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The F-35 first flew in 2006 and entered service with the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B in July 2015, followed by the U.S. Air Force F-35A in August 2016 and the U.S. Navy F-35C in February 2019. [1] [2] [3] The aircraft was first used in combat in 2018 by the Israeli Air Force. [12]
M289 truck, Missile Launcher, 5-ton 6 x 6 (G744), Honest John (Note - for vehicle mounted rocket launchers see List of U.S. Army Rocket Launchers By Model Number) M291 truck, Van, Expandable, 5-ton, 6 × 6 (G744) – M39 series 5-ton 6×6 truck. M292 truck, Van, 2 1⁄2 -ton, Expansible (G742)- M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck.
The BMW 801 was a powerful German 41.8-litre (2,550 cu in) air-cooled 14-cylinder- radial aircraft engine built by BMW and used in a number of German Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II. Production versions of the twin-row engine generated between 1,560 and 2,000 PS (1,540–1,970 hp, or 1,150–1,470 kW ). It was the most produced radial engine ...
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company incorporated in February 2011. The company owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 which today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries.
The second list is based on the 2024 edition of The Military Balance, published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) using average market exchange rates. [ 2 ] Some sources say that Russian and Chinese military spending are actually far higher than the chart due to captive markets and purchasing price parity in those ...
Maximum speed. 75 km/h (47 mph) The BM-21 "Grad" ( Russian: БМ-21 "Град", lit. ' hailstorm ') is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. [ 9] The system and the M-21OF rocket [ 10] were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first combat use in March 1969 during the Sino-Soviet border ...
It was later determined to save costs to replace the various WLR-1 series suites with the SLQ-32 as a stand-alone system. As originally designed, the SLQ-32 was produced in three variants, the (V)1, (V)2 and (V)3. Later in its service life, additional versions were built, the (V)4 and (V)5. Today, (V)6 and (V)7 versions are in production.
During operations between 28 April and 1 May Soviet fighters and ground fire downed at least ten more Me 262s from JG 7. [76] However, JG 7 managed to keep its jets operational until the end of the war. And on 8 May, at around 4:00 p.m. Oblt. Fritz Stehle of 2./JG 7, while flying a Me 262 on the Ore Mountains, attacked a formation of Soviet ...