two OV-10 Bronco aircraft, silhouetted against the sunset, in flight, Hanau Army Air Field, West Germany, 12 October 1981. The aircraft are assigned to the 4th Tactical Air Support Squadron, 601st Tactical Control Wing, involved in Exercise Reforger '81
Falcon 50 "Susanna" Single Falcon 50 for Iraq modified with a Cyrano IV-C5 radar and hardpoints to carry two AM-39 Exocet antiship missiles. Used for training Mirage F.1 crews and possibly carried out the attack on the USS Stark on May 17, 1987. This aircraft was flown to Iran during the Persian Gulf War and was not returned.
The United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, flying the F-4 Phantom, performs at the Aerospace Show at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Komaki Air Base on October 27, 1971 in Komaki, Aichi, Japan.
The United States Navy's flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, flying the F-4 Phantom, performs at the Aerospace Show at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Komaki Air Base on October 27, 1971 in Komaki, Aichi, Japan.
An air-to-air right side view of U.S. Army UH-60 BlackHawk and AH-1G Cobra helicopters in front of the pyramids during exercise Bright Star '82, Egypt, November 1, 1981.
A U.S. Navy F-4S Phantom II aircraft from Fighter Squadron 161 (VF-161) is catapulted from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41), 1 November 1981. The Midway and her sister Coral Sea were the only U.S. carriers of the 1980s too small to operate the F-14 Tomcat, so the navy kept a small number of phantoms in service on these ships.
An air-to-air underside view of three USAF F-16 Falcon aircraft assigned to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing as they break to the left during a mission out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 1 November 1981.