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The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. Its development was heavily reliant on its groundbreaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Frank Whittle and his company, Power Jets Ltd.
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This is the remarkable story of the Doolittle Raid’s most mysterious aircraft, the crew that vanished into Soviet territory, the unanswered questions surrounding their diversion, and one of World War II’s most enduring aviation mysteries.
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The Lockheed XF-90 was a long-range penetration fighter and bomber escort built for the United States Air Force. The same requirement produced the McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo.
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The North American F-107 is a prototype aircraft that was North American Aviation’s entry in a United States Air Force tactical fighter-bomber design competition of the 1950s, based on the F-100 Super Sabre.
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The Ar 234 continued to fly combat missions until the surrender of Germany on 8 May 1945. Several were destroyed by anti-aircraft guns, or "bounced" by Allied fighters during takeoff or on landing when the jets were flying slow and straight, and were most vulnerable.
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Originally designed during the Cold War as America’s ultimate defense against Soviet nuclear bombers, the interceptor was built around extreme speed, advanced radar systems, and the massive SAGE defense network that could guide pilots toward enemy aircraft from thousands of miles away.
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During its early service, it accomplished several aviation firsts and achieved various records, such as being the first jet aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean. By the end of production, almost 3,300 Vampires had been manufactured, a quarter of these having been manufactured under licence abroad.
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The U.S. military secretly brought the OV-10 back into combat against ISIS. Nearly fifty years after its first missions in Vietnam, the old twin-boom aircraft once again found itself circling above rivers, tracking small enemy boats for hours before destroying them with precision-guided rockets.
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The interceptor drone is one of the most effective solutions to combat the surge in the use of one-way effectors, loitering munitions, otherwise known as 'kamikaze drones' or strike drones.
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In its heyday, the B-45 was important to United States defence strategy, performing the strategically critical deterrence mission for several years during the early 1950s, after which the Tornado was superseded by the larger and more capable Boeing B-47 Stratojet.
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) operations during training are critical for enhancing battlefield awareness, intelligence gathering, and reconnaissance, providing real-time data to ground forces.