Military Aircraft of The World

A look into Military Aviation of the 20th & 21st Centuries

German Arado E-381 Jet Fighter

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-arado-e381-jet-fighter 31st Jul 2021 - The Arado E-381 was a proposed Jet Fighter (1942) which would have been classed as a ''Parasite'' Aircraft. Parasite Fighters were single piloted, sma …

Italian Reggaine Re-2000 Fighter Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/italian-reggaine-re2000-fighter-plane 31st Jul 2021 - One of Italy’s most reliable Fighter Planes produced and deployed in World War II, The Reggaine Fighter Plane was an all-aluminum, multi-seater …

Japanese Kawasaki Ki-102 Heavy Fighter

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/japanese-kawasaki-ki102-heavy-fighter 31st Jul 2021 - Produced and deployed in 1944, The Imperial Japanese Heavy Fighter – Kawasaki Ki-102 was one of Japans last such before the end of War II. Aroun …

German Arado E-555 LR Jet Bomber

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-arado-e555-lr-jet-bomber 31st Jul 2021 - The German Arado Aircraft Company approached Hitler's Luftwaffe Command in 1942 with a proposed ''rival'' to the widely speculated and secret project …

Soviet Tupolev TB3 Heavy Bomber

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/soviet-tupolev-tb3-heavy-bomber 31st Jul 2021 - The World’s first Cantilever wing design (used to reduce force stress on wing configurations), The Soviet Tupolev TB-3 was a Heavy Bomber produc …

German Lippisch Delta IV Fighter Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-lippisch-delta-iv-fighter-plane 31st Jul 2021 - The design prototype that would serve as the model for the future ''Delta Wing'' (Sweep-Wing) Fighter, German Aeronautics designer Alexander Lippisch …

US Brewster F2A ''Buffalo'' Fighter Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-brewster-f2a-buffalo-fighter-plane 31st Jul 2021 - The Brewster F2A “Buffalo” was an early candidate for Carrier Aircraft within The US Navy. One of the first such Aircraft to include an ex …

German Heinkel He-178 Turbojet

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-heinkel-he178-turbojet 31st Jul 2021 - The Heinkel He-178 is considered the World's first Turbojet Aircraft design to be successfully tested in 1939. The learned technology would advance th …

Soviet Yak-17 ''Feather'' Fighter Jet

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/soviet-yak17-feather-fighter-jet 31st Jul 2021 - The Soviet Fighter Jet known as The Yak-17 (nicknamed ''Feather'' by NATO Forces), was a 1st Generation Soviet Fighter first deployed in 1947. While s …

US McDonnell F3H ''Demon'' Fighter Jet

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-mcdonnell-f3h-demon-fighter-jet 31st Jul 2021 - With 500 built, The McDonnell aircraft Company F3H ''Demon'' was a Carrier-Based Fighter Jet, first deployed in 1956. Non-''Supersonic'' and sluggish …

US North American F14 ''Fury'' Fighter-Bomber Jet

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-north-american-f14-fury-fighterbomber-jet 31st Jul 2021 - The last variant based in part on the successful ''Sabre'' and ''Super Sabre'' Class of Fighters, The North American ''Fury'' Bomber-Fighter was first …

US Vought F7U ''Cutlass'' Light Fighter-Bomber Jet

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-vought-f7u-cutlass-light-fighterbomber-jet 31st Jul 2021 - An early Cold War, 1st Generation Fighter Jet, The Vought ''Cutlass'' was one of the few early US Fighter Jet which based a large portion of it's deve …