Mirage 5BA : Single-seat version of the Mirage 5 for Belgium, fitted with mainly US avionics; 63 built, 62 under license by SABCA. The Dassault Mirage 5 is a French supersonic attack aircraft designed by Dassault Aviation during the 1960s and manufactured…

The Yakovlev Yak-38 (Russian: Яковлев Як-38; NATO reporting name: “Forger”) was Soviet Naval Aviation’s only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft in addition to being its first operational carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. It was developed specifically…

The Embraer EMB 312 Tucano is a low-wing, tandem-seat, single-turboprop, basic trainer with counter-insurgency capability developed in Brazil. The Brazilian Air Force sponsored the EMB-312 project at the end of 1978. Design and development work began in 1979…

Combat aviation of the USSR: MiG-17. The success of the MiG-15 model made the appearance of its upgraded MiG-17 model unavoidable. The first and most important change made to the design is a new wing with a sweep angle of 45 degrees. Vadim Zadorozhny’s Museum…

Combat aviation of the USSR: MiG 19 is a second-generation fighter developed by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the early 1950s. Widely used in the air defense of the USSR and was exported to various countries. An ally of the American fighter F…

Combat aviation of the USSR: MiG-21 was a very maneuverable and light aircraft, which gave it an advantage against the American F-4 Phantom 2 in the Vietnam War. The most mass supersonic aircraft in the world. Took part in various military conflicts. Due…

Combat aviation of the USA: Republic F-84F Thunderstreak is an American fighter-bomber, which appeared as a result of the deep modernization of the F-84 “Thunderjet” aircraft. It was developed and serialized by the “Republic Aviation Co.” company in 1952.…

Combat aviation: the Soviet fighter-interceptor SU-15. The Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO reporting name: Flagon) is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1965 and remained one of the front-line designs into the…

Combat aviation of the USSR: IL-28. The Ilyushin Il-28 (NATO classification Beagle) is a jet bomber of the immediate postwar period. The first flight of an airplane with the engines of Rolls-Royce RB.41 Nene took place in July 1948. State tests with Soviet…

North American F-100 Super Sabre In January 1951, North American Aviation delivered an unsolicited proposal for a supersonic day fighter to the United States Air Force. Named Sabre 45 because of its 45° wing sweep, it represented an evolution of the F-86…

Su-7BKL. A Soviet strike fighter from 1965: wheel-ski landing gear enabled operation on soft air fields with low destiny ground (5-6 kg/sq. cm). Flight range – 1200 km, max. speed – 2150 km/h, ceiling – 17600 m The Sukhoi Su-7 (NATO designation name: Fitter…

Dassault Mirage IIIE “Ardennes” (50-ANS) №491: French ground attack aircraft The Dassault Mirage IIIE is the all-weather ground attack version of the famous Mirage III aircraft series. Compared to the prior Mirage version (Mirage IIIC, of which you can see…

Combat aviation of the USSR: the front-line bomber IL-28 of the 1948 model. The speed is 902 km / h. The practical ceiling is 12,300 m. The flight range is 2400 km. Crew – 3 people. Museum of the Soviet Army, Moscow The Ilyushin Il-28 (NATO reporting name:…

The Zlin Z-26 Trener was a tandem-seat basic training aircraft built by the Czechoslovakian company Moravan. A low-wing monoplane of largely wooden construction, it was developed into a series of all-metal trainers. Several were also produced in aerobatic…

The Embraer EMB 312 Tucano is a low-wing, tandem-seat, single-turboprop, basic trainer with counter-insurgency capability developed in Brazil. EMB-312F – an uprated version built for the French Air Force, the EMB-312F is equipped with Telecommunications Electronique…

Su-9. A Soviet interceptor from 1956. The first special supersonic interceptor in a series: four world records in 1959-1962 (speed and altitude). Over 1000 aircrafts built. Flight range – 1800 km, max. speed – 2120 km/h, ceiling – 20000 m The Sukhoi Su-9…

The Cessna O-1 Bird Dog is a liaison and observation aircraft. It was the first all-metal fixed-wing aircraft ordered for and by the United States Army following the Army Air Forces’ separation from it in 1947. The Bird Dog had a lengthy career in the U.S.…

Max Holste MH-1521 Broussard №124 from Montelimar Aviation Museum The Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard is a 1950s French six-seat utility monoplane designed by Max Holste to meet a French Army requirement. Following the end of the Second World War, Avions Max…

Tu-16K. The first Soviet long-range sweep-wing jet missile carrier bomber in mass production. Flight range – 7800 km, max. speed – 1050 km/h The Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union.…

A Soviet Su-17 UM-3 fighter-bomber. Developed in 1966. Crew – 2, armament – 30 mm NR-30 gun, ammunition – 80 30 mm shots; six NAR UB-32 outboard blocks, speed – 2230 km/h, ceiling – 14300 m, flight range – 1500 km The Sukhoi Su-17 (izdeliye S-32) is a variable…