MiG-21I – The Delta Wing Fishbed
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ‘Fishbed’ is one of the most successful combat aircraft ever made, and is the most-produced supersonic fighter
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Curtiss P-40 – The Flying Tiger’s Finest Machine
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk was an American fighter and ground attack of the Second World War, and probably one of
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Lim-5 – The Troubled Polish Built MiG-17
For a large part of the Cold War, the Lim-5 and Lim-6 series served as the flagship fighter aircraft of
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Ilyushin IL-76 Candid – Jack of all Trades
Strategic and tactical airlift is a major responsibility assigned to most air forces around the world, and nations which possess
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MiG 19 Farmer – Agricultural Design
Soviet post-war fighter production had introduced two superlative subsonic fighters; the MiG 15 ‘Fagot’ and the MiG 17 ‘Fresco’. While
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Tu-95 – The Russian Bear with a Nuclear Bite
Designated ‘Bear’ by NATO because of its distinctive deep-throated roar, the Tu-95 has served Russia since the 1950s as a
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MiG-105 – The Cancelled Soviet Spaceplane
The MiG-105 was a space plane that was originally earmarked to play a starring role in the Soviet’s aborted attempt
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The Quest to Build a Flying Submarine
In 1961 kids (and some adults) around the world were introduced to the concept of a vehicle that could both
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MiG-29 Fulcrum – Export Powerhouse
It can be argued that the Cold War massively contributed to the development of aircraft and avionics and the MiG-29
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Convair FISH & KINGFISH – The Stealth Parasites
The Convair FISH (First Invisible Super Hustler) was a failed stealth plane that competed with the Lockheed A-12 to become
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