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The AC-47 was a United States Air Force (USAF) C-47 (the military version of the DC-3) that had been modified by mounting three 7.62 mm General Electric miniguns to fire through two rear window openings and the side cargo door, all on the left (pilot's) side of the aircraft, to provide close air support for ground troops.
Plane Crazy is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The cartoon, released by the Walt Disney Studios, was the first appearance of Mickey Mouse and his girlfriend Minnie Mouse, and was originally a silent film. It was given a test screening to a theater audience on May 15, 1928, and an executive from Metro ...
21 March 1944 (unpowered), November 1944 (powered). The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (櫻花[ 1], Ōka, "cherry blossom"; 桜花 in modern orthography) was a purpose-built, rocket-powered human-guided kamikaze attack-aircraft [ 2] deployed by Japan against Allied ships in the Pacific Ocean theater towards the end of World War II.
Wild Weasel is a code name given by the United States Air Force (USAF) to an aircraft of any type equipped with anti-radiation missiles and tasked with the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD): destroying the radar and surface-to-air missile (SAM) installations of enemy air defense systems. [ 1][ 2] The task of a Wild Weasel aircraft is to ...
Dornier Do 215. The Dornier Do 17 is a twin-engined light bomber produced by Dornier Flugzeugwerke for the German Luftwaffe during World War II. Designed in the early 1930s as a Schnellbomber ("fast bomber") intended to be fast enough to outrun opposing aircraft, the lightly built craft had a twin tail and "shoulder wing".
Photos captured while the US military performs nighttime training provide viewers with a unique look into the world of war.
The Yak-1 was a single-seat monoplane with a composite structure and wooden wings; production began in early 1940. [ 1] The Yak-1 was a maneuverable, fast and competitive fighter aircraft. [ 1][ 2] The composite-wooden structure made it easy to maintain and the engine proved to be reliable. [ 3]
F-86E supplied with the Cavallino Rampante. In Italy the first acrobatic flight school was founded in 1930 at the Udine-Campoformido Airport on the initiative of Colonel Rino Corso Fougier, commander of the 1st Fighter Wing: the first formation consisted of five Fiat C.R.20 and already on 8 June 1930 at first air show, called "Wing Day", these planes performed in a "bomb", a figure similar to ...