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North American F-82 Twin Mustang. Piper PA-48 Enforcer. The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA ...
A68-105 (painted as Mustang IV KH677/CV-P) – Judy Pay and Richard Hourigan at Tyabb, Victoria. A68-107 – Pay's Air Service in Scone, New South Wales. A68-110 (painted as P-51D A68-769) – Caboolture Warplane Museum in Caboolture, Queensland. [1] A68-118 – Jeff Trappett in Morwell, Victoria. [2] CA-18 Mustang 23. A68-107 at the RAAF ...
North American P-51 Mustang variants. Two P-51B/C Mustangs flying with two P-51D/K Mustangs. Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts.
Operational numbers being reduced to 51 helicopters: Westland/Airbus Helicopters Puma HC.2: United Kingdom: Rotorcraft: Transport: 1971 2013: 23: 23: Type may continue in service to 2028: Airbus H145 Jupiter HC.2: Germany: Rotorcraft: Transport: 2024-6: Six aircraft ordered; to replace Puma HC2s deployed in Cyprus and Brunei from 2024. Trainer ...
By the time the PA-48s were completed, they shared less than 10 percent of their structure with the P-51, and were longer and larger. The PA-48 Enforcer was a completely new aircraft. The two PA-48s were tested during 1983 and 1984 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and Edwards Air Force Base, California. As in the Pave COIN tests of 1971, the ...
357th Fighter Group. The 357th Fighter Group was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. The 357th operated P-51 Mustang aircraft as part of the U.S. Eighth Air Force and its members were known unofficially as the Yoxford Boys after the village of Yoxford near their base in the UK.
The main volume focuses on aircraft in production while the second book describes older aircraft and upgrades, both military and civil. While 2009 was the centennial year of Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 2013 marked the 100th edition—the disparity due to disruptions (chiefly with volumes covering two years) during the two World Wars ...
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).