Role Fighter Manufacturer: Mikoyan-Gurevich First flight: 30 December 1947 Introduction: 1949 Status: Trainers in service Primary users Soviet Air Force PLA Air Force Korean People’s Air Force 41 others Number built: ~12,000 + ~6,000 under licence Developed into Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 was a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB for the Soviet…
Bombers with Pakistan Air Force Role: Tactical bomber Manufacturer: Martin First flight: 20 July 1953 Introduction: 1954 Retired: 1983 (USAF); 1985 (Pakistan) Status: Retired (3 still used by NASA) Primary users United States Air Force Pakistan Air Force Republic of China Air Force Number built: 403 Unit cost: US$1.26 million (B-57B) Developed from: English Electric…
Sabre F-86F-40-NA Role: Fighter National origin: United States Manufacturer: North American Aviation First flight: 1 October 1947 Introduction: 1949, with USAF Retired: 1994, Bolivia Primary users United States Air Force; Japan Air Self-Defense Force; Spanish Air Force; Republic of Korea Air Force Number built: 9,860 Unit cost: US$219,457 (F-86E) Developed from: North American FJ-1…
A German F-104F in 1960. In 1962 this aircraft crashed along with three others after a pilot error Fighters with Pakistan Air Force The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a single-engine, supersonic interceptor aircraft originally developed by Lockheed for the United States Air Force (USAF). One of the Century Series of fighter aircraft, it was operated…
Fighters with Pakistan Air Force Mikoyan MIG-19; Shenyang F 6 Built in large numbers than any other version of the MiG-19 and now the only model still serving in substantial numbers, the MiG-19SF has a secondary ground attack role and (apart from the Chinese-built version) is now largely confined to the V-VS FA…
Tudor 1945: set a pattern which has bedeviled British aircraft in this class ever since. Conceived as the first new post-war civil airliner, the prototype revealed snags requiring expensive-and time wasting- modifications. After two years of non-stop alterations, BOAC called for a further 343 modifications. Two Tudors were lost without trace, casting doubt on their…
At the beginning of the First World War, aircraft were frail machines, unarmed and suitable only for reconnaissance duties. By its end, pilots in swift, heavily armed fighters were shooting each other out of the sky over the Western Front, bombers were showering high-explosive and incendiary bombs on battlefield and town alike; the first dive…
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