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A Royal Australian Air Force loadmaster directing a vehicle onto a C-130J Hercules in 2016. A loadmaster is an aircrew member on military transport aircraft or civilian aircraft (with cargo ramp) tasked with the safe loading, transport and unloading of aerial cargoes. Loadmasters serve in the militaries and civilian airlines of many nations.
It is primarily used as a small transport aircraft by Air Force Special Operations Command. UV-18B Twin Otter: Canada: utility transport 3 [5] STOL capable aircraft.It is primarily used as a training aircraft for parachute troops at the military academy. VC-25: United States Presidential transport: 2 [7] Helicopter; HH-60 Pave Hawk: United ...
The Bombardier E-9A Widget is an American telemetry support and surveillance plane in service with the United States Air Force.It is used as an airborne platform and telemetry relay aircraft providing ocean surface surveillance for range safety and target telemetry of missiles fired for over the horizon profiles on the Gulf of Mexico Ranges.
The US Air Force features 39 different types of aircraft, all custom made to carry out select missions.
The Air Force possesses 45 F-117s, some in flyable condition, As of 2023. The Air Force plans to operate the type through 2034. [39] F-15C/D Eagle: McDonnell Douglas: USA Jet Air superiority: Manned 1979 (F-15C/D) [40] 149 [41] 12 D variants [3] are used for training. The Air Force is seeking to divest 65 F-15s in FY2025. [42] F-15E Strike Eagle
The CL-1201 design project studied a nuclear-powered aircraft of extreme size, with a wingspan of 1,120 feet (340 m). [4] Had it been built, it would have had the largest wingspan of any airplane to date, [5] and more than three times that of any aircraft of the 20th century.
The LRASM is the anti-ship variant of the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile and can already be launched from Air Force B1 bombers and Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets, among some other aircraft.
The C-106 Loadmaster was a twin-engined high-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tailwheel landing gear. [2] It was powered by two 600 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340 engines. [1] Two company owned P260 demonstrators were built and given the military designation C-106 Loadmaster. [1] An order for 500 was cancelled due to a shortage of ...