Category Archive: European Military Airplanes

SOKO J-21 Jastreb

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The Soko J-21 Jastreb (Hawk) is a Yugoslavian single-seat, light-attack aircraft designed by SOKO Mostar in the 1960s. The aircraft were built by SOKO Mostar until the 1980s. It was developed from SOKO G-2 Galeb (two-seater, training version of J-21 Jastreb).

Eurofighter Typhoon

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The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta wing, multirole combat aircraft developed in EU. The maiden flight of the Eurofighter prototype took place in Bavaria on 27 March 1994, flown by DASA Chief Test Pilot Peter Weger.

IAR 95 Spey

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The IAR 95 Spey or IAR 95ME was a Romanian 4th-generation, two seater, supersonic multi-role fighter / ground attack aircraft of cropped delta-canard planform. It was designed by INCAS Romania (under leadership of Dumitru Badea) but cancelled before production began in 1988.

Panavia Tornado GR4

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The Panavia Tornado GR4 is a two engine, variable-geometry, two-seat, day or night, all-weather attack aircraft, capable of delivering a wide variety of weapons. GR4 is powered by two Rolls Royce RB 199 Mk 103 turbofan engines, each of them is rated at a maximum thrust of 16,500 lbf (73.5 kN). It is a capable …

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Panavia Tornado F3

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Originally a development from the Panavia Tornado GR1 (Air Defence Variant), the Tornado F3 was introduced as a twin-engine, long-range interceptor aircraft used by British RAF. The Tornado F3 made its maiden flight on 20 November 1985, and its made combat debut in the 1991 Gulf War with 18 aircraft deployed to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. …

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Mirage 2000

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The history of the Hellenic AF Mirage 2000 dates back to 1988, when the first examples of the French-buiIt fighter touched down at Tanagra in central Greece.The Mirage 2000 force, divided into two squadrons, 331 and 332 Mira,