Canadair CF-104D Starfighter

Canadair CF-104 Starfighter

CountryCanada
RoleInterceptor aircraft, Fighter-bomber
First flight26 May 1961
Built200

The Canadair CF-104 Starfighter (CF-111, CL-90) was a modified version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft built in Canada by Canadair under licence. It was primarily used as a ground attack aircraft, despite being designed as an interceptor. It served with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and later the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) until it was replaced by the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet.

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Canadair CF-116 F5 Freedom Fighter

Canadair CF-5

CountryCanada
RoleFighter-bomber
First flight6 May 1968
Built240

The Canadair CF-5 (officially designated the CF-116 Freedom Fighter) is the Canadair licensed-built version of the American Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter aircraft primarily for the Canadian Forces (as the CF-5) and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (as the NF-5). The CF-5 was upgraded periodically throughout its service career in Canada. The Canadian Forces retired the type in 1995, although CF-5s continue to be used by other countries.

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Submarine USS Croaker

USS Croaker

CountryUSA
RoleNasty-class patrol boat
Launched19 December 1943
Decommissioned2 April 1968

USS Croaker (SS/SSK/AGSS/IXSS-246), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the croaker, any of various fishes which make throbbing or drumming noises. Her keel was laid down on 1 April 1943 by Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 19 December 1943 (sponsored by the wife of Admiral William H. P. Blandy), and commissioned on 21 April 1944, with Commander John E. Lee in command.

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Trumpy PTF-17 Patrol Torpedo Fast Boat

Trumpy PTF-17 Patrol Torpedo Fast Boat

CountryUSA
RoleNasty-class patrol boat
Entered service1967
BuiltUnknow

The Nasty class of fast patrol boats were a set of 20 vessels built for the United States Navy to a Norwegian design and purchased in the 1960s for covert operations during the Vietnam War. Following the conflict they remained in service until the early 1980s. PTF 17: 1967 by Trumpy (Stricken 1981)

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MAZ-543 SCUD B

MAZ-543

CountrySoviet Union
RoleSpecialist carrier vehicle
Entered service1962
BuiltUnknow

The MAZ-543/MAZ-7310 “Uragan” (Russian: МАЗ-543/МАЗ-7310 “Ураган”/Hurricane) is a Soviet/Belarusian 8×8 artillery truck designed and developed by MAZ (Minsk Automobile Plant), in what is now Belarus.

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Fairey Swordfish Mk III

Fairey Swordfish

CountryUK
RoleTorpedo-bomber
First flight17 April 1934
Built2391

The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed “Stringbag”, was operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, in addition to having been equipped by the Royal Air Force (RAF) alongside multiple overseas operators, including the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the Royal Netherlands Navy. It was initially operated primarily as a fleet attack aircraft. During its later years, the Swordfish became increasingly used as an anti-submarine and training platform. The type was in frontline service throughout the Second World War, but it was already considered obsolete at the outbreak of the conflict in 1939.

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9K33 Osa

9K33 Osa

CountrySoviet Union
Role6×6 amphibious SAM system
In serviceN1971–present
Built1200

The 9K33 Osa (English: wasp; NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko) is a highly mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical surface-to-air missile system designed in the Soviet Union. Its export version name is Romb.

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Beechcraft Staggerwing D-17

Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing

CountryUSA
RoleUtility aircraft
First flightNovember 4, 1932
Built785

The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is an American biplane with an atypical negative wing stagger (the lower wing is farther forward than the upper wing). It first flew in 1932.

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USS Bunker Hill CG-52

USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)

CountryUSA
Class and typeTiconderoga-class cruiser
Launched11 March 1985
StatusIn active service

USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy laid down by Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 11 January 1984, launched on 11 March 1985, and commissioned on 20 September 1986. Bunker Hill is homeported at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California. Bunker Hill was the first Ticonderoga-class cruiser to be equipped with the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) in place of the previous ships’ twin-arm Mark 26 missile launchers, which greatly improved the flexibility and firepower of the ships by allowing them to fire RGM-109 Tomahawk missiles.

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LTV A-7D Corsair II

LTV A-7 Corsair II

CountryUSA
RoleAttack aircraft
First flight26 September 1965
Built1169

The LTV A-7 Corsair II is an American carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft manufactured by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) to replace the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. Its airframe design is a somewhat smaller version of the supersonic Vought F-8 Crusader. The Corsair II initially entered service with the United States Navy (USN) during the Vietnam War. It was later adopted by the United States Air Force (USAF), including the Air National Guard (ANG), to replace the Douglas A-1 Skyraider and North American F-100 Super Sabre. The aircraft was also exported to Greece in the 1970s, and to Portugal in the late 1980s. The USAF and USN retired the type in 1991, the ANG in 1993, the Portuguese Air Force in 1999, and the Hellenic Air Force in 2014

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