The origins of the F/A-18 Hornet stem from the design by Northrop in the late 1960s of the P-530 Cobra.

For many years The Phantom II was one of the most important aircraft in the western world’s inventory, but has been phased out of major service. In all 5,201 airframes had been completed by the time production ceased in 1981.

The Hs 126 was designed by Henschel Flugwerke AG at Schonefeld as an Army co-operation aircraft and was eventually used in the multi-role tactical aircraft role.

During the early 1960s the RAF issued a requirement for a medium tactical freighter, and the Avro design team developed a variant of the Avro 748 (later Hawker Siddeley 748 series 2).

The decision to proceed with the design and development of the Caribou twin-engine transport was taken in 1956 after nearly two years of study.