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Vintage Military Aircraft

Iconic military aircraft including P-51 Mustangs and WWII fighters in flight, showcasing their historical significance and detailed designs.

Yakovlev Yak-3 - WWII Russian Fighter Plane (smallest and lightest World War II combat fighter)

DN-ST-87-08659. Country: Unknown

A Ford Trimotor makes a final approach into the Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City Iowa, May 14, 2022. The Trimotor was primarily used for airline service but was also used by the Army Air Corps as the Ford C-4.

DF-SC-85-03777. Country: Unknown

USA, Wisconsin, Oshkosh, AirVenture 2016, Douglas Skyraider AD-5W (EA-1E), carrier Dive Bomber

Douglas DC-3 C-47A Transport aircraft World War II of the Royal Air Force, Whitby, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Liberal, Kansas, The Mid-America Air Museum. The museum displays over 100 aircraft. The Grumman TBM Avenger was the U.S. Navys torpedo bomber during World War II

DF-SC-84-10549. Country: Unknown

Junkers Ju52/3m Berlin-Tempelhof, year of construction 1936, built in Dessau, registration D-AQUI, today registration D-CDLH, in service of the Deutsche Lufthansa, Oberschleissheim, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Issaquah, Washington State, USA. Kenmore Air charter float plane flying over Lake Sammamish State Park, getting ready to land. (Editorial Use Only)

A P-51 Mustang flies by at Willow Run, Michigan.

Propeller plane Transall C-160 during the Goodbye Tour over Rendsburg, Germany, Europe

Red Bull Race planes at the Reno Air Races, Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada. The Red Bull Air Race World Series, established in 2003 and created by Red Bull, is an international series of air races with the participation of the world's most skilled pilots, in which competitors have to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the sky, in the fastest possible time. Pilots fly individually against the clock and have to complete tight turns through a slalom course consisting of specially designed

P-51 Mustang Fighter Plane airborne in isometric view.

A C-47 Dakota aircraft taxis on the runway. The Dakota is used for training missions as part of a program in which US military personnel assigned to Canada exchange areas of expertise with their Canadian counterparts. Base: Canadian Forces Base, Winnipeg Country: Canada (CAN)

Monroe, NC - Nov 9 2013 - action in the sky during an airshow-warbirds over monroe

cockpit of an historical aircraft

Monroe, NC - Nov 9 2013 - action in the sky during an airshow-warbirds over monroe

North American Aviation P-51 Mustang two aircraft in flight in United States Airforce markings, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

New Zealand, North Island, Auckland, MOTAT, Museum of Transportation and Technology, Aviation Hall, WW2-era British Lancaster bomber

England, London-Hendon, RAF Museum London, WW2-era German Me-109F fighter and US B-17G bomber (Editorial use Only)

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Bell X-5 on Tarmac

USA, Virginia, Herndon, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, air museum, WW2-era, Japanese Nakajima Gekko night fighter

KT-1 coach (ROK), War Memorial of Korea, Jeonjaeng ginyeomgwan, Yongsan-dong, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

USA, Florida, Florida Panhandle, Pensacola, National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, display of 1930s-era Naval Aviation

Five Grumman F8F Bearcats in formation, probably the first time since the early 1950s

Canada, Ontario, Ottawa, Canadian Museum of Aviation, WW2-era Hawker Typhoon fighter

A P-51 Mustang taxiing at Vacaville, California.

Giron, Cuba, at Bay of Pigs Museum heroes and US conquest with airplane from war

Spitfire tracking a Lancaster at Blackpool.

DF-ST-85-07796. Country: Unknown

Australia, Yorke Peninsula, Kadina, Australian Emu fighter aircraft from World War Two

Cuba, Playa Giron, Bay of Pigs Museum. Fighter plane

B-25 Mitchell bomber at the Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama.

DE HAVILLAND DRAGON RAPIDE- 1936- AEROPLANO PRIVADO PARA TRANSPORTAR A FRANCO DEDE CANARIAS A MARRUECOS. Location: ALCAZAR / MUSEO DEL EJERCITO-COLECCIÓN. Toledo. SPAIN.

