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The PHANTOM entered squadron service in 1961 It proved itself to be a very reliable fighter for the fleet & attracted attention from the other services & from abroad Its adoption by the Marines & Air Force started the PHANTOM on the road to becoming the most produced modern day fighter Its versatility as an interceptor or tactical attack aircraft contributed to its being used by many countries notably by Great Britain West Germany Japan Israel Greece Australia & others Still today many countries use PHANTOMS in their Armed Forces The PHANTOM F-4 S derived from the F-4J type Size 26 7cm Scale 1 72 ...

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The Freedom Fighter was developed at the end of the 50s to provide America s allies with a lightweight supersonic low-cost fighter easy to maintain by ground crews as compared to the complex aeroplanes of the 100 Series F-100 F-104 etc Designed using aerodynamics that were innovative at the time the aircraft proved highly successful A beautiful handler with short maintenance times it was adopted by many Air Forces despite the drawbacks of limited electronics & no radar The F-5 was used in most regional wars of the last thirty years ...

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This U S Navy aircraft was one of the most famous & reliable airplanes of World War II It replaced its predecessor the standard Navy fighter Wildcat which did not match the Japanese fighter Zero The Hellcat first introduced in 1943 was a highly manoeuvrable aircraft despite its extensive

Dimensions The robust fuselage of this carrier-borne plane was able to absorb substantial damage Hellcats were also utilized by the British Navy & after World War II during the fifties by the French Forces in Indochina Size 14 6cm Scale 1 72

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The Hornet is the most modern fighter bomber in service to-day Due to the flexibility of its electronics it is able to operate as an air superiority fighter At the same time it can also carry out night bombing missions The F A-18 is in service with the U S Navy the Marines & the Australian Canadian & Spanish Forces Within a few years this Aircraft has practically replaced the aging F-4s A-7s & F-104s During the recent Gulf War the F A-18s flew several thousand sorties against Iraq ...

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The Mustang is one of the world s best-known airplanes & was without doubt the best fighter plane of World War II It was built in record time in 1943 for the European campaign & was well suited to fight the BF-109s & FW-190s of the German Luftwaffe Size 13 6cm Scale 1 72 ...

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The Corsair is one of the best-known airplanes of World War II which fought against the entire array of aircraft used by the Japanese Forces in the Pacific theatre After the war the Corsairs were set aside together with other propeller-driven planes to expect demolition-awaiting replacement by jet aircraft In 1950 at the outbreak of the Korean conflict more than one hundred units were re-activated to combat the onslaught of the North Korean Forces The Corsair still proved a viable airplane robust & reliable superior to the first rather delicate jets that were to end the Corsair s life span Size 13 3cm Scale 1 72 ...

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The origins of the development of the Harrier family date back to 1957 the first examples of the series belonging to the GR 1 version entered into service with the RAF 12 years later Many upgrades including an up-rated Pegasus engine & a laser tracker mounted in the lengthened nose led to the creation of the GR 3 version which was considered to be the ultimate development of the first generation Harrier The GR 3 Harriers saw successful service during the Falklands war ...

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The Heinkel 111 H-6 was the most widely used version of the classic bomber which had been conceived for the Luftwaffe in 1934 As well as other German aircraft of the same period the HE 111 too was produced as a civil aircraft at first to evade the Versailles Treaty clauses but with the bomber role conversion capability At once it revealed its streamlined shape advanced technical solutions & good performance Size 22 7cm Scale 1 72 ...

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Italeri 1 72 F117 Nighthawk

The Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is the result of a long and very secret development program dating back to the early 1970 s Numerous attempts and tests were conducted to see if an aircraft could be designed to hide from radar observation The Lockheed U-2 had radar absorging paint the Lockheed SR-71 had both radar foiling shaping and radar absorbing paint The production F-117A made its first flight on 15 October 1982 from the remote flight test facility at Groom Lake Nevada The aircraft is a special mission fighter bomber fully capable of performing in total darkness

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The Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is the result of a long & very secret development program dating back to the early 1970 s Numerous attempts & tests were conducted to see if an aircraft could be designed to hide from radar observation The Lockheed U-2 had radar absorging paint the Lockheed SR-71 had both radar foiling shaping & radar absorbing paint The production F-117A made its first flight on 15 October 1982 from the remote flight test facility at Groom Lake Nevada The aircraft is a special mission fighter bomber fully capable of performing in total darkness

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