Encyclopedia of Modern Military AircraftAn informative text explains the history, merits, and unusual features of each design of modern military aircraft. Each entry is illustrated with several color photographs and full-color cutaway artwork of the most important types. 300 illustrations. |
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Accommodation aerobatic afterburning Air Force air-to-air missiles aircraft airframe antiship Argentina armament Avco Lycoming avionics bomber bombs built Canada cannon capability carried carrier climb at sea cockpit Combat radius crew Cruising speed designation developed Diameter of rotor electronic equipment export fighter flew flight refuelling flown flying force and navy freight French Air Force ft 9 fuel standard G limits ground effect helicopter hovering ceiling km/h liters of fuel maiden flight Maximum speed Maximum take-off weight miles military Mirage Mission performance NATO Operators passengers piston engine pods Pratt & Whitney production version prototype Range Rate of climb reconnaissance rockets role sea level Sidewinder single-seat South Korea Soviet Union Specifications stretchers Super tandem tanks thrust with afterburning transport turbofans turbojet turboprops turboshafts two-seat undercarriage underfuselage underwing pylons United Kingdom USAF Versions in service West Germany wings Wingspan