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Development In February 1938, the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics published two requests for proposal for twin-engined and single-engined fighters. For the single-engined fighter, the Navy requested the maximum obtainable speed, and a minimum stalling speed not higher than 70 miles per hour (110 km/h). A range of 1,000 miles (1,600 km) was specified. The fighter had to carry four guns, or ...
Narcis (M923) is a Tripartite-class minehunter of the Belgian Naval Component, launched in 1990, at the Mercantile-Belyard shipyard in Rupelmonde and christened by Mrs. Lafosse-De Backer, the wife of the then Mayor of Mons, on 14 March 1991.
Light lift training helicopter To be replaced by the MH-139A. TU-2S Dragon Lady: Lockheed USA Jet Conversion trainer Manned 4: The Air Force is seeking to divest all U-2s and TU-2s in FY2026. U-2S Dragon Lady: Lockheed USA Jet Reconnaissance: Manned c. 1981 (U-2R) 26: The Air Force plans to divest all U-2s and TU-2s in FY2026.
Born to Fly is a 2023 Chinese military film set against the backdrop of the decades of modernization of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.Directed by Liu Xiaoshi and produced by Han Han, the film stars Wang Yibo, Hu Jun, Yu Shi and Zhou Dongyu.
Airbus A380 approaching to land, with deployed droops visible between the fuselage and the inner engines. The leading-edge droop flap is a device on the leading edge of aircraft wings designed to improve airflow at high angles of attack.
The 4th Landing Support Battalion moved to Fort Lewis, Washington in January 1995. The Naval and Marine Corps Training Center was officially dedicated during a ceremony on 3 March 1995. In February 2003 many of the reserve units making up 4th Landing Support Battalion were called into active duty to support the start of Operation Iraq Freedom ...
After the initial assault on the beachhead, follow-on troops came ashore and confusion on the beach led to landing support Marines (then known as shore party) and infantrymen getting mixed together. Some shore party Marines went inland along with infantry battalions, while some infantrymen were left behind on the beach.
Vydra-class landing ship Soviet Union: Landing craft mechinized: 9: 600 tonnes 330: Armament: Two twin 40 mm AA guns; 332: 334: 336: 338: 340: 342: 344: 346: EDA-R-class landing craft France: Landing craft tank: 2: 300 tonnes GN 011: Armament: two 12.7 mm machine guns; two 7.62 mm machine guns. AS 021: CTM-NG-class landing craft France: Landing ...