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 | The Lockheed D-21 was a Mach 3+ reconnaissance drone that began development in October 1962. Originally known by the Lockheed designation Q-12, it was intended to be launched off the back of the A-12 Oxcart for extra-long range flights and/or missions that were too dangerous for a manned vehicle. The A-12 variant developed to launch the D-21 drone was designated the M-21. The D-21, with a singl... |  | 10/08/2007 | 323 | 



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 | A Boeing 757-200 aircraft obtained by NASA in 1994 is now serving as a "flying laboratory" for aeronautical research. The aircraft is being modified extensively for a broad range of flight research programs in the next 20 years to benefit the U.S. aviation industry and commercial airline customers. Called ARIES, or Airborne Research Integrated Experiments System, the aircraft is being... |  | 10/08/2007 | 161 | 



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 | The General Dynamics F-16XL is a derivative of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, with a cranked-arrow delta wing that is over twice the size of that of the standard F-16 wing. It was entered in the U.S. Air Force's Enhanced Tactical Fighter (ETF) competition but ultimately lost to the F-15E Strike Eagle. Several years after the prototypes were shelved, they were turned over to NASA for aeronautical stu... |  | 10/08/2007 | 241 | 



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 | The AN-2 known as "Anhalt" parked at Dessau airport in Dessau, Germany. |  | 10/08/2007 | 166 | 



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 | North American T6 in downtown of Erechim RS Brazil, donated to city in 1970's. |  | 10/06/2007 | 350 | 



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 | Charleroi-reconverted in coktail bar |  | 10/05/2007 | 303 | 



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 | Standing at the corner of the airbase, beside many KC-135 tanker. |  | 10/03/2007 | 617 | 



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 | The Boeing E-6 Mercury is an American military aircraft. It operates as an airborne command post and communications center, relaying instructions from the National Command Authority. Its role in relaying to the fleet ballistic missile submarines gives one of its missions the acronym TACAMO ("Take Charge and Move Out"). |  | 10/03/2007 | 448 | 



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 | They sit like ducks on the tarmac of the airbase. |  | 10/03/2007 | 310 | 



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 | Two of them parked on the tarmac and one is taxiing on the taxiway.
The 9th Reconnaissance Wing (9 RW) is a wing of the United States Air Force. It is located at Beale Air Force Base, California and operates the U-2 Dragon Lady and RQ-4 Global Hawk. |  | 10/03/2007 | 198 | 



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 | The host unit is the 432d Wing, which has six operational squadrons, one maintenance squadron, and six Reapers and 60 Predators.
Along with being the aerial demonstration training site for the Thunderbirds, the base plays a major role in the ongoing war on terrorism. The base is home to the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle which flies daily in Afghanistan and Iraq. The base... |  | 10/03/2007 | 397 | 



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 | This DC-3 was sold by VARIG in 1970 to a furniture company without motors and landing gear. Now days is a dance house propaganda in Garibaldi RS Brazil. |  | 10/03/2007 | 187 | 



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 | A huge amount of F-16s at Ching Chuan Kang Airbase. |  | 10/02/2007 | 599 | 



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 | The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed Dragon Lady, is a single-engine, high-altitude aircraft flown by the United States Air Force. It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 ft, 21,000 m plus), all-weather surveillance. The aircraft is also used for electronic sensor research and development, satellite calibration, and satellite data validation. |  | 10/02/2007 | 452 | 



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 | Yellow number: 6256
cn: 74416
On road E77 between Zaborow and Bialobrzegi is a Su-20 preserved at Petrochemia Plock petrol station. |  | 10/02/2007 | 263 | 



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 | The first prototype Su-17, redesigned from Su-7B, flew on August 2, 1966. Entered production in 1970. The Su-17 was a large step in the development of the Su-7 to a more useful attack aircraft. The most important change was the introduction of swivelling outer wing panels, improving take-off and landing performance, and thus allowing a larger weapons load. The Su-20 and Su-22 were export versio... |  | 10/02/2007 | 328 | 



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 | The Indian Air Force operates 24 Il-76MD, 6 Il-78MKI aircraft and 3 others with Israeli Phalcon radars for AWACS. |  | 10/02/2007 | 305 | 



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 | This AN-124 parks at the southern tarmarc of Indira Ghandi Intern'l. |  | 10/02/2007 | 188 | 



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 | After years of storage the aircraft is now on display. |  | 10/02/2007 | 210 | 



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 | The Lisunov Li-2, originally designated PS-84 (NATO reporting name Cab), was a license-built version of the Douglas DC-3, produced by the GAZ-84 works near Moscow, and subsequently at GAZ-34 in Tashkent. The project was directed by aeronautical engineer Boris Pavlovich Lisunov. An original Li-2 can be identified by the 4-bladed ASh-62IR propellers, although many later Li-2's appear with three-b... |  | 10/02/2007 | 285 | 



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 | Red Number: 10
It's preserved near the Klub Garnizonowy (garrison club) in top condition. |  | 10/02/2007 | 254 | 



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 | This Ilyushin was place here on response of the village of Caemmerswalde. It's painted in the colors of the GDR airline Interflug. |  | 10/01/2007 | 344 | 



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 | There is standing a white helicopter in front of the building. It's painted in the colors of the service, white with blue letters. |  | 10/01/2007 | 253 | 



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 | This airplane was placed here after the end of the German Democratic Republic. |  | 10/01/2007 | 251 | 



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 | This former Interflug airplane came here, after the Aeropark in Diepensee was closed.
The DDR-STB was the second in service with Interflug. |  | 10/01/2007 | 227 | 



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