Military Aircraft of The World

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

US Curtiss-Bleecker SX-5-1 Helicopter

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-curtiss-bleecker-sx-5-1-helicopter 31st Jul 2021 - With it's prototype designed and tested in 1926, The Curtiss Aircraft Company's SX-5-1 was one of the earliest ''Rotary Wing'' Aircraft (Helicopter) p …

US Vought VE-7 Trainer-Fighter Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-vought-ve-7-trainer-fighter-plane 31st Jul 2021 - The first design of the (then) newly formed Vought Aircraft Company in 1917, The VE-7 was America's first adopted Fighter of The US Navy, and the firs …

US Martin-Marietta X-24 Rocket Glider

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-martinmarietta-x24-rocket-glider 31st Jul 2021 - It's obvious Cold War applications that would actually be incorporated into later NASAs Space Shuttle Program, The Martin-Marietta X-24 was a US Exper …

Chinese J-9 ''Chengdu'' Interceptor Fighter

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/chinese-j9-chengdu-interceptor-fighter 31st Jul 2021 - It is known that at least a single Prototype of The People's Liberation Army Air Force's J-9 ''Chengdu'' Interceptor was built and test flown around 1 …

Brazilian EMB-314 ''Super Turcano'' Attack Fighter

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/brazilian-emb314-super-turcano-attack-fighter 31st Jul 2021 - The ''Super Turcano'' is a Light Attack, Turbo-prop Aircraft currently in used by The Brazilian Military. Unusual in a generation in which many Nation …

Chinese CAIC Z-10 Attack Helicopter

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/chinese-caic-z10-attack-helicopter 31st Jul 2021 - Although of Chinese design, The CAIC Z-10 Attack Helicopter was developed with the help of Kamov Rotorcraft in 2003. The first production Model follow …

British Sopwith T1 ''Cuckoo'' Torpedo Bomber

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/british-sopwith-t1-cuckoo-torpedo-bomber 31st Jul 2021 - The British Sopwith T1 ''Cuckoo'' was a Bi-Winged Torpedo Bomber Plane was developed in World War I for Aircraft Carrier deployment (1917). By the tim …

US Lockheed-Martin X-44 ''MANTA" Fighter Jet

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/us-lockheedmartin-x44-manta-fighter-jet 31st Jul 2021 - Entirely experimental in scope, the proposed US Lockheed-Martin X-44 ''MANTA'' (Mulit-Axis No Tail Aircraft), was first discussed in the late 1990s an …

German DFS-346 ''Rocket'' Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-dfs346-rocket-plane 31st Jul 2021 - Of Germany's ''Wonder Weapon'' Series, The DFS-346 was a ''Rocket'' powered, swept-wing Aircraft seen for multi-purpose usage by Germany in the last y …

British Armstrong-Whitworth F.K. 10 Fighter Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/british-armstrongwhitworth-fk-10-fighter-plane 31st Jul 2021 - Only (9) unique ''Quad-Winged'' (4) British Armstrong-Whitworth F.K. 10 Fighters were produced in 1916. The ''4 Winged'' Fighter was seen as a counter …

German AEG D.1 Fighter Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-aeg-d1-fighter-plane 31st Jul 2021 - Seen as a prototype Fighter to be a counter to The British Sopwith late in World War I, only (3) German AEG D.1 Fighters were built. (2) of them crash …

German Sach AS-6 Fighter Plane

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/ref/german-sach-as6-fighter-plane 31st Jul 2021 - Only (5) prototypes were built, with only (1) such that was actually flight tested – The Sack AS-6 was a revolutionary design Aircraft first dev …