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Boeing Blackcap Mk.I - No.73 Squadron, RAF Fighter Command, 1937 Skin Credit: Charles

check these out...oficial world record 9ft ...amazing.

Fliegerhorst Beauvais Bomberplatz some scenery shots of Beauvais airfield:

Around 1989 the Su-27M in action ! High altitude maneuvers... over Kubinka air base !!!

Formation setting for german bomber bases allows fast take off of the whole squadron. scenery shot of Fliegerhorst Amiens Bomberplatz Ju-88 formation take off from Amiens

Allen: why don't you assemble a package of them, and release them?? I mean, why not???

Simply beautiful

Because the new made small rivers looked to naked without trees i started to plant some trees on the small river tiles. He-100D over the Somme river northwest of Amiens. BTW, i always thought that the famous Somme river would be a big river. But in reality it is a better creek. You can easily throw a stone over this tiny water.

Doubt it is actually true but I heard a story in a bar once about an RAF Tornado (actually might have been a Buccaneer?) from the Gulf War... well you've all heard of bird strikes... this guy supposedly had a Camel strike

And I think we've been through this once before (note trailing pic of USCGC Mellon circa 1990), but you can sorta stay within the bounds of realism when you mount Harpoons on them, too!

Attention All Pilots and Tankers! We are excited to announce the newest additions to IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles line-up – the Sd.Kfz. 10/5 Flak 38 and GAZ-MM 72-K vehicle mounted anti-aircraft guns! These two unique and deadly vehicles are our first Collector Vehicles and they will bring a new type of gameplay to the Great Battles series. Now your airfield or supply column can be protected by actual humans driving or manning these rapid fire and deadly AAA batteries! Our awesome partners at DigitalForms, the same team who built our amazing tanks for Tank Crew, are once again lending their considerable modeling talents to the GAZ-MM 72-K and Sd.Kfz. 10/5 Flak 38. When completed this will no doubt be must-haves for your IL-2 collection! Pre-Sales of these vehicles are NOW AVAILABLE in the IL-2 Official Webstore. Regular price is $24.99, but pre-orders are available for just $19.99! The GAZ-MM 72-K is tentatively scheduled for release by the end of the year and the Sd.Kfz. 10/5 Flak 38 by Q2 2021. GAZ-MM 72-K (25mm) Vehicle Mounted Anti-Aircraft Gun The GAZ-MM was a double-axle 1.5-ton truck used for both general purpose and specialized purposes by the Soviet Union during WWII. It was a licensed copy of the American built Ford-AA truck, albeit a simpler version with a more powerful motor than the original GAZ-AA truck. At the outbreak of WWII the Soviet Union had over 150,000 vehicles in use and by the end of it’s production run there were nearly 1 million vehicles built. During the war, several different versions of the GAZ-MM appeared, some with no doors, bumpers and some with no front brakes and only one headlight. These changes were made to keep production costs and time as simple as possible. It was a rugged truck and served the Soviet Union well during the war. The Soviet 25mm automatic air-defense gun M1940 or 72-K as it was known was designed for protecting infantry units from air attack. It was normally mounted on a four-wheeled carriage that could be towed by a truck or other vehicle. It had a slant range of up to 2.4km and could hit aerial targets up to 2km in altitude. The gun could also be used against ground targets and light vehicles if necessary. It was manned by a six-person crew and was an automatic weapon with rounds loaded from the top via a feeding mechanism. The 72-K saw extensive use by the Soviet Union’s armed forces for many years only being finally phased out in the 1960s. When loaded into the bed of a GAZ-MM truck it becomes a mobile AAA battery allowing you to protect an armored column, supply convoy, infantry unit or a stationary target like an airbase with accurate and deadly fire. Our GAZ-MM 72-K can be used in both single-player and multiplayer scenarios and it will include several custom-made missions to demonstrate its ability at knocking down enemy planes! Sd.Kfz. 10/5 Flak 38 (20mm) Vehicle Mounted Anti-Aircraft Gun *Development pictures not yet available. The Sd.Kfz. 10 or Sonderkraftfahrzeug (special motorized vehicle) was a German half-track that saw action throughout World War II and on all fronts in Europe and North Africa. Its main role was as a prime mover for small towed guns or liquid agents and it could also carry eight troops. Different models could be specialized for a wide range of duties. It was powered by a Maybach 6-cylinder water-cooled gasoline engine. It had a semi-automatic Maybach Variorex-transmission with seven forward and three reverse gears. It could attain 65 km/h (40 mph), while the cruising speed was 45 km/h (28 mph). Steering was performed by both the front wheels and caterpillar threads. Shallow turns were done using the front wheels and sharper turns were done using the treads with one braking like a tank would. Sd.Kfz. 10 /5 carried the Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun in its rear bed and fired a 20mm projectile. The Flak 38 was an improvement over the older Flak 30 design and it had a rate of fire of 220 rounds per minute and weighed 420 Kilograms. Its use was ubiquitous throughout the war in all German theaters of operation and was the most produced artillery piece of the war by the Germans. Later designs mounted four Flak 38 cannons together for an added punch. The Flak 38 could also be towed by trucks or other vehicles when not mounted on Sd.Kfz. 10 half-tracks. In the right hands this gun was deadly to low flying Allied fighters. Our Sd.Kfz. 10 /5 Flak 38 can be used in both single-player and multiplayer scenarios and it will include several custom-made missions to showcase its ability to protect its airspace! We hope you will like these new vehicles! The Sturmovik Team

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My first strike over Turkey. No escort and Turkish F4 CAPs : need to fly low

AMX-T

Daily Screenshot Challenge - Day 1 Theme - Soviet-Afghan War Afghan AF Su-17s in action, 1980s

That's what I call a good Camouflage...

Challenge complete!

Turn UP the heat....and "cmon and catch me if you can"...

bridge busting

There is a Sukhoi in that Pic, I swear!

Super Flanker + Super Hornet thread... and as there's a Super Sunday thread here's the Sukhoi side: The Lead Is About to Eat An AIM-9X The Trailer Fires An AA-11 A Tight Dogfight With the F/A-18E Super Hornet Too Shallow & Too Late Of A Turn for the Super Flanker... SPLAT! One Parani Super Flanker Aflame!

August 2008, Indian Airforce Su-30MKI Flankers join Red Flag for the first time.. They're soon in action and relishing the chance to go up against F-16s...