Forwarded from Captain Kabooms militaria
Two airmen of the 362nd Fighter Group with a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed ‘Shirley Jane III’
Planes
F-4 Phantom II of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF)
F-4 Phantom II fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF)
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules specially modified for Operation Credible Sport to land in a stadium and rescue hostages in Iran in 1980.
Dassault Aviation Mirage IIIRP of Pakistan Air Force
A number of reconnaissance variants were built under the general designation of Mirage-IIIR. These aircraft had a Mirage-IIIE airframe; Mirage IIIC avionics; a camera nose and unsurprisingly no radar; and retained the twin DEFA cannon and external stores capability. The camera nose accommodated up to five OMERA cameras.
Pakistan Air Force operates 13 Mirage-IIIRPs for reconnaissance missions.
A number of reconnaissance variants were built under the general designation of Mirage-IIIR. These aircraft had a Mirage-IIIE airframe; Mirage IIIC avionics; a camera nose and unsurprisingly no radar; and retained the twin DEFA cannon and external stores capability. The camera nose accommodated up to five OMERA cameras.
Pakistan Air Force operates 13 Mirage-IIIRPs for reconnaissance missions.
Forwarded from F-84 collection
XF91 Thunderceptor
The xf91 design was one of two swept-wing modifications based on the original Republic F-84 Thunderjet, the other being the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak which was developed later.
A unique feature of the Thunderceptor was its unusual inverse tapered wing, in which the chord length increased along the wing span from the root to the tip, the opposite of conventional swept wing designs.
The wings were built to have considerably more chord at the tip than root, allowing them to generate more lift. This neatly addressed the problem of Sabre dance by delaying the point of stall on the tip to that of the entire wing.
Another design change was the ability to vary the angle of incidence of the wing as a whole, tilting it up for during takeoff and landing. This allowed the fuselage to remain closer to level while landing, greatly improving visibility.
(The second prototype had a V tail)
J47-GE-7 jet and XLR-11-RM9 rocket engine
Max speed Mach 1.49
build 2 prototypes
Build in 1949, first flight 1951
The xf91 design was one of two swept-wing modifications based on the original Republic F-84 Thunderjet, the other being the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak which was developed later.
A unique feature of the Thunderceptor was its unusual inverse tapered wing, in which the chord length increased along the wing span from the root to the tip, the opposite of conventional swept wing designs.
The wings were built to have considerably more chord at the tip than root, allowing them to generate more lift. This neatly addressed the problem of Sabre dance by delaying the point of stall on the tip to that of the entire wing.
Another design change was the ability to vary the angle of incidence of the wing as a whole, tilting it up for during takeoff and landing. This allowed the fuselage to remain closer to level while landing, greatly improving visibility.
(The second prototype had a V tail)
J47-GE-7 jet and XLR-11-RM9 rocket engine
Max speed Mach 1.49
build 2 prototypes
Build in 1949, first flight 1951