battlefield air interdiction

  1. flateric

    Antonov An-71 Madcap

    View: https://youtu.be/voJoOA9UUVM?si=_V1m5A9B-Cyj9qmJ View: https://youtu.be/oboGrWVgdxw?si=8EMkPC6kxYdMmG1d
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    • 1980s airborne command post airborne early warning antonov design bureau awacs battlefield air interdiction cold war command and control soviet air forces soviet union stol ussr vvs-fa
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. overscan (PaulMM)

    Anti-F-15: The Soviet PFI Program

    Part 1 - December 1969 to August 1972 In 1965, the technical research department at OKB-51 Sukhoi received the first information about the start of development of a prospective tactical fighter programme for the US Air Force from US periodicals. No specific details were published of what its...
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • air superiority battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war fighter fighters frontal aviation nuclear battlefield soviet air forces soviet union ussr
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. M

    Alternate uses of PVO interceptors

    The PVO had bases all over the frontiers of USSR and they were ideally positioned to perform roles other than just strategic bomber interception by mid 1970s to mid 1980s We are going to limit our discussion to Su-9/11 Yak-28P Su-15 Tu-128/28 Other PVO assets like MiG-23/25/31 already were...
  4. yasotay

    Kamov Ka-50 / Ka-52 Hokum Family Thread

    It seems the Ka-52 series is going back to Kamov's roots. http://www.newsbcm.com/doc/999 While it does not strike me as a great 'coast guard' helicopter, it would be a wonderful 'pirate guard' helicopter. Of course a couple of those in the US Coast Guard, might make the fast boat challenge...
    • yasotay
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    • anti-helicopter anti-ship anti-tank battlefield air interdiction cold war cold war ii commonwealth of independent states helicopter ka-50 ka-52 kamov naval aviation post-cold war russian federation soviet union ussr
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. yasotay

    Army Scout after LHX...RAH...ARH

    Since the debate on capabilities and such was begining to overcome the LHX thread I thought I would attempt to move it here. To start the conversation I found this little bit over at AW&ST (...
    • yasotay
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    • anti-helicopter anti-tank attack helicopter battlefield air interdiction close air support coin aircraft helicopter post-cold war scout special operations tactical reconnaissance united states united states army war on terror
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. Sferrin

    Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk

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    • 1970s anti-helicopter anti-tank attack helicopter battlefield air interdiction close air support cold war helicopter gunship sikorsky u.s. army united states united states army
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. hesham

    Northrop F-5G / F-20 Tigershark

    Hi, In 1985 the Northrop designed a new project called F-5S (by that time),it was proposed as a version of F-5G (F-20) for Sweden, with 30 percent larger wing,do you know it ?.
    • hesham
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    • 1980s air defence air-to-ground battlefield air interdiction carter administration close air support cold war export fighter program (f x) f x program (united states) interceptor late 1970s north atlantic treaty organisation united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. flateric

    Lockheed pre-ATF & ATF studies

    "Clearly, ATF was going to be superstealth and not a cousin of YF-12 or SR-71," explains Osborne. "I stopped the YF-12 derivative effort, and we started working on an F-117 derivative for ATF." The design submitted in the Lockheed proposal looked like a larger and elongated F-117 with some...
    • flateric
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    • 1970s 1980s advanced tactical fighter air defence air superiority air-to-ground battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war fighters lockheed nuclear battlefield stealth supersonic tactical air command united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  9. flateric

    Sikorsky high-speed rotorcraft studies

    1991 Sikorsky high-speed rotorcraft studies
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    • 1991 airlifter battlefield air interdiction cold war early 1990s helicopter post-cold war sikorsky transport aircraft united states vtol
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  10. JAZZ

    Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze PZL-230 Skorpion, PZL-330 and Instytut Lotnictwa (IL) Kobra 2000

    OK I have been a bit slack, thought I would put some information together on the development of PZL's Skorpion SABA. feel free to point out errors or add to it. I will post the information as jpegs.
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    • 1990s anti-helicopter battlefield air interdiction close air support coin aircraft cold war ground attack late 1980s light fighter light strike polish people's republic post-cold war republic of poland
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  11. flateric

    McDonnell-Douglas ATS, pre-ATF and ATF studies

    Thread to discuss McDonnell Douglas pre-ATF and ATF studies If you have something to share, please post it here.
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    • advanced tactical fighter aeronautical systems division air superiority atf ats battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war fighters ground attack mcdonnell douglas stol tactical air command united states united states air force united states navy v/stol aircraft wright air development center
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  12. flateric

    Boeing Fighter Studies, 1970s to ATF

    Thread to discuss Boeing pre-ATF and ATF studies If you have something to share, please post it here.
    • flateric
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    • 1970s 1980s advanced tactical fighter aeronautical systems division air superiority battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war ground attack stol supersonic tactical air command united states united states air force united states navy wright air development center
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  13. F

    Rockwell pre-ATF and ATF studies

    Thread to discuss Rockwell pre-ATF and ATF Projects. Merged with existing Rockwell ATF threads by Overscan If I knew how to add a pic, I'd attach it, but in a 1981 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, there was a page of sketches of ATF designs. One that's had me intrigued is a Rockwell...
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    • advanced tactical fighter aeronautical systems division air force systems command air superiority battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war ground attack north american rockwell rockwell international stol tactical air command united states air force wright air development center
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  14. flateric

    Northrop pre-ATF and ATF studies

    Northrop pre-ATF and ATF studies. Scren captures are from 'YF-23 Black Widow II Declassified' documentary (c) West Coast Images
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    • advanced tactical fighter aeronautical systems division air superiority battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war ground attack stol tactical air command united states united states air force united states navy wright air development center
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  15. Antonio

    Bell-Boeing Tactical Tilt-rotor

    From Flight International 23-29 May 1990 Bell-Boeing Supersonic combat tilt-rotor. Dual-mode engine incorporating folding rotors and employing jet exhausts. A high speed subsonic version also proposed. In the same page (29) there is information about US Army beyond LH program for an advanced...
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    • 1980s air superiority air-land battle 2000 anti-helicopter anti-tank battlefield air interdiction bell helicopter company bell helicopter textron boeing vertol close air support cold war early 1990s ground attack nuclear battlefield supersonic united states united states army vtol
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  16. overscan (PaulMM)

    Romanian Supersonic Fighter projects

    IAR-95, IAR-S from late 1970s onward
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • air combat interceptors air-to-ground armata republicii socialiste românia battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction close air support cold war comandamentul apararii antiaeriene a teritoriului forțele aeriene interceptors marina (socialist republic of romania) romanian air force romanian navy socialist republic of romania supersonic warsaw pact
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  17. overscan (PaulMM)

    Grumman Pre-ATF & ATF Studies

    First a whole load of concepts from 1979. A "high mach" supersonic cruise optimised fighter Sources: Aviation Week & Space Technology Jan 17 1979 TsAGI Technical Briefing on ATF Program, 1984 Internet Michael J Taylor -Jet Warplanes, The Twenty First Century
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • advanced tactical fighter air defence air superiority battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war fighter bomber fighters ground attack grumman nuclear battlefield stol supersonic tactical air command united states united states air force v/stol aircraft variable geometry vtol
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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