Foreign Military Aircraft

File: Foreign Military Aircraft

Report: Compiled by Calvin W. Lew

Designator Code Name Manufacturer

BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE:

ATTACK:

A-20 Havoc Douglas Aircraft Company

BOMBER:

RAF Shackeltons

CARGO:

VC-10 Victor/Tristar McDonnell Douglas

FIGHTER:

World War I:

Sopwith Camel This British bi-plane is familiar to just about every aircraft aficionado.

World War II:

Skua and Roc Blackburn Aircraft Company, Brough

P.82 Defiant Boulton Paul Aircraft, Wolverhampton

Type 156 Beaufighter Bristol

98 Mosquito De Havilland

Firefly Fairey

Fulmar Fairey

Gladiator Gloster

G-41 Meteor Gloster

Hurricane Hawker

Tempest Hawker

Typhoon Hawker

Spiteful Supermarine

Spitfire Supermarine

Seafire Supermarine

Whirlwind Westland

Jaguar British Aerospace (BAe) Tactical attack aircraft

Tornado Panavia F.3 / GR.1 / GR4 Air Defence Interceptor British Aerospace (BAe) Air Tactical Defense (ADV) all-weather strike aircraft

STAFF & ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSPORTS:

VC-10 Victor/Tristar McDonnell Douglas

OTHER:

Buccaneer

Nimrod (Maritime Patrol Aircraft)

CANADIAN:

Boeing 707

CF-18

F-104 Starfighter Lockheed Aircraft Company

CHINESE (REPUBLIC OF CHINA) / ROC AIR FORCE (ROCAF) / ROC NAVAL AVIATION / ROC ARMY AVIATION:

CARGO / TRANSPORT:

C-119F Flying Boxcar/Packet/ Fairchild/Hiller

Friendship

C-130H Hercules Lockheed Aircraft Company First

Flight: 23 August 1954 (YC-130), 7 April 1955 (C-130A), Wingspan: 130 feet, Length: 98 feet, Empty Weight: 75,500 pounds, Takeoff Weight: 174,600 pounds, Maximum cruise speed: 380 mph, Engines: four Allison T-56 Turboprops. Specifications vary slightly by model.

The C-130 was ordered during the Korean war. It was an entry into the race for a replacement of the C-47, the venerable cargo version of the DC-3. The C-130 first flew in 1954 and entered service in 1955. The current production version C-130H has four efficient 4500-horsepower Allison turboprop engines, which provide a max level speed of 375 mph, a range of 2500 miles, and a payload approximately equal to the state of Rhode Island. The gunship variant, the AC-130 has gobs of armament and some armor.

ELECTRONIC / EW (ELECTRONIC WARFARE):

E-2T Hawkeye (AWACS) Grumman Aerospace

EC-130H Tacamo/Hercules Lockheed Aircraft Company

FIGHTERS:

The Republic of China (ROC) operates more than 200 Northrop F-5 Tiger IIs, which are designed by the United States and make up the bulk of the ROC’s fleet of more than 300 fighters.

It is replacing them with more advanced General Dynamics F-16 “Fighting” Falcon fighters from the United States and French Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000-5s in a major air defense upgrade. It also has put into commission its Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF), developed at a time when Western governments were refusing to sell the Republic of China advanced military aircraft due to objections from Beijing.

F-5E/F Tiger II Northrop Corporation Single-

seater and two-seater versions.

F-16A/C/D/WW “Fighting” Falcon General Dynamics

F-104G Starfighter Lockheed Aircraft Company

IDF (Indigenous Defense Fighter)

Mirage 2000-5 Dassault-Breguet

RECONNAISSANCE:

RF-104G Starfighter Lockheed Aircraft Company

SEARCH / ASW:

S-2A/B/G “Stoof”/Tracker (ASW) Grumman Aerospace The Grumman S-2B TRACKER (Bureau no. 136658), S-2B model, formerly designated S2F-1S, differed from the S-2A in having AQA-3 Jezebel passive long-range acoustic search equipment and its associated Julie explosive echo-sounding equipment.

The TRACKER was the first U. S. Navy aircraft specifically designed from the start as a carrier-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. Entering service with VS-26 in February 1954, the Stoof served for almost 22 years, last deploying with VS-37 aboard the USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) until December 1975. Numerous examples of S-2s still serve in foreign armed services.

TRAINERS:

AT-3 Fighter Track at the Air Force Academy in Kangshan

T-34C Turbo-Mentor Beechcraft Basic Training at the Air Force Academy in Kangshan

Beech 1900 Airlift Track at the Air Force Academy in Kangshan

DUTCH AIR FORCE:

HELICOPTERS:

AB-412 SP Augusta Bell Light SAR (search-and-rescue) helicopter.

