Military aircraft galleries, action photography and airshow reports.
All images copyright to Andrew Philpott. ©
All aircraft types are listed alphabetically.
The F-16 was very successful because of its low cost, high performance
and multi-roll capability, large numbers of export aircraft were sold.
The F-16 Fighting Falcon was the first “Fly by wire” combat aircraft.
The twin tails of the hornet make it instantly recognisable. One of the
advantages of the F-18 is that its easily controlled at slow flight speeds.
The F-15 Eagle was designed as an air superiority aircraft which is highly
manoeuvrable and extremely powerful. With its success a bomber version
was introduced into service.
An aircraft from the cold war period but still operated by the following
countries, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Japan, Greece and Korea.
This swing wing Supersonic aircraft first entered service with the United
States Navy as a fighter aircraft and later upgraded to perform bombing
missions, the F-14 Tomcat has now been in service for well over 20 years.
