Military and Commercial Aircraft

A collection of aircraft images including fighter jets, military command planes, and vintage airliners, showcasing various designs and eras against airport backdrops.

Rear View - 747-inflight

A left side view of a Fighter Squadron 45 (VF-45) F-5E Tiger II aircraft parked on the flight line. The aircraft is painted in an adversary paint scheme for training purposes. Base: Naval Air Station, Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An E-4B advanced airborne command post aircraft (AABNCP) of the 1ST Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, sits on the flight line.. Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA)

An air-to-air left side view of an NKC-135 Airborne Laser Laboratory aircraft. The aircraft is used by the US Air Force Weapons Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to investigate High Energy Laser (HEL) systems. Country: Unknown

1980 - A front ground view of the KC-10A Extender aircraft during the rollout ceremony..

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - The L-1011 carrier aircraft is in flight with its cargo of the Pegasus launch vehicle and SciSat-1 spacecraft underneath. The SciSat-1 weighs approximately 330 pounds and after launch will be placed in a 400-mile-high polar orbit to investigate processes that control the distribution of ozone in the upper atmosphere. The data from the satellite will provide Canadian and international scientists with improved measurements relating to global ozone processes and help policymakers assess existing environmental policy and develop protective measures for improving the health of our atmosphere, preventing further ozone depletion. The mission is designed to last two years.

An E-3A Sentry comes in for a landing. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

DF-SC-86-12926. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President Harry S. Truman's Plane, a Douglas C-118 Nicknamed "The Independence". President Harry S. Truman's Plane, a Douglas C-118 Nicknamed "The Independence".

KC-10 Extender aircraft parked on the flight line. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

BEA British European Airways plane G-APMC, De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4B aircraft, 1964.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory takes off from Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, on NASA's AirSAR 2004 campaign. AirSAR 2004 is a three-week expedition by an international team of scientists that will use an all-weather imaging tool, called the Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AirSAR), in a mission ranging from the tropical rain forests of Central America to frigid Antarctica.

AVION EN LA PISTA CON PASAJEROS BAJANDO - FOTO AÑOS 80. Location: AEROPUERTO DE LUXOR. Thebes. EGYPT.

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Vintage photograph. Starting and warming engines of constellation overseas airliner, of the KLM Dutch Airlines, in preparation for flight overseas.

TWA Airlines Boeing 727-31 Commercial Jet In-Flight, 1960's

A front view of an E-3A Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft parked on the apron during a joint U.S.-Australian Air Force exercise Pacific Consort. Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC CONSORT Base: Darwin State: Northern Territory Country: Australia (AUS)

DF-ST-88-05733. Country: Guatemala (GTM)

S77-27512 (12 Aug 1977) --- The Shuttle Orbiter 101 Enterprise soars above the NASA 747 carrier aircraft only seconds after separating during the first free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on August 12, 1977 at Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California. Astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., and C. Gordon Fullerton were the crew of the Enterprise. The ALT free flights are designed to verify Orbiter subsonic airworthiness, integrated systems operations and pilot-guided approach and landing capability and satisfying prerequisites to automatic flight control and navigation mode.

Shuttle being transported on the back of a 747.

Low-rise Logan , Airports, Airplanes, Logan International Airport. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

An air-to-air right side view of a US Air Force NKC-135A Stratotanker Airborne Laser Laboratory (ALL) aircraft over the Pacific Missile Test Center range. Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Three of four Marine C-117 aircraft taxi to the runway to prepare for take-off and formation fly over. Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni is the only Marine air station that still operates the C-117, which has officially been redesignated R4D-8. Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN)

An E-3A Sentry aircraft taxis on the flight line during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A right side view of F-104G Starfighter aircraft parked on the flight line at sunset. The aircraft are being used by the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron to train German pilots. Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-00786. Base: Dobbins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air to air side view of Air Mobility Command's 375th Military Airlift Wing's C-9 Nightingale taking off from Scott AFB, Illinois. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Visitors at the 38th Paris International Air and Space Show at Le Bourget Airfield line up to tour a Soviet An-225 Mechta aircraft that is carrying the Space Shuttle Buran on its back. Base: Le Bourget Airfield, Paris Country: France (FRA)

Boeing Stratocruiser

An Egypt Air passenger jet is parked on the ramp at Luqa Airport. It is the same type of jet that was hijacked out of Athens, Greece, to Malta, on which an American was shot, then released, by terrorists.. Country: Malta(MLT)

An air-to-air refueling operation of an E-4B National Emergency Airborne Command Post aircraft by a KC-131 Stratotanker aircraft of the Kansas Air National Guard 190th Air Refueling Group. Country: Unknown

A left front view of a 747 cargo aircraft as a pick-up truck is transferred aboard from a Cochran elevator loader during Operation Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

View of C-135C and T-39A. View of C-135C and T-39A. "Andrews AFB, MdHigh angle left front ground view of a C-135C and a T-39A, both "Specked Trout" aircraft." Photographer: Staff Sgt. Robert Kay

Parked Lockheed C-141 Starlifter on Armed Forces Day at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Parked Lockheed C-141 Starlifter on Armed Forces Day at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.

historic aircraft on a runway

An aeroplane taxis at an airport.

A left front view of a C-135C Stratolifter aircraft parked on the flight line. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1980 - An air-to-air left side view of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft over Norton Air Force Base..

