The Mikoyan MiG-31 [Foxhound]
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[The Mikoyan MiG-31 (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed to replace the MiG-25 [Foxbat]. The MiG-31 was designed by the Mikoyan design bureau based on the MiG-25]. – Wikipedia
Photos: The Mikoyan MiG-31 [Foxhound]. Russia, April 2012. (Photo by Alexandr Pak; Source: LiveJournal)...
Search Operation Underway After Cargo Ships Sinks Off Welsh Coast
A Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter prepares to leaves RAF Valley as the search continues for the crew of cargo vessel The Swanland which sank off north Wales on November 27, 2011 in Anglesey, Wales. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)...
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмирал флота Советского Союза Кузнецов [Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov]), originally named Riga, renamed Leonid Brezhnev then Tbilisi) is an aircraft cruiser (heavy aircraft carrying missile cruiser (TAVKR) in Russian classification) serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy. She was originally commissioned in the Soviet Navy, and was intended to be the lead ship of her class, but the only other ship of her class, Varyag, was never commissioned and was sold to the People's Republic of China by Ukraine under the...
Plane Enthusiasts Gather For The Annual RNAS Yeovilton Air Day
A Polish MiG-29 flies beneath dark skies at the annual RNAS Yeovilton Air Day on July 9, 2011 in Yeovil, England. The annual air day at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, attracts over 35,000 people to what is one of the biggest air shows in the region and gives visitors the chance to see a host of aircraft as well as a number of historic and classic cars. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)...
Radio-control Enthusiasts
The R.C. Bush Pilots club was started in 1981, for those who enjoy flying radio control (RC) model planes. It’s one of the largest clubs in Florida, and calls Phil Wherry Field in West Palm Beach home. Photo: Professional pilot and remote control plane enthusiast Bob Rembert prepares to start the propeller of a 1/4 scale Edge 540 remote control, gas powered plane. (Photo by Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)...
Jetman Performs at EAA AirVenture
Yves [Jetman], Rossy made his first public performance in the United States on Tuesday during the afternoon air show at EAA AirVenture. As thousands of spectators leaned back and clicked cameras, Rossy jumped out of a helicopter with his 6-foot carbon fiber wing armed with four 45-pound-thrust JetCat engines strapped to his back. Photo: Jetman during a trial flight from Fond du Lac airport on Monday July 29, 2013. (Photo by Mike Shore/Courtesy of Breitling)...
Multi-national Missiles Strike Libya
In this handout from the Ministry of Defence, Royal Air Force VC10 and Tristar air-to-air refuelling aircraft support the first UK air combat mission in support of UN Resolution 1973 in flight on March 19, 2011. Col Muammar Gaddafi has vowed a [long war] against the [crusader aggression] after over 100 missiles were fired by the US and UK, during multi-national action aimed at enforcing a UN-mandated no-fly zone. (Photo by SAC Neil Chapman/MoD via Getty Images)...
British Air Base Prepares To Enforce The UN Sanctioned No Fly Zone
A military AWAC aircraft lands at the British RAF Akrotiri airbase on March 20, 2011 in Cyprus. Defence analysts said the sovereign military airfield at Akrotiri could be used by the RAF to help enforce a no-fly zone over Libya against Col Gaddafi’s offensive against outgunned Libyan rebels. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)...
Pakistan's Female Top Gun
Ayesha Farooq, 26, Pakistan's only female war-ready fighter pilot watches an airforce jet about to take off at Mushaf base in Sargodha, north Pakistan June 7, 2013. Farooq, from Punjab province's historic city of Bahawalpur, is one of 19 women who have become pilots in the Pakistan Air Force over the last decade – there are five other female fighter pilots, but they have yet to take the final tests to qualify for combat. A growing number of women have joined Pakistan's defence forces in recent years as attitudes towards women change. (Photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)...
Activity At RAF Bases Ahead Of The Implementation Of A No Fly Zone Over Libya.
RAF Tornados fly above the Lossiemouth air base on March 18, 2011 in Lossiemouth, Scotland. UK defence forces will help to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya after the UN voted in favour of a resolution that backed 'all necessary measures', except a foreign occupation force, to protect Libyan civilians....
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