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Even before I became an air traffic controller, I always enjoyed looking at jet fighters. Please enjoy an assortment of airplane pictures.
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| New ultra stealth fighter |
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| F-35 Lighting II stealth fighter will have 3 versions. The F-35A will replace the Air Force F-16 Falcon, the F-35B STOVL will replace the Marine AV-8B Harrier II, and the F-35C will replace older versions of the Navy FA-18 Hornet. |
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| F-35 Lighting II conventional takeoff |
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| F-35 Lighting II vertical landing |
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| F-35 Lighting II will have a British version |
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| F-35 Lighting II tail view |
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| F-22 Raptor stealth fighter will replace the undefeated F-15. One F-22 has been able to go against 12 F-15s and shoot all of them down. |
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| F-22 Raptor on its back |
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| F-22 Raptor nose view |
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| F-22 Raptor tail view with thrust vectoring |
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| F-22 Raptor with doors open and variable engine inlets |
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| F-22 Raptor with full afterburner in a high-G turn with leading edge vortices |
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| F-22 Raptor being refueled |
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| F-22 Raptor all doors open |
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| F-22 Raptor side weapons bay |
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| F-22 Raptor and F-4 Phantom |
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| FA-18C Hornet ready for launch |
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| FA-18C Hornet launching from steam catapult |
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| FA-18C Hornet launching off the end of the deck |
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| FA-18 Hornet shortly after launch |
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| FA-18 Hornet underside |
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| FA-18 Hornet Blue Angel in a high-G pull up |
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| FA-18 Hornet Blue Angels tight formation |
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| FA-18 Hornet – This Blue Angels formation is called the Dirty 4 because all flaps are down, all speed brakes are out, all tailhooks are down, and all landing gears are down. |
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| FA-18E/F Hornet is 1/3 larger than older A/B and C versions. Normally the A, C, and E models are the single seat versions and the B, D, and F models are the two seat versions. |
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| FA-18E Hornet with gear down for landing |
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| FA-18F Hornet doing a high-G pull-up. The high angle of attack causes powerful vortices to form at the leading edge extensions. |
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| FA-18F Hornet breaking the sound barrier |
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| F-16 Falcon Thunderbirds prepare for takeoff |
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| F-16 Falcon Thunderbirds fly belly to belly |
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| F-16 Falcon Thunderbird ejection |
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| F-16 Falcon Thunderbird in a high-G turn |
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| F-16 Falcon nose view |
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| F-16 Falcon firing a missle |
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| F-16 Falcon ready to go to work |
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| F-16 Falcon full afterburner takeoff, landing gear raised and about to close the doors |
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| F-16 Falcon top view |
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| F-16 Falcon side view |
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| F-15 Eagle top view |
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| F-15 Eagle high-G turn with leading edge vortices |
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| F-15 Eagle extreme takeoff |
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| F-15 Eagle firing a missle |
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| F-15 Eagle dropping a smart bomb |
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| F-15 Eagle being air re-fueled |
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| F-14 Tomcat with wings forward |
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| F-14 Tomcat with wings back to go super-sonic |
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| F-14 Tomcat parked with wings stowed for parking |
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| F-14 Tomcat breaking the sound barrier |
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| F-4 Phantom 2,000th model produced |
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| F-4 Phantom side view |
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| F-8 Crusader carrier landing |
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| F-8 Crusader parked with wings folded |
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| AV-8B Harrier II vertical landing |
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| AV-8B Harrier II flight of two |
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| A-10 Thunderbolt II beat up nose |
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| A-10 Thunderbolt II nose view |
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| A-10 Thunderbolt II overhead view |
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| A-10 Thunderbolt II with a full load |
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| SR-71 Blackbird ready to roll |
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| SR-71 Blackbird could fly over 3 times faster than the speed of sound |
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| SR-71 Blackbird top view |
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| SR-71 Blackbird afterburner takeoff |
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| SR-71 Blackbird afterburner takeoff |
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| SR-71 Blackbird overhead view |
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| F-117 Nighthawk nose view |
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| F-117 Nighthawk left front view |
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| F-117 Nighthawk taxiing for departure |
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| F-117 Nighthawk front overhead view |
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| F-117 Nighthawk overhead view showing large flat exhaust area to minimize infrared signature |
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| F-117 Nighthawk utilizing a drag chute to slow landing speed |
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| B-2 Spirit stealth bomber overhead view |
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| B-2 Spirit refueling |
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| B-2 Spirit dropping J-DAM smart bombs |
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| B-2 Spirit dropping a load of bombs |
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| B-1B Lancer full afterburner |
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| B-1B Lancer is Bad to the bone |
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| B-1B Lancer dropping a dummy nuclear bomb |
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| B-1B Lancer dropping drag chute bombs |
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| B-52G Stratofortress underside view |
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| B-52H Stratofortress landing |
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| B-52H Stratofortress being refueled |
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| B-52 Stratofortress, B-1B Lancer, and B-2 Spirit fly in formation |
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| F-111 Ardvark dropping drag chute bombs |
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| F-111 Aardvark wings folded back for supersonic speed |
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| C-5 Galaxy is the largest transport aircraft in America with a maximum weight of 840,000 pounds |
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| C-5 Galaxy with the doors open and landing gear lowered in the kneeling position |
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| C-5 Galaxy tail view with the doors open |
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| C-5 Galaxy turning final on landing approach |
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| C-17 Globemaster III has a maximum weight of 585,000 pounds and is smaller than the C-5 Galaxy and is capable of landing on short airstrips |
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| C-17 Globemaster III blows an engine on takeoff |
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| C-17 Globemaster III left front view |
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| C-17 Globemaster III landing on an aircraft carrier. I'm still waiting for a picture of a C-17 being launched from a carrier. |
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| V-22 Osprey moving its engines. It can fly like an airplane with engines forward or hover like a helicopter with its engines pointing upward |
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| V-22 Osprey with engines forward |
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| V-22 Osprey front view showing the large propellers |
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| V-22 Osprey with wings, engines and propellers stowed for parking on an aircraft carrier |
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| DC-10 sucks up a foreign object. A jet engine is the largest vacuum cleaner in the world. |
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| Boeing 767 engine blows up on takeoff |
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| Wing dragger |
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| Tail dragger |
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| CVN-72 Lincoln on display. C=carrier, V=fixed wing, N=nuclear |
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| CVN-68 Nimitz turning hard. The 10 Nimitz class carriers can operate for 20 years on nuclear power without being refueled. |
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| Davis Monthan AFB Boneyard in Tucson, Arizona. This is where all aircraft come to be disassembled for parts |
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| Davis Monthan AFB has row after row and acre after acre of aircraft ready to donate parts |
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