Thread: Military Aircraft

I noticed the Bhutto thread discussing some Military Aircraft and figured this could make a cool thread on it's own.

I've always loved researching Military Aircraft and going to air shows.

And a personal favorite of mine... the A-10 Warthog:

[img width=450 height=337]http://www.geocities.com/tomcatter_lu/aircraft/attackersfs/a10a10.jpg[/img]

[img width=450 height=298]http://aviationfans.com/images/800px-Thunderbolt_II_flight_above.jpg[/img]

oh ho ho.
The work horse of the air, the infantries aircraft.
Good
choice.
But I'll counter you with the future of the air force, the soon to be king of the sky, F-22 Raptor.

Very cool... I was actually looking at F-22 pics before I went with the A-10... the "Tank Killer"... so bad ass.

Anywhoo... the Euro-Fighter is pretty bad ass as well. It's a joint venture between England, France, Italy and a couple other countries I believe... but a sharp looking Jet nonetheless.

EF-2000:

[img width=450 height=314]http://www.hicksvilleusa.com/games/dasa2.jpg[/img]

And then of course there is the American F-15E Eagle:

[img width=450 height=363]http://www.aviationlinker.com/specifications/f_15e.jpg[/img]

Or the plane that won the skies of WW-2 for the Allies.
The P-51 Mustang, best prop plane every created.

[img width=450 height=337]http://www.thunderinthevalleyairshow.com/images/Static%20P-51.jpg[/img]

Chemtrail plane for you conspiracy theorists ;D









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Agree about the P-51 being the best... here are 2nd and 3rd place respectively... (of course I'm leaving out the Japanese Zero and the German Messerschmidt 109)

P-40 Warhawk
[img width=450 height=333]http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/ftp/images/aviation/military/warbirds/p40-warhawk-1.gif[/img]

Spitfire
[img width=450 height=220]http://www.odyssey.dircon.co.uk/spitfire.jpg[/img]

As a 21 year Air Force vet, you guys hit my soft spot!
1973-94 put me in the position to witness a lot technology advances.
The century series aircraft (F-100, F-101, F-102, F-104, F-105 and F-106) were cool, with the F-106 being my favorite...

Let's not forget my favorite of all times......





The twin engined Devil.....





P38.....



[img width=450 height=328]http://www.kelleycows.com/images/p38.jpg[/img]

Or the German Messerschmitt Bf-109 that in the hands of good german pilots had some of the highest kill counts in the war.

[img width=450 height=334]http://www.vectorsite.net/avbf109_0_1.jpg[/img]

Well, If you want to go there now....How about the German,.....Stuka Dive Bomber.....another favorite of mine...