AH-64 Apache/Longbow McDonnell Douglas

Alouette III light helicopter Aerospatiale of France

FRENCH:

Bleriot Monoplane The Bleriot monoplane is one of the most significant of pre-WW I aircraft. It first achieved fame in 1909 when its designer, Louis Bleriot of France, flew one to Dover, England on the first flight across the English Channel.

During the early days of WW I, both the British and French used two-seat Bleriots for reconnaissance behind German lines. By 1915, Bleriots were outclassed by more advanced airplanes and they were relegated to training Allied aviators including many Americans who joined the British and French flying services prior to U.S. Air Service entry into the war. By 1917, Bleriots were being used only as ground trainers. Many members of the U.S. Air Service sent to France for flight training received their first instructions in Bleriots with “clipped” wings which prevented them from taking off. At full throttle, the fledgling pilots bounced across the airfield, learning to control the rudder with their feet; once they could keep the Bleriot on a fairly straight course, they advanced to an airplane which could leave the ground.

SPECIFICATIONS: Span: 28 ft. 6 in. Length: 25 ft. 3 in. Height: 8 ft. 4 in. Weight: 700 lbs. loaded. Engine: Anzani three-cylinder of 20 hp.

PERFORMANCE: Maximum speed: 45 mph.

CARGO:

KC-135 Stratotanker (Boeing 717) Boeing Aircraft Company

FIGHTER:

World War II Fighters:

MB-152C-1 Bloch

D 520 Dewoitine

M.S.406 Morane-Saulnier

63 Series Potez

Etendards

Jaguar

Mirage 5 Dassault-Breguet

Mirage 2000 Dassault A multi-role single-seat aircraft, the Mirage 2000 is powered by a Snecma M53 turbofan engine, producing a maximum speed of over Mach 2.2. Normal gun armament is two internally-mounted 30mm guns. It first entered service with the French Air Forces in 1984.

Mirage 2000-5 Dassault-Breguet

Tornado?

HELICOPTERS:

SA-342 Gazalle Anti-tank helicopter. Fitted with an optical sight/laser rangefinder on top of the cockpit, it can carry six HJ-8 Anti-Tank Missiles or ATMs (range 3km, armor penetration 600mm).

REFUELER/TANKER:

KC-135 Stratotanker (Boeing 717) Boeing Aircraft Company

GERMAN:

FIGHTER:

A7He1 Heinkel

Bf 109E Messerschmitt The 109 was the most recognizable German fighter of World War II. First produced in 1935, it performed most of the German air defense and escort duties--35,000 were made. With engine configurations from 1000 10 2000 horsepower, max level speed was 386 mph and range was about 350 miles.

Bf 110 Messerschmitt

DR-1 Fokker This German tri-plane is familiar to just about every aircraft aficionado.

FW 190A-5 Focke-Wulf

Fw190A8/R8 Rammjager Interzeptor

Fw190D-9

He 112B-0 Heinkel

Me109G-14/R3

Me262

BOMBER/ATTACK:

He 111 Heinkel

Ju 52/3m Junkers

Ju 87A Junkers Single-engine dive bomber.

Ju 88A-5 Junkers Light bomber.

OTHER:

Fw 200 Focke-Wulf Four-engined maritime reconnaissance aircraft

GREEK AIR FORCE:

FIGHTER:

ISRAEL:

C.1 Kfir Israeli Aircraft Industries Developed from the French-designed Dassault-Breguet Mirage 5 fighter, and is powered by a General Electric J79-J1E engine developing 11,890 lb. s.t. with afterburner.

ITALIAN:

BOMBER:

BR-20 Fiat Heavy bomber

FIGHTER:

Macchi C.202/C.205V Veltro “Greyhound”

Tornado

SWEDISH:

JAS-39 Gripen

SWISS:

FIGHTER:

Morane-Saulnier 406

Acronyms:

AA Air-to-Air missile

AAM Air-to-Air missile

ALCM Air Launched Cruise Missile

ASAT Anti Satellite missile

ASM Air-to-Surface Missile

ATM Anti-Tank Missile

ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missle

NMD National Missile Defense system

PLA PRC People’s Liberation Army

PLAAF PRC People’s Liberation Army Air Force

PRC People’s Republic of China (The Illegitimate Regime in Beijing)

ROC Republic of China (on Taiwan)

SAM Surface to Air Missle

SLCM Surface/Sea Launced Cruise Missle

SSM Surface to Surface Missile

TBM Theatre Ballistic Missile

TBMD Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense system

TLAM Tomahawk Land-Attack, long-range cruise Missle

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“Foreign Military Aircraft” -- Compiled by Calvin W. Lew

calvinlew@aol.com

Post Office Box 6586, Oceanside, California 92052-6586

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