North American T-28 Trojan [OC - 1800x1200] (photos.smugmug.com)
The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engine military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy from 1950 to 1984....
Hornets in Flight [OC - 1800x1200] (photos.smugmug.com)
Photographed at Portland International Airport, Portland Oregon, June 2007
B-24 Liberator Diamond Lil (photos.app.goo.gl)
Taken with my phone at Thunder Over Michigan 2023. Last flying b-24 in America.
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker [OC - 1800x1200] (photos.smugmug.com)
A sibling of the famous Boeing 707 airliner, the KC-135 was a regular sight at PDX until the Air National Guard tanker base was closed in 2006. This aircraft entered service in 1959....
Hornet at Rest [OC - 1800x1200] (photos.smugmug.com)
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation)....
Boeing B-17G "Fuddy Duddy" [OC - 1800x1200] (photos.smugmug.com)
This aircraft is currently airworthy and on exhibit at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California....
Grumman F7F Tigercat [OC - 1800x1200] (photos.smugmug.com)
The Grumman F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that served with the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) from late in World War II until 1954. It was the first twin-engine fighter to be deployed by the USN. While the Tigercat was delivered too late to see combat in World War II, it saw action as a...
Boeing B-17G "Miss Angela" (photos.smugmug.com)
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II....
Harriers in Portland [OC - 1800x1200] (photos.smugmug.com)
Two McDonnell Douglas AV-8B+ Harriers (165398 and165385) on the taxiway at PDX. The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier family, capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing....
[OC] F-35 Lightning II and P-51 Mustang flying in formation together (i.imgur.com)
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Porky II [OC - 1620x1080] (photos.smugmug.com)
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) by the Lockheed Corporation, the P-38 incorporated a distinctive twin-boom design with a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament....
[OC - 1620x1080] North American B-25J Mitchell (photos.smugmug.com)
Full resolution: https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-8VtXjNP/0/e583c9da/O/i-8VtXjNP.jpg...
[YouTube] B-1 Lancer Night Afterburner Take Off (www.youtube.com)
[OC - 1620 x 1080] Warthog (photos.smugmug.com)
Officially named the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, this ground-attack aircraft was commonly referred to as the Warthog....
[OC - 1620 x 1080] Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk (photos.smugmug.com)
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (Kittyhawk in Commonwealth Air Force service) is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938....
PAF J-10C in camouflage (lemmy.world)
Photographed by, you guessed it, Flt Lt Dayyan!
Northrop and McDond Douglas YF-23, their alternative to what would become the F-22 (upload.wikimedia.org)
It was reportedly more stealthy than the f22, but was not as maneuverable....
B-17 Yankee Lady coming in for a landing. (lemmy.world)
Wings Over Muskegon Air Show
[OC - 1620x1080] Northrop N-9M Flying Wing - Chino (California) Air Show 2005 (photos.smugmug.com)
The Northrop N-9M was an approximately one-third scale, 60-foot (18 m) span all-wing aircraft used for the development of the full size, 172-foot (52 m) wingspan Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 flying wing long-range, heavy bomber. The XB-35 program was canceled in 1949, but the knowledge gained about all-wing aircraft was put to use...
[OC - 1620x1080] Vought F4U-1A Corsair 799 (photos.smugmug.com)
Immediately recognizable by the distinctive inverted gull wing, the F-4U Corsair was a carrier-based fighter which saw service in World War II and Korea. Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California.
Animation telling the story of the Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident over Bremen in 1943. Franz Stigler was a man of true honor. (www.youtube.com)
en.wikipedia.org/…/Charlie_Brown_and_Franz_Stigle…
[OC] Potato quality of an A-7 Corsair II from the USS America CV-66 passing USS Brumby FF-1044 Atlantic Ocean sometime in the early 80's. (lemmy.world)
[OC] P-51, Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville TN 3872 X 2592... No, that's not ["THE" Airwolf...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airwolf_(helicopter)) (lemmy.world)
C-17 Landing at PSAB (lemmy.world)
She chonky.