Fighters Anthology Aircraft

Ac notesA-10-C Thunderbolt II

Ac notesDeveloped during the Vietnam War in response to military interest in new counter-insurgency aircraft to replace aging types such as the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Wikipedia

Ac notesPremiere US helicopter gunship.

Ac notesStarting this beast up and watching the Engine indicators - count them! - come to life is fun. Landing it is even more fun!

Ac notesS models feature upgraded engines and avionics making them truly all weather fighters and the last production models. The leading edges of the F-104 wings were so sharp the ground crew had to exercise special care not to be cut when working near them!

Ac notesLike many flight sim fans, my love affair with the Wobbly Goblin began in 1988 with F-19 Stealth Fighter on my Atari ST.

Ac notesThe Hornet was conceived from the word go as a dual-role aircraft, hence the designation F/A-18, which means Fighter-Attack. It was meant to supplement the role of the F-14 Tomcat, providing shorter range Air defense and to totally replace the A-7 Corsair and A-6 Intruder.

Ac notesFirst brought to the collective attention of the west in the 1972 defection of Lt. Victor Belenko to Hakodate, Japan and subsequently immortalised as the basis for the wildly successful novel and movie "Firefox", the MiG-25 was an integral part of Eastern Bloc air defence during the Cold War. With it’s Mach 2 plus and edge-of-space capabilities it was specifically designed to counter the reconnaissance threats posed by the U-2 and later the SR-71 Blackbird, a role it fulfilled for several decades..

Ac notesThe "Soviet Super Fighter" is what we called it in the 1980's.

Ac notesThe "Soviet Super Fighter" is what we called it in the 1980's.

Ac notes"Its extreme range and ability to carry offensive weapons on up to 8 hard points make it a potent anti-submarine platform."

Ac notesFrom the 1980’s the Panavia Tornado was a staple of the UK, German and Italian airforces and along with the F-111 and B-1B dominated the low-level high speed interdiction bombing role for decades. There were also air defense variants. At the time it boasted the most sophisticated bomber / navigator station in service, the seat being dominated by 3 large cathode ray tubes. The flight plans were loaded via cassette tape and the Terrain Following Radar (TFR) enabled it to fly super-sonic at night and at altitudes down to 50 feet, a performance metric which is hard to match even in the 2020’s.

Ac notesBritish carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s - Wikipedia

Ac notesAnglo-French supersonic jet attack aircraft.. close air support and nuclear strike role. - Wikipedia

Ac notesDevelopment of the Tupolev Tu-22.

Ac notesIndigenous Defense Fighter (IDF)... multirole combat aircraft named after Chiang Ching-kuo. - Wikipedia

Ac notesJapan's FS-X (Fighter Support-Experimental) program

Ac notesJapanese swept-wing, single-seat, twin-engine supersonic strike aircraft that was in service with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force from 1978 to 2006. It was Japan's first domestically designed and built supersonic combat aircraft, jointly developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Wikipedia

Ac notesA-5 in its export versions, is a 1960s-design Chinese-built single-seat, twin jet engine... CAS... aircraft based on the Shenyang J-6. Wikipedia

Ac notes3 engined heavy transport... held the distinction of being the most powerful helicopter to be built in Europe at one point, as well as being the world's fastest helicopter. Wikipedia