tanker aircraft

  1. P

    Lockheed jet tanker

    I asked on the warships1 board whether the USAF had looked at a tanker version of the DC-8 in case there were problems with the KC135 and got a reply back saying that Lockheed had proposed a jet tanker that was apparently the favourite at one time. The USAF bought the KC-135 purely as a...
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    • cold war in-flight refueling tanker lockheed nuclear powered aircraft post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft united states united states air force
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  2. hesham

    McDonnell Douglas Little Known Airliners

    Hi everybody, During the 1987/1988 McDonnell-Douglas tried to make a deal with Airbus to develope MD-330 airliner,which was based on a stretch MD-11 airframe with Airbus A300 wing to compete Boeing-747,but the McDonnell later developed the design MD-12,anther series of little known airliner...
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    • boeing civil aviation cold war in-flight refueling tanker mcdonnell aircraft corporation mcdonnell douglas military airlift command nasa post-cold war stol strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states united states air force war on terror
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  3. boxkite

    DC-10 Projects and Variants

    According to Vaclav Němeček in his book “Civilní letadla 2” the drawing gives an impression of a DC-10 variant, but he didn’t mention a D-… number. Is anyone able to supplement the designation?
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    • cold war douglas douglas aircraft company in-flight refueling tanker mcdonnell douglas nasa post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states united states air force
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  4. flateric

    OKB Korchagin Typhoon multirole carrier-based aircraft

    From Krylya Rodiny 6-2004. No timeframe of project was described.
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    • 1970s 1980s airborne early warning anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare asuw asw cold war electronic warfare red fleet soviet navy soviet union tanker aircraft ussr
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. flateric

    McDonnell Douglas & Boeing BWB projects

    http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/bwb_main.html - several streaming QuickTime videos of LARC WT tests http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/x48b.html - several hi-res photos...
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    • air mobility command boeing bombers cold war cold war ii early 21st century in-flight refueling tanker late 20th century mcdonnell douglas post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states united states air force war on terror
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  6. Antonio

    Vickers VC-10 Projects

    Vickers 450 seater project based on VC-10. Drawing from May 1964. Source: Giants of the Sky by Bill Gunston
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    • aerial refueling air ministry air-launched ballistic missile airborne early warning airlifter airliner civil aviation cold war electronic warfare great britain nuclear battlefield raf bomber command rolls-royce royal air force sigint strategic bomber tanker aircraft transport aircraft vickers-armstrongs
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  7. overscan (PaulMM)

    Fairchild A-10 Projects

    I'm researching an article on the N/A W A-10 (A-10B) and came across this: Dennis R Jenkins, A/OA-10 Warthog Warbirdtech 20 Never seen this illustrated.
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • a-x cas anti-armor anti-tank attack experimental (a-x) program close air support coin coin aircraft cold war fairchild republic ground attack joint attack weapons system nuclear battlefield tactical air command tanker aircraft united states united states air force
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