MAQUETA AVION DE FRANCO DE CANARIAS A AFRICA. Location: ALCAZAR / MUSEO DEL EJERCITO-COLECCIÓN. Toledo. SPAIN.

P-40 Warhawks flying over Chino, California.

Biplane, Europe's big vintage aeroplane meeting on the Hahnweide, Kirchheim-Teck, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

USA, Connecticut, Windsor Locks, New England Air Museum, Sikorsky Aircraft is a major Connecticut-based company, Sikorsky S-39B amphibian airplane, 1930's-era, first Sikorsky all-metal aircraft

Allied Museum, Clayallee, Dahlem, Berlin, Germany, Europe

German Focke-Wulf FW-44 Stieglitz biplane, first flight in 1932, Europe's largest meeting of vintage aircraft in Hahnweide, Kirchheim-Teck, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Red Bull aircraft from Hanger 7, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

North American P-51D Mustang known as 5 Voodoo during the 2008 Reno Air Races.

Junkers CL.I ground-attack aircraft

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Phantom of the Ruhr

England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford, Imperial War Museum, Exhibit, WWII, American Fighter Airplane

A C-47 Skytrooper aircraft taxis along the flight line. The aircraft will be restored and put on display at the Berlin Airlift Memorial. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

SB-17G aircraft of Flight D of the US Air Force 5th Rescue Squadron, circa late 1940s

A P-51 Mustang flies by at Willow Run, Michigan.

USA, Wisconsin, Oshkosh, AirVenture 2016, Douglas AD-6 Skyraider

Open day in the airbase. In the foreground a breeder S-11 lesson plane of the Royal Netherlands Air Force with the Lockheed SP-2H Neptune with registration number 217 (1965-1980) of the Marine Aviation Service.

An Italian Air Force MB-326E jet trainer over Italy.

LEEUWARDEN, THE NETHERLANDS - JUNE 10: WW2 B-25 Mitchell bomber in Dutch markings during the Dutch Air Force Open House. June 10, 2016 in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

DN-SC-89-09038. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

P-51D-5NA Mustang 44-13357; Lt Vernon Richards, Tika IV 8th AF / 374th FG / 361s t FG

DF-SC-84-03266. Country: Unknown

Australia, Canberra, Australian War Memorial Museum, British Hawker Sea Fury, 1950's era naval fighter aircraft

USA, Florida, Sarasota, CAF Air Power History Tour, North American SNJ-6 Texan, Nebraska Air National Guard

Sweden, Linkoping, Flygvapen Museum, Swedish Air Force Museum, WW2-era English B4 Hawker Hart aircraft with Finnish Airforce swastika

Supermarine Spitfire and Hispano Buchon, representing Messerschmitt Bf 109, simulating dogfight, RIAT 2015, flypast commemorating 75th anniversary of Battle of Britain, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Prop North American Military Fixed Wing Aviat Airplanes P-51 Mustang silver blue yellow

Hampshire, England - 09 August 2025: Aerial view of a vintage fighter plane soaring above the patchwork of fields and rooftops, its shark-toothed grin a stark contrast to the serene landscape below.

Washington, Olympia, military airshow. (Editorial Usage Only)

BI Rite Drug Store Airplane. ca. 1948, Wyoming, USA, MERCY CHIP OF THE BI RITE DRUG CO. STORES OF ROCK SPRINGS, CASPER AND SINCLAIR, WYOMING. This service is available through your Doctor, The Red Cross and Polio Chapters, for all rescue and mercy flights, at no cost to the individual.

DN-ST-87-08666. Country: Unknown

Tu-142MZ airplane in formation with Su-33 jet fighters of the Russian Navy.

