Ukraine said that an F-16 pilot took out six Russian cruise missiles in a single flight, setting a record for the ...
Instead, the Air Force provided the smaller 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon that was in widespread use for the head-to-head trials, which the Fairchild Republic design ultimately won. So, Northrop’s Y-A ...
In 1956 the gun was standardized as the M61 20mm cannon and entered service with both the United States Army and Air Force. With the introduction of helicopters to the modern battlefield ...
This is one of the 20mm Cannon Shells fired by Mosquito II DD612, flown by my father (Group Captain R G Slade) on the night of 22-8-1942. My father and his navigator shot down a Dornier 217 E-4 U5 ...
Service: USAF Armament: 20mm cannon; 4x AIM-9 Sidewinder; 4x AIM-120 AMRAAM; 8x AIM-120 AMRAAM Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 or 229 turbofan engines with afterburners Speed ...
Armed with a 20mm cannon and air-to-air missiles, the fast, maneuverable Phantom also served as a bomber, delivering conventional or radar-guided payloads to enemy targets that were too well ...