The Mikoyan MiG-23 Flogger was the first operational fighter aircraft in military history to be fitted with variable sweep wings. It was developed a…

The Beriev Be-6 was one of several Soviet flying boats. The development of this aircraft started in 1944, with the first test flight taking place in…

The F-111 Aardvark was the first American swing-wing aircraft. It was developed and produced by General Dynamics to replace the F-105 Thunderchief. …

The F-14 Tomcat was a carrier-based, variable-sweep wing fighter in service with the US Navy during the Cold War. It was developed by the American a…

The Vought   F4U Corsair was a piston-engine fighter aircraft in service with the US Marine Corps. It performed its maiden flight on May 29, 1940, e…

The F-84 Thunderjet was a USAF fighter aircraft developed by the American firm Republic Aviation. Its prototype, the XP-84, performed its first flig…

The Macchi C.205 'Veltro' was a WW2 Italian fighter aircraft, which was developed from the C.202 by the firm Macchi. It was the fastest of a…

The Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut was a Russian X-plane, which had been developed as a prototype in the 1990s. Designed by Mikhail Pogosyan, the main characte…

The Aichi D3A Type 99 'Val' was Japanese dive bomber, which had entered service with the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1940. It was extensively …

The Luftwaffe was the German Air Force during the Third Reich. Unlike the German Army (Heer) and Navy (Kriegsmarine), it was created exclusively by …

The Junkers Ju 87 , known as ' Stuka ', was a WW2 German dive bomber in the arsenal of the Luftwaffe since 1936. It first saw combat action …

The Messerschmitt Me 210 was a two-engine heavy fighter aircraft briefly used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. It had been developed as a poten…

The Heinkel He 115 was German sea plane used by the Luftwaffe during world War II. It was designed in late 1936, flying for the first time in August…

The Beriev A-50 is a Russian patrol and reconnaissance aircraft. Equipped with a powerful surveillance radar on top of the fuselage, it is used as a…

The P-80 'Shooting Star' was a subsonic jet fighter used by the US Air Force during the Cold War. It was designed by engineer Clarence Johns…

The Henschel Hs 126 was a light, reconnaissance aircraft employed by the Luftwaffe in the 1930s and during the first years of World War II. It was d…