Aircraft encyclopedia: Military

Aircraft models with their history, specifications and variants.

Omer Wazir (CC BY SA), vía commons
Jonathan Cutrer from San Angelo, Texas, United States (CC BY), vía commons
Reconnaissance · 1964
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" was the fastest and highest-flying reconnaissance aircraft ever to enter operational service: a two-seat machine able to cross continents above Mach 3 and beyond 80,000 feet, built to photograph hostile…
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Air Historical Branch-RAF (OGL), vía commons
Attack · 1967
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier was the first attack and reconnaissance aircraft with vertical or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) capability to reach genuine operational service, and the only design of its kind to survive the wave of…
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Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY SA), vía commons
Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (CC BY SA), vía commons
Pedro Aragão (CC BY SA), vía commons
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Neoreich (CC BY SA), vía commons
Airliner · 1968
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante is a Brazilian twin-turboprop light transport aircraft designed for both civil and military use. Its name recalls the bandeirantes, the Portuguese settlers who pushed ever deeper into the interior of what is…
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