Aircraft encyclopedia: Military

Aircraft models with their history, specifications and variants.

Boevaya mashina (CC BY SA), vía commons
Alan Wilson (CC BY SA), vía commons
Вадим Кондратьев (CC BY SA), vía commons
Vitaly V. Kuzmin (CC BY SA), vía commons
Bomber · 1952
Tupolev Tu-95
The Tupolev Tu-95 — "Bear" in NATO parlance — is a Soviet four-turboprop heavy strategic bomber, conceived to reach targets in the United States without refuelling and capable of carrying nuclear weapons. It first flew on 12 November 1952,…
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Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom (CC BY), vía commons
calflier001 (CC BY SA), vía commons
Alan Wilson from Weston, Spalding, Lincs, UK (CC BY SA), vía commons
JoonasJJ (CC BY SA), vía commons
Alan Wilson (CC BY SA), vía commons
Fighter · 1955
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 — NATO reporting name «Fishbed» — is the delta-winged supersonic fighter-interceptor with which the Soviet Union equipped its own fighter arm, and that of much of the world, from 1959 onwards. Aircrews named it…
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