Miliitary Fighters pictures

i know this has nothing to do with cars, but i did't know where to post it. Here are a few aircraft for those that are interested in military stuff.

F-16 loaded with everything !!!


SR-71 Blackbird high-speed spyplane... i don't if its out yet but this will replace the SR-71 Blackbird as the worlds fastest aircraft.


A-10 Thunderbolt (tank buster)


B-2 bomber... this is the bomber equivilant of the commonly known stealth fighter the F-117.
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F-22 Raptor the successor to F-16


Mirage 2000 - Highly capable French aircraft exported (sold) largely to the middle east, as well as Inda, Peru, Greece and Taiwan.


ENJOY

[levensnevel]

Very nice,

as long as you are not on the receiving end of the stick, so to speak :roll:

[gto625]

Cool pics! Can I ask where you got 'em or if you're gonna post any more?

[Vansquish]

Hate to burst your bubble, but that's not called an Aurora, it's an iteration of the SR71 Blackbird which was phased out of service in the 1990's (91 if memory serves).

[levensnevel]

You're right Vansquish,

suppose that's the Blackbird which was conducting experiments for NASA
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Movie/YF-12/index.html

oh yea, sorry guys.

for "gto625":

sure ill post more if people like this stuff. I didn't think there would be much people that are interested in this.

now this is the "aurora"

(taken from the net)..."The aurora, quite possibly what is being built in the Skunkworks currently, is the US military's newest addition to it's arsenal of spy aircraft. Rumors state that the jet can cruise at speeds up to mach 12. Some people believe that when the aurora passed over San Francisco in 1989, it triggered off the fault and caused an earthquake."

I read that this plane is/was being tested at AREA 51 which is 140 miles from Las Vegas.
a cg image...


what looks like a real image ? ...


this is an old satelite photo of wat is belived to be AREA 51.

[gis]

those first set of pics are awesome,i like seeing planes in flight like that.those A10 are awesome.if u have anymore pics of those,anyone,pleaee post them

[gigdy]

Im pretty sure that sr-71 was used as a trainer. Also its not the fastes airplane that honor goes to the x-15. This is one of my personal fav planes \/

http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/an-225_cossack.pl
The bottom-most pic has a guy near the front of the plane

Originally Posted by gigdy Im pretty sure that sr-71 was used as a trainer. Also its not the fastes airplane that honor goes to the x-15. This is one of my personal fav planes \/

ur right. The X-15 is the fastest i did the post in a rush so i wasn't carefull enough. anyway ive read the it reached Mach 5.35

[levensnevel]

X-15 fastest plane
Depends on one's definition of a plane I guess
In my book a plane should be able to take off from the runway on its own power. And as far as I know the X15 was launched from a B52 :fadein:

[gigdy]

I say if it uses wings for lift its a plane. Also it reached mach 6.72. Which doesnt actually make it the fastest. Only the fastest inside the atmosphere. The shuttle does over 17000 mph. None the less its all symantics.

[sentra_dude]

Originally Posted by gigdy Im pretty sure that sr-71 was used as a trainer. Also its not the fastes airplane that honor goes to the x-15. This is one of my personal fav planes \/ http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/an-225_cossack.pl The bottom-most pic has a guy near the front of the plane

The X-15 is the fastest airplane that was rocket powered, and it was not operational, it was only experimental hence 'X'. The SR-71 is the fastest air-breathing jet in the world, and to me is more impressive than the X-15. The X-15 needed a B-52 to fly it up to 50,000ft where it could be launched; it was unable to take off on its own, and it had skids for landing gear. It couldn't carry any payload, and was heavily damaged by heat after its run to ~mach 6. It is still an impressive airplane, mach 6 and 217,000ft...

Originally Posted by gigdy I say if it uses wings for lift its a plane. Also it reached mach 6.72. Which doesnt actually make it the fastest. Only the fastest inside the atmosphere. The shuttle does over 17000 mph. None the less its all symantics.

man are you sure you dont have an X-15 in your garage?

anyway guys im not gonna edit the post again.

the x-15 is sort of a rocket i think, not really a proper plane since it cant take off and land. The shuttle on the other hand surely cant be compared with the military planes in the pics.

[gigdy]

Not in my garage but im studying to be an Aeronautical engineer. So this is some of the crap i think about all day.