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Tornado, Credit to Jamie Hunter.

In 1979, The Concorde 001 chased a Solar Eclipse by flying at 56,000 ft. over the Sahara Desert at a speed of Mach 2. The jet stayed in the umbra of the moon for a record of 74 minutes.

Two NASA Blackbirds: the one on the top is a YF-12, the one on the bottom is the YF-12C/SR-71.

See more: Did you know that NASA YF-12C was actually an SR-71 with a bogus A-12 tail number?

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RAF Typhoon

Stunning pic by Mark Rourke Aviation Photography. F-4 Phantom

A fine picture of 809 NAS Buccaneer about to trap on HMS Ark Royal. Speed brakes deployed to increase thrust and thus throttle response.

Bad to the bone.

English Electric Lighting

This is a real photo!

Hole in the Wall” is in Window Rock Arizona, about 200’ high.… A-4 at 300kts. picture on Douglas Aircraft VIPs website or “Harry Gann photography”. the official photographer for Douglas Aircraft until they went out of business.

F-4 PHANTOM II Fighter Jet

From Brett Jaffee. A couple of Tomcats escort a B-1B over the Pacific in 1990. This is a photo of a poster from the back of a magazine. Photo by Tom Twomey.

A 🇺🇸Third Tactical Fighter Wing F-4E Phantom in 1985. 📷Ferguson

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom

"Valkyrie's in the valleys!" 495th FS F-35 Flight Leader

"ASGARD1"

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11th Feb 2022

Four B-52s from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., deployed to RAF Fairford, U.K., on Feb. 10 for a notional three-week stay, during which they will exercise with NATO allies and partner nations.

Pulling up and out of low level in the Mach Loop.

494th FS F-15E Strike Eagle heading home to Lakenheath following 2 spins of the famous "roundabout" in Snowdonia.

Dassault Mirage up close and personal

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