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Buecker Jungmann, Europe's big vintage aeroplane meeting on the Hahnweide, Kirchheim-Teck, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

US-American biplane Curtiss Wright Travel Air 4000, Europe's largest meeting of vintage aircraft at Hahnweide, Kirchheim-Teck, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

USA, Wisconsin, Oshkosh, AirVenture 2016, Vintage Aircraft, 1929 Boeing, Hamilton Metalplane. Static Display

historical aircraft at an airfield

USA, Ohio, Dayton: US Air Force Museum and National Aviation Hall of Fame, WW1 Era SPAD 13 Biplane

A Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter plane in flight over Chino, California

Iconic Vintage Harbour Air Seaplanes DHC-2 Beaver Floatplanes Moored In The Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre, British Columbia, Canada.

Boeing, Stearman, radial engine, biplane, tailwheel classic, trainer, base trainer, spectacular, aircraft, airbase, Wittmund, Jagdgeschwader 71 Richthofen, Spotterday 2009, 50th anniversary of the squadron, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Exhibition of aircraft and flying machines, Museum of Transport, Lucerne, Switzerland, Europe

A C-47 Skytrain aircraft starts up its engines on the flight line at the 40th anniversary commemoration of the Berlin Airlift. The C-47 was the backbone of the operation to break the Soviet blockade. Base: Tempelhof Airport Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

MONOMOTOR SOVIETICO POLIKARPOV I-16,LLAMADO MOSCA Y RATA. Location: MUSEO DE AERONAUTICA Y ASTRONAUTICA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Biplane, Europe's big vintage aeroplane meeting on the Hahnweide, Kirchheim-Teck, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Vintage aircraft Antonov AN-2, YL-LEI, flying over the Central Swiss Plateau, Stans, Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland, Europe

Bremgarten, Germany, October 22, 2016: A classic yellow Piper Cub aircraft parked at the airport, Europe

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Kent Pietsch, piloting his Interstate Cadet, performs aerobatics during the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 24, 2022. Since 1973, Pietsch has been performing for millions of people at more than 400 shows that have taken him to quality venues throughout the United States. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

Grumman HU-16 Albatross, twin radial engine amphibious flying boat flying around and landing on Lake Mead, Nevada. Originally designated SA-16. The Albatross was designed to be able to land at sea in open ocean situations in order to effect the rescue of downed pilots. Its deep-V cross-section and substantial length helped make it possible for it to land in wavy conditions. Since it weighs over 12,500 pounds, pilots must have a type rating in order to act as pilot or co-pilot on board the Alb

Lysander warbird in World War II Royal Air Force colors.

DN-SN-90-01186. State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Germany, Bavaria, Munich, Deutsches Museum, Exhibit of WW1 Fokker Triplane

A6M Japaneese Zero flying over Chino, California.

Overflight of a historical Airplane during a airshow - Dittingen, Switzerland, Europe., Europe

A left side view of the restored B-17G aircraft "Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby," on a test flight near the base. The aircraft, which was restored by members of the 512th Military Airlift Wing, is believed to be the only flyable B-17 in existence to have flown comba. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

New Zealand, Otago, Wanaka, Warbirds Over Wanaka, Ploikarpov 1-16 monoplane - Russian WWII fighter plane

AVION POLIKARPON I-15, LLAMADO "CHATO", DE ORIGEN SOVIETICO AUNQUE FABRICADO EN ESPAÑA. Location: MUSEO DE AERONAUTICA Y ASTRONAUTICA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Artwork: "Endless Hours" Artist: Hugh Polder. Country: Unknown

Pilatus PC-7A Turbo-trainer-lesson from the basic military kite training (EMVO).

USA, Kansas, Wichita, Kansas Aviation Museum, Stearman biplane, manufactured in Wichita in the 1930's-era

Lockheed-Martin C-130T Hercules, US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team support plane 'Fat Albert', underside view

Pilatus PC-7A Turbo-trainer-lesson from the basic military kite training (EMVO).

US Navy 1953 Beechcraft T-34 Mentor trainer flying over the Central Valley of California.

German Buecker Bue-131 Lerche biplane, first flight in 1934, Europe's largest meeting of vintage aircraft in Hahnweide, Kirchheim-Teck, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

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