Dassault Mirage 2000N is a variant of the Mirage 2000 designed for nuclear strike. It formed the core of the French air-based strategic nuclear deterrent. The Mirage 2000D is its conventional attack counterpart.

Don’t know where, but crowd were thrilled.

'HOSS21'
48TH Fighter Wing F-15E following the A487 low through the Loop
RAF Lakenheath
credit Air Team Canon.

After ending B-49 project, Air Force fund ed transformation of tenth YB-35 into test platform for unarmed, long-range photo recce variant designated as YRB-49A.
four 5000 lb.s.t. Allison J35-A-19 engines, two per side, Additionally, two more J35 engines were mounted in pods

Convair B-58 Hustler, without central pod, resembles a bug with lengthy legs.
true icon of early Jet Age, with polished aluminium skin, and the ability to carry multiple nuclear bombs into Soviet Union at up M2.0

In 1958, the US began to search for an interceptor capable of shooting down bombers up to 100 nautical miles away. This eventually led to the F6D Missileer system program, built around an already-designed long-range missile.
This was the Bendix XAAM-N-10 Eagle.🧵

1) F-4B Phantom, “British Royal Navy”
Several US F4 operated Aircraft Carrier 'Ark Royal' during Feb/Mar 1973, during which time aircraft pictured developed a fault before ship docked in Malta. Because US was unwelcome there at the time, the F-4B was relocated discretely…

Least hard Finnish Defense Forces exercise:

I was told a lot of highways in the UP of Michigan were built for Air Force landings and take offs in case.

Greek Air Force dressed to kill.
credit International F104 Society

Goodnight all.

Unusual. F-111Fs at RAF Lakenheath flying in formation all with a different wing-sweep configuration at the base's airshow.
credit Joe Ciliberti

XF-104 had a downward-firing ejection seat, built by Stanley Aviation Inc. It was intended to avoid the airplane’s tall vertical tail. Later production aircraft used an upward-firing Martin-Baker seat. This airplane is the second prototype XF-104, 53-7787. (Lockheed Martin)

When the going gets tough….
downward ejection test from B-47. This method employed on a few aircraft, usually to help avoid an obstacle at the rear of the aircraft or above their station. Seldom used shortly after take off. It didn’t catch on!

Lone photographer up high.
Credit Aviation Channel

Quick Thud conference.

U.S. Navy Blue Angels riding low off the Huntington Beach coast during the 2021 Pacific Airshow. The sneak pass created some nice shockwaves!

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Habubrats SR-71 And include those who designed & built the high speed camera systems and optics that made the reconnaissance possible. 🙏✨🇺🇸

Habubrats SR-71 My father was at Eglin AFB as an optics physicist from 1950 to 1975. Long after his passing, my mother told me they once were woken up at 2am, he was called to the base and was escorted to the flight line surrounded under armed guard to work on the SR 71.

Habubrats SR-71 Got to see one of the cousins a few weeks back. Absolute beast of a machine.