Showing posts with label * Military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label * Military. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Switzerland: F-5E Tiger II

The Northrop F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter and the F-5E and F-5F Tiger II are part of a supersonic light fighter family, initially designed in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation.


Thanks to Mr Ottex.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Belarus: MI 2411

The Mil Mi-2411 is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and has been operated since 1972 by the Soviet Air Force and its successors, along with more than 30 other nations.


Thanks to Ms Dimitri.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

South Korea: Mirage 2000

The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter based on the Mirage III for the French Air Force. Over 600 aircraft were built and it has been in service with nine nations.


Thanks to Ms Kim

Friday, September 11, 2015

Russia: Cruiser Aurora.

Aurora is a 1900 Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in St. Petersburg. Aurora was one of three Pallada-class cruisers, built in St. Petersburg for service in the Pacific. All three ships of this class served during the Russo-Japanese War. Aurora survived the Battle of Tsushima and was interned under US protection in the Philippines, eventually returned to the Baltic Fleet. The second ship, Pallada, was sunk by the Japanese at Port Arthur in 1904. The third ship, Diana, was interned in Saigon after the Battle of the Yellow Sea. One of the first incidents of the October Revolution in Russia took place on the cruiser Aurora.

Thanks to Ms Evgeniya.

Thursday, August 6, 2015

USA: USS Midway

USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of its class. Commissioned a week after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal. Decommissioned in 1992, it is now a museum ship at the USS Midway Museum, in San Diego, California.



Thanks to my friend Joseph Chacko who was visiting US.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Netherlands: Boeing B 52

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s. The bomber is capable of carrying up to 70,000 pounds (32,000 kg) of weapons.


Thanks to Mr Louis.

Russia: Tupolev TU 160

The Tupolev Tu-160 (Russian: Ту-160, NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Although several civil and military transport aircraft are larger in overall dimensions, the Tu-160 is the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep aircraft built.



Thanks to Mr Sergey.