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BOEING AH-64 APACHE
BOEING AH-64 APACHE
On 15 January 2021 to meet Project Land Requirement 4503 the Australian Government ordered 29 examples of the Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian to replace the the troublesome Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter with the Australian Army.
  • David C. Eyre
  • March 2, 2021
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SUKHOI SU-22
SUKHOI SU-22
The Su-22 was a development of the Su-17, and before that the Su-7, attack aircraft developed for the Russian Air force and was built in large numbers, seeing service throughout the eastern block, and with Middle East air forces, including Libya, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as with Peru in
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 19, 2019
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MIL MI 24 ‘HIND’
MIL MI 24 ‘HIND’
The Hind was a second-generation Soviet helicopter gunship which originally emerged as an heavily armed armoured transport capable of carrying a crew of four and eight assault troops.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 19, 2019
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MITSUBISHI C5M ‘BABS’
MITSUBISHI C5M ‘BABS’
The Ki-15 /C5M series of light attack bombers stemmed from a private venture of the Mitsubishi Jukogyo concern in the 1930s to produce a modern stressed-skin construction long-range monoplane.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 19, 2019
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MITSUBISHI Ki-51 ‘SONIA’
MITSUBISHI Ki-51 ‘SONIA’
In December 1937 a specification was issued for a ground attack aircraft to be developed from the successful Ki-30 “Ann” light bomber and, designated Ki-51, and known to the allies as “Sonia”, the first or two prototypes was completed in June 1939, the second in August 1939.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 19, 2019
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GRUMMAN A-6 INTRUDER
GRUMMAN A-6 INTRUDER
The Intruder is a twin-engine, two-seat, all-weather strike aircraft tht was built in some numbers for operations from US Navy aircraft carriers and entered service in 1963.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 19, 2019
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GLOSTER METEOR F-8
GLOSTER METEOR F-8
The prototype of the Gloster Meteor fighter was flown for the first time on 5 March 1943. It was the first jet fighter to enter service with the Allies, and thus the type was in service during the closing stages of the conflict against Germany.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 19, 2019
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DOUGLAS A-26 INVADER
DOUGLAS A-26 INVADER
Design of the A-26 Invader (renamed B-26 in 1948) is attributed to a team led by Ed Heinemann at the Douglas Aircraft Company’s El Segundo plant, the prototype flying for the first time on 10 July 1942.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 19, 2019
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DOUGLAS DB-7 BOSTON and A-20 HAVOC
DOUGLAS DB-7 BOSTON and A-20 HAVOC
In 1936 the El Segundo Division of the Douglas Aircraft Company designed a new attack bomber known as the Model 7A.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 19, 2019
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CURTISS SHRIKE
CURTISS SHRIKE
n 1938 Curtiss Wright was developing a new dive bomber for the US Navy known as the SB2C (scout bomber, 2nd type, Curtiss), and it eventually became known as the Helldiver in November 1941.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 19, 2019
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BELL OH-58 KIOWA
BELL OH-58 KIOWA
The US Army in 1960 issued a proposal for a light observation helicopter and Bell Helicopter submitted a variant of the Model 206, which became the YHO-4A.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 19, 2019
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MACCHI MB-339
MACCHI MB-339
For some years the New Zealand Government considered a replacement for the ageing and fatigue prone Strikemasters with No 14 squadron at Ohakea and, after postponing selection a number of times, announced the purchase of either 16 or 18 MB-339Cs in early 1990 –the RNZAF eventually receiving 18 aircraft with
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 8, 2019
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JUNKERS JU 87
JUNKERS JU 87
Designed and built by Junkers Flugzeug Und Motorenwerke A-G, the Ju 87, known as the Stuka was perhaps the most famous dive-bomber of World War II.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 8, 2019
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DOUGLAS A-4 SKYHAWK
DOUGLAS A-4 SKYHAWK
Now more than 65 years old, and after the completion of some 2,960 examples, the last being delivered in February 1979, the Skyhawk series proved to be one of the most versatile shipboard attack aircraft, and was still in service with a few airforces at the turn of the century.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 8, 2019
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