air defence
air defense command
cold war
consolidated vultee
consolidated vultee aircraft corporation
continental air forces
convair
interceptor
interceptors
late 1940s
national advisory committee for aeronautics
point-defense interceptor
post-world war ii
united states air force
united states army air forces
world war ii
1960s
1970s
aerospace defense command
air defence
airliner
cold war
fighters
hypersonic
hypersonics
interceptors
mcdonnell douglas
nasa
naval aviation
nuclear battlefield
strategic defence
strategic reconnaissance
united states
united states air force
united states navy
air defence
bomber destroyer
empire of japan
fighter
fighters
imperial japanese navy
imperial japanese navy air service
interceptor
interceptors
jet age
naval aviation
world war ii
Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions
A classic book, full of fascinating details about the design and operations of the A-12, YF-12 and SR-71, with good material on peripheral matters like Soviet MiG-25 and MiG-31 and Swedish JA-37 interceptions.
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central intelligence agency
cold war
great britain
interceptor
interceptors
kingdom of sweden
lockheed
north atlantic treaty organisation
royal air force
royal swedish air force
skunk works
soviet air defence forces
soviet union
strategic air command
strategic reconnaissance
united states
united states air force
v-pvo
vietnam war
Hello all
I am looking for information, drawings (including 3-views) and specifications for North American Aviation’s ‘Retaliator’ and the NR-349 Interceptor proposals.
These were based on the A-5 Vigilante carrier-based strike-bomber
Regards
Pioneer
aerospace defense command
air defence
air defense command
cold war
interceptors
light bomber
north american aviation
north american rockwell
nuclear battlefield
rockwell north american
strategic defence
tactical air command
tactical nuke
united states
united states air force
1950s
air defence
cold war
interceptor
interceptors
lavochkin design bureau
nuclear battlefield
soviet air defence forces
soviet union
strategic defence
ussr
v-pvo
I was reading a little about the Avro Canada CF-100 on the net yesterday, and came across reference to a proposed CF-103 program.
It stated that the CF-103 was a refined and swept wing development of the CF-100, when the CF-105 Arrow was unfortunately cancelled.
The article stated that only a...
in this competition, the main contenders were:-
1-Boeing model -----?
2-Northamerican-Rockwell NR-349
3-Vought V-483.
4-lockheed CL- -----?
5-Grumman G-300.
6-General Dynamics model -----?
7-Fairchild-Hiller (Republic division) model ----?
8-McDonnell-Douglas F-15 model ----?
can anyone...
air superiority
air-to-ground
department of defense
f-15
f-x
f-x program (usaf)
fairchild republic
general dynamics
grumman
hughes aircraft company
interceptors
late 1960s
lockheed
mcdonnell douglas
nasa
north american rockwell
northrop
tactical air command
united states air force
" F-111A"----------------------------------------------------"F-111B"
1) Boeing Model 818-----------------------------------------------------Model 818N
2) General Dynamics/Convair-Grumman: GD/C Model ?--------Grumman Model 310------F-111A/B
3) Lockheed Model...
boeing
bombers
cold war
f-111
general dynamics
interceptors
lockheed
mcdonnell aircraft corporation
naval aviation
north american aviation
nuclear battlefield
republic aviation corporation
sdr 17
sor.183
tactical air command
tfx
united states
united states air force
united states navy
ws-324a
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Competitors
In 1936 the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) put out a tender for a ‘Twin-engine, High Altitude Interceptor’ that was designated as ‘X-608’
The winner of this competition would be the Lockheed Model 22 / P-38 Lightning.
But does anyone know of the proposals to...
boeing
consolidated aircraft corporation
curtiss-wright airplane division
curtiss-wright corporation
douglas aircraft company
heavy fighter
hughes aircraft company
interceptors
interwar period
late 1930s
lockheed
lockheed aircraft corporation
pre-world war ii
united states army air corps
vultee aircraft corporation
USAF ‘Improved Manned Interceptor’ (IMI) Program
On 9 February 1968, the Defence Department announced they were not going to purchase the Lockheed F-12A interceptor (later the SR-71), opting instead to remain with the F-106 as the primary interceptor to protect the continental USA from air...
1970s
adcom
aerospace defense command
air defence
air defense command
cold war
improved manned interceptor program
interceptor
interceptors
late 1960s
nuclear battlefield
strategic defence
united states air force
1980s
cold war
combat air patrol (cap)
fighter
fighters
fleet air defense fighter
fleet air defense interceptor
interceptor
interceptors
naval aviation
oblique wing
rockwell international
swing wing
united states
united states navy
variable geometry
I found out about this aircraft project a few years ago in a great book called The Pentagon Paradox – The Development of the F-18 Hornet.
One of the Projects that was mentioned in the book in the USAF’s quest to field an effective air defence system was a USAF Project ‘AERIE’ of 1957.
Project...
air defence
air defense command
airborne early warning
awacs
cold war
imperial iranian navy
interceptors
naval aviation
strategic defence
united states air force
united states navy
1950s
air defense command
bomber escort
cold war
f-108
interceptor
interceptors
lri
lri-x
penetration fighter
strategic air command
united states air force
ws-202a
xf-108
These two photos were supplied by Garry Morelock (@elider) from his personal photo collection. He believes the first picture shows Vought's submission to SAMI (Strategic Advanced Manned Interceptor) and the second, possibly an early VFX project.
aerospace defense command
air defence
air defense command
cold war
fighters
fleet air defense interceptor
interceptors
ling-temco-vought
naval aviation
strategic defence
united states
united states air force
united states navy
vought
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
cold war
electronic warfare
heavy bomber
interceptors
long range aviation
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
red fleet
russian air force
soviet air forces
soviet union
strategic bomber
strategic reconnaissance
tupolev
tupolev okb
ukraine
ussr
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