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Tu-154M-LK1 aircraft, Chkalovsky Airport (Moscow Region), fall 2024
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VF-1 was one of the first squadrons in the Navy to receive F-14A fighters. Miramar Air Base, early 1973
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A camouflaged F-14A during the Reconnaissance Air