Waiting to Load Baggage onto Airplane, Municipal Airport, Washington DC, USA, Jack Delano, Farm Security Administration, July 1941

low angle McDonnell Douglas Jets Fixed Wing Commercial Aviat MD-80 American Airlines

QSRA (Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft) S-Duct Test Static test facility installation (Appeared on the cover of the Avaiation Week & Space Technology on March 21, 1977)

BOEING E-4B MILITARY AIRCRAFT

A left front view of two parked C-9 Nightingale aircraft prior to their departure for Algeria. The aircraft will pick up the 52 freed hostages released from Iran and return then to the base. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DF-ST-85-10367. Country: Unknown

A Tupolev TU-134A CRUSTY of Malev-Hungarian Airlines in the landing at Schiphol Airport.

970301-F-4669L-003. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST '97 Base: Townsville State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

Photograph of German Bomber plane. Dated 1941

C-141 (NASA-714) Kuipter Airborne Observatory in flight, telescope hatch open

A Royal Air Force Coastal Command Boeing Fortress Mark IIA (s/n FK186, 'S') of No. 220 Squadron RAF based at Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, flying past a Hebridean island in May 1943.

A right side view of a parked C-141A (background) and a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The B model has 240 square feet more cargo floor space than the A model. Country: Unknown

Weekend in Newport, Rhode Island: Arrival at Quonset Naval Air Station (Air Force 1, Tail # 86971). Air Force One, carrying President John F. Kennedy, arrives at Quonset Point Naval Air Station in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

XV-15 Tilt Rotor Aircraft in flight at Bell helicopter

An air-to-air left side view of an 89th Military Airlift Wing C-140B Jet Star aircraft. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1970s MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10 ALOFT OVER SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CALIFORNIA USA

DF-ST-86-09486. Country: Unknown

DN-SC-88-06549. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

Artwork: "Refill Over Hill" Artist: Lindsay Edwards U.S. Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown

A left rear view of a 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing a C-9 Nightingale aircraft on the flight line with staircase and loading ramp inposition. Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

KC-10A Extender aircraft stand on the flight line prior to deploying to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield.

A left front view of the prototype of the U.S. Navy's new E-6A take charge and move out (TACAMO) communications aircraft parked on the flight line at Boeing Field. Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1980 - A side view of a KC-10A Extender aircraft on the ground during the rollout ceremony..

A close-up view of the X-38 research vehicle mounted under the wing of the B-52 mothership prior to a 1997 test flight. The X-38, which was designed to help develop technology for an emergency crew return vehicle (CRV) for the International Space Station, is one of many research vehicles the B-52 has carried aloft over the past 40 years.

Air to air left side view of a C-141B Starlifter, "Spirit of the Inland Empire" from the 63rd Military Airlift Wing, Norton AFB, California flies over the southern California base during a training mission. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

A left side view of an AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile in flight near Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, during an Integrated Weapon System test. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Trip to Western States: Castle Air Force Base, California, 4:55PM. President John F. Kennedy descends the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Castle Air Force Base in Merced County, California. Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall, and an unidentified United States Air Force Technical Sergeant exit the plane behind President Kennedy.

Lear Jet (NASA-705) in flight

S77-28210 (13 Sept 1977) --- Astronauts Joe H. Engle (face down), commander, and Richard H. Truly (face partially obscured by Engle), pilot, are greeted by Rockwell technicians following egress from the shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise." They had just completed a five-minute, 31-second unpowered free flight in the "Enterprise," the second of a series of such flights, conducted on September 13, 1977, at the Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) and Edwards Air Force Base.

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Model Release. Bob Nielson. James Herald. Linda S. Chappel. Patricia O'Keefe. Vintage Photograph. Two couples leaving a plane. Frame 7.

A NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), is serviced on the ramp at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, before a test of the space shuttle landing gear system.The space shuttle landing gear test unit, operated by a high-pressure hydraulic system, allowed engineers to assess and document the performance of space shuttle main and nose landing gear systems, tires and wheel assemblies, plus braking and nose wheel steering performance. The series of 155 test missions for the space shuttle program provided extensive data about the life and endurance of the shuttle tire systems and helped raise the shuttle crosswind landing limits at Kennedy.

A Tu-154C cargo aircraft from the Soviet national airline Aeroflot straddles a ditch about 200 meters past the end of the runway at Roberts Field. The aircraft skidded into the ditch after a failed takeoff attempt. Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR)

Vintage photograph. Boeing B-47 Stratojet, fastest bomber in the world, first with swept-back wing and tail surfaces.

A left side view of a VC-137B Stratoliner aircraft taking off. Country: Unknown

Pan Air "Clipper" plane, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Iceland, Solheimasandur, airplane wreck in the lava desert

TWA Commercial Airplane in Flight

An air-to-air side view of the front of the fuselage a 438th Airlift Wing, C-141 Starlifter, flying over the Atlantic Ocean. The C-141, tail #70166, with a white painted fuselage is used to transport senior civilian and military officials. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-12692. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Taking off on a flight from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, is NASA's Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), a modified Convair (CV) 990. A new landing gear test fixture representative of the shuttle's landing gear system had been installed in the lower fuselage of the CV-990 test aircraft between the aircraft's normal main landing gear. Following initial flights, static loads testing and calibration of the test gear were conducted at Dryden. Tests allowed engineers to assess the performance of the space shuttle's main and nose landing gear systems under varying conditions.

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