Aircraft encyclopedia: Military

Aircraft models with their history, specifications and variants.

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Bomber · 1952
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a subsonic, eight-engined heavy strategic bomber conceived in the early Cold War to deliver nuclear weapons anywhere on the globe without relying on intermediate bases. It has flown with the United States…
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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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Transport · 1954
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engined turboprop military transport aircraft, designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin), with a high wing and a rear loading ramp. Conceived to carry troops, cargo and casualties…
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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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Reconnaissance · 1955
Lockheed U-2
The Lockheed U-2 is a high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft: a single-seater with enormously long, narrow wings, one jet engine and a structure pared down to the lightest airframe its designers could get away with, conceived in…
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Fighter · 1956
Dassault Mirage III
The Dassault Mirage III is a family of single-engine French fighters, built in single- and two-seat form by Dassault Aviation. On 24 October 1958 it became the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight. Its…
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Fighter · 1958
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a large two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather fighter that McDonnell Aircraft designed for the United States Navy as a fleet defence interceptor and which proved equally capable as a fighter-bomber and…
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Aircraft encyclopedia: Military

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Tupolev Tu-95

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

Lockheed U-2

Dassault Mirage III

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II