| SS Petersburg (T-AOT-9101) | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Chesapeake Class Tanker |
| In service | 28 June 1963 |
| Homeport | Alameda |
SS Petersburg (T-AOT-9101) is one of Military Sealift Command’s two US Government-owned tankers and is part of the 35 ships in the Prepositioning Program. It is part of Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three. Its normal crew complement is 38 civilians and no military personnel.
Source: SNS Petersburg on Wikipedia
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Beechcraft Model 18 | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Trainer and utility aircraft |
| First flight | January 15, 1937 |
| Built | 9500+ |
The Beechcraft Model 18 (or “Twin Beech”, as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced from 1937 to November 1969 (over 32 years, a world record at the time), over 9,000 were built, making it one of the world’s most widely used light aircraft. Sold worldwide as a civilian executive, utility, cargo aircraft, and passenger airliner on tailwheels, nosewheels, skis, or floats, it was also used as a military aircraft.
Source: Beechcraft Model 18 on Wikipedia
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Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Surveillance UAV |
| First flight | 28 February 1998 |
| Built | 48 |
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an unmanned (UAV) surveillance aircraft. It was initially designed by Ryan Aeronautical (now part of Northrop Grumman), and known as Tier II+ during development. The Global Hawk performs a similar role as the Lockheed U-2. The RQ-4 provides a broad overview and systematic surveillance using high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and long-range electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors with long loiter times over target areas. It can survey as much as 40,000 square miles (100,000 km2) of terrain a day.
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Mack NO 7½-ton 6×6 truck | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | 7 1⁄2-ton 6×6 Prime mover |
| Produced | 1943–1945 |
| Built | 2050 |
The Mack NO 7 1/2 ton 6×6 truck was a heavy 6×6 cargo truck designed in the 1940s by the American manufacturer Mack Trucks. It was used by the U.S. Army as an artillery tractor for heavy artillery during and after World War II. The official U.S. Army designation was: Truck, 7 1/2 ton, 6×6, Prime Mover. Its G-number was (G-532).
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Dornier Do-27 | |
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| Country | Germany |
| Role | STOL light utility aircraft |
| First flight | 27 June 1955 |
| Built | 628 |
The Dornier Do 27 was a German single-engine STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier). Configuration was a classic high-wing, “tail-dragger” aircraft with fixed landing gear.
Source: Dornier Do-27 on Wikipedia
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Northrop YF-23a | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Stealth fighter technology demonstrator |
| First flight | 27 August 1990 |
| Built | 2 |
The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 was an American single-seat, twin-engine stealth fighter aircraft technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design was a finalist in the USAF’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition, battling the Lockheed YF-22 for a production contract. Two YF-23 prototypes were built, nicknamed “Black Widow II” and “Gray Ghost”.
Source: Northrop YF-23 on Wikipedia
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Sikorsky S-38 | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Flying boat |
| First flight | 25 May 1928 |
| Built | 101 |
The Sikorsky S-38 was an American twin-engined eight-seat sesquiplane amphibious aircraft. It was sometimes called “The Explorer’s Air Yacht” and was Sikorsky’s first widely produced amphibious flying boat which in addition to serving successfully for Pan American Airways and the U.S. Army, also had numerous private owners who received notoriety for their exploits.
Source: Sikorsky S-38 on Wikipedia
Views : 3204
Northrop YF-17 Cobra | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Prototype fighter aircraft |
| First flight | 9 June 1974 |
| Built | 2 |
The Northrop YF-17 (nicknamed “Cobra”) was a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force’s Lightweight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program. The LWF was initiated because many in the fighter community believed that aircraft like the F-15 Eagle were too large and expensive for many combat roles. The YF-17 was the culmination of a long line of Northrop designs, beginning with the N-102 Fang in 1956, continuing through the F-5 family.
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Northrop F-89 Scorpion | |
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| Country | USA |
| Role | Interceptor |
| First flight | 116 August 1948 |
| Built | 1050 |
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion was an American all-weather interceptor built during the 1950s, the first jet-powered aircraft designed as such from the outset to enter service. Though its straight wings limited its performance, it was among the first United States Air Force (USAF) jet fighters equipped with guided missiles and notably the first combat aircraft armed with air-to-air nuclear weapons (the unguided Genie rocket).
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QF 4.5-inch howitzer | |
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| Country | UK |
| Role | Field howitzer |
| In service | 1908–1944 |
| Built | 3359 |
The Ordnance QF 4.5-inch howitzer was the standard British Empire field (or ‘light’) howitzer of the First World War era. It replaced the BL 5-inch howitzer and equipped some 25% of the field artillery. It entered service in 1910 and remained in service through the interwar period and was last used in the field by British forces in early 1942. It was generally horse drawn until mechanisation in the 1930s. The QF 4.5-inch howitzer was used by British and Commonwealth forces in most theatres, by Russia and by British troops in Russia in 1919. Its calibre (114 mm) and hence shell weight were greater than those of the equivalent German field howitzer (105 mm); France did not have an equivalent. In the Second World War it equipped some units of the BEF and British, Australian, New Zealand and South African batteries in East Africa and the Middle and Far East.
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