Supermarine; Swift F.2; WK240; 7300M; maintenance serial; 56 Sqn markings; RAF Halton; Apprentices School; fighter; jet; aircraft; aeroplane; airplane; aviation; Royal Air Force; 1 S of TT; British; IPSV0427; IPSV0515; IPSV6614; IPSV0915; IPSV0177; IPSV0516; IPSV0338; IPSV0178; IPSV0172; IPSV0597
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Supermarine Swift F.2 WK240 pictured at RAF Halton carrying the maintenance serial 7300M and the markings of 56 Squadron. Only 16 of this mark of Swift were built.
Aircraft, Air Displays, Air Shows, Aviation, Display, Displays, Fighter, Fighters, Flying, Jet, Jets, Military, Plane, Planes, Show, Shows, Transport, Yeovilton, serial J-138, 322 Sqn Royal Netherlands Air Force
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General Dynamics F-16AM, serial J-138, of 322 Sqn Royal Netherlands Air Force.
Aircraft, Air Displays, Air Shows, Aviation, Display, Displays, Fighter, Fighters, Flying, Jet, Jets, Military, Plane, Planes, Show, Shows, Transport, Yeovilton, serial J-138, 322 Sqn Royal Netherlands Air Force
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General Dynamics F-16AM, serial J-138, of 322 Sqn Royal Netherlands Air Force.
English Electric Lightning F.6; air force; military; Royal Air Force; RAF; Wattisham; EGUW, supersonic; jet; aviation, aeroplane; plane; airplane; cold war; fighter; reflection; mirror image; 56 sqn tail marking; nato
McDonnell; Phantom FGR.2; F-4M; XV489; tailcode V; RAF; 92 Squadron; RAF; Royal Air Force; RAF Wittering; jet; fighter; ground attack; multi role; multirole; on tow; tow bar; jubilee flypast detachment; aircraft; aviation; aeroplane; airplane; fast jet; classic; pan; flightline; 19 Sqn zap; 16 Sqn zap; By Appointment stencil; IPSV0172; IPSV0178; IPSV0516; IPSV0338; IPSV0597; IPSV0177; IPSV0915; IPSV6614; IPSV0515
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Phantom FGR.2 XV489 of 92 Sqn pictured on tow while on detachment to RAF Wittering for the Silver Jubilee flypast. Note the blue 19 Sqn zap on the fin.There is also a 16 Sqn zap and a "By Appointment" stencil on the nose.
Panavia; Tornado F.3; ZE789; AU; 56(R) Sqn; No 56(R) Squadron; Firebirds; solo demonstration; Special paint scheme; Flt Lt Jerry Goatham and Flt Lt Paul Brown; RAF; Royal Air Force; fast jet; fighter; ADV; Air Defence Variant; swing-wing; aircraft; aeroplane; airplane; turning; banking; afterburner; reheat; flaps down; fair weather clouds; sunshine; RAF Mildenhall; Air Fete 94; IPSV0178; IPSV0172; IPSV0597; IPSV0586; IPSV0177; IPSV0915; IPSV6614; IPSV0427
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Flt Lt Jerry Goatham hauls Firebird Alpha Uniform, the solo demonstration Tornado F.3 from 56(R) Squadron, round in an afterburner turn straight after take-off at the RAF Mildenhall Air Fete in 1994.
Phantom FGR.2 XV41! of 92 Sqn pictured at RAF Wildenrath on the day the squadron was reformed with this type of aircraft. XV411 is pictured with XV412 in the backgroung positioned as a backdrop for the squadron photo.
611 squadron taken on 18 December 1942 at RAF Biggin Hill during a press day. BS451 was ordered as a Spitfire I, commenced build as a Vb but rolled off the production line well after the Battle of Britain as a F.IXc. PD image restored stro-foto
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft; plane; aviation; fly; flying; McDonnell Douglas F-4M Phantom II; XT914; 74 Sqn; 56 Sqn; RAF; Royal Air Force; Boscombe Down; EGDM; NATO
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This was the Phantom display aircraft of 1992. The Cold war was over, as was the first Gulf war, and the RAF's F-4's were about to be retired. This aircraft was allocated to 74 Sqn, but also wore 56 Sqn marks (sort of) at the front.
English Electric; Lightning F.2A; XN793; tailcode X; 92 Sqn; 92 Squadron; RAF; Royal Air Force; RAF Wildenrath; Germany; jet; supersonic; fighter; fast jet; aircraft; aeroplane; airplane; decoy; revetment; NATO; blue sky
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Lightning F-2A XN793 pictured deployed as a decoy in a disused revetment at RAF Wildenrath in 1977. It is in the markings of 92 Sqn and minus its conformal belly tank and pitot/static probe.
Rarely seen in public, Alpha Jet ZJ645 was on static display at Waddington in 2009. Usage of this aircraft is shared between the Empire Test Pilots School and QinetiQ, who operate it on behalf of the MoD.
This is a Dassault-Breguet Dornier Alpha Jet. In spite of the British military markings it is not RAF! It is operated partly by the civilian organisation QinetiQ on behalf of the MoD and partly by the Empire Test Pilots School.
McDonnell; Phantom FGR.2; F-4M; XV408; tailcode Z; No 92 Squadron; 92 Sqn; RAF; Royal Air Force; jet; fast jet; fighter; ground attack; aircraft; aviation; aeroplane; airplane; classic; blue; special paint scheme; RAF Wildenrath; NATO; IAT91; RAF Fairford; sunshine; blue sky; cloudless; parked; static; chocked; IPSV0178; IPSV0172; IPSV0177; IPSV0915; IPSV6614; IPSV0515
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To mark No 92 Squadron's disbandment in july 1991 Phantom FGR.2 XV408 was painted blue in the manner of the Squadron's famous "Blue Diamonds" Hunters of the 1960s. XV408 is pictured at RAF Fairford on static display at IAT91.