubishi F-1 and supplement its main air superiorty fighter, the F-15J as well as the F-4EJ. Meanwhile also during the 1980s, General Dynamics (who developed the F-16) had proposed its F-16 Agi..
JASDF
Work started in 1980s under the FS-X program, and began in earnest with a memorandum of understanding between Japan and the United States. It would lead to a new fighter based on the General Dynamics (post 1993, Lockheed Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon, and in particular the F-16 Agile Falcon proposal...
Spitfire in Contra-rotating config
Courtesy Richard Seaman
A Mark XIX Spitfire fitted with a late-model Griffon engine from a Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft, complete with the Shackleton's contra-rotating propellers! As far as I've been able to work out, no production Spitfires were ever fitted with contra-rota..
A Mark XIX Spitfire fitted with a late-model Griffon engine from a Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft, complete with the Shackleton's contra-rotating propellers! As far as I've been able to work out, no production Spitfires were ever fitted with contra-rota..
European Heritage Flight 2
A gift for "cpasley". hope you find it better than the other one. A bit dark though.(http://www.patricksaviation.com/photos/Luigizanotti/23545/)
Courtesy Andrew G Leonard
Courtesy Andrew G Leonard
What if...
Sorry, seems the description didn't enter correctly when I uploaded the photo. The title came after an old computer game back from the times when EGA was the cutting edge of graphics. I don't remember its title but I remember that you could end up at your choice fighting with airplanes of mismatched..
![[Un]friendly fire.](http://www.patricksaviation.com/uploads/photos/thumbs/23544.jpg)
[Un]friendly fire.
Ha Phan (sic), Vietnam, 1967
A U.S. twin-engine transport Caribou crashes after being hit by American artillery near Duc Pho on August 3, 1967. U.S. artillery accidentally shot down the ammunition-laden plane, which crossed a firing zone while trying to land at the U.S. Special Forces camp. Al..
A U.S. twin-engine transport Caribou crashes after being hit by American artillery near Duc Pho on August 3, 1967. U.S. artillery accidentally shot down the ammunition-laden plane, which crossed a firing zone while trying to land at the U.S. Special Forces camp. Al..
Mauser 27mm Gun
I didn't make out that the 27mm rounds were actually so big.
[UPDATE]The Mauser BK 27 is used in the Panavia Tornado, the Alpha Jet, the JAS 39 Gripen, and the Eurofighter Typhoon. At one time the USAF hoped to license its production for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, but..
[UPDATE]The Mauser BK 27 is used in the Panavia Tornado, the Alpha Jet, the JAS 39 Gripen, and the Eurofighter Typhoon. At one time the USAF hoped to license its production for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, but..
Not for flight - Ground use only...
Please note the marking on the tail section of the top most one: 'Not For Flight: Ground Use Only.' Even understanding that it meant 'mock-up', it still succeeded in making me smile.
By the way, allow me the figure of the ignoramus by asking what's the top most one. AIM-120 or AIM-7 or someth..
By the way, allow me the figure of the ignoramus by asking what's the top most one. AIM-120 or AIM-7 or someth..
Strike Pack
July 2005, Andersen AFB, Guam... Where you have lost a B-2 recently.
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Hey I am not aboard! Wait a Goòò@mné# Minute!
The corner of Paradox Euphoria for the series "Don't leave me here!" or "It is not any funny!".
Seamaster Strike force, you aint need a B-52
Although the technology of the P6M was phenomenal, in the age of the ICBM and SLBM, the manned bomber was considered an expensive, unreliable way to deliver nuclear weapons. When that manned bomber was also a troubled system only supported by a small part of the greater Navy, it was a doomed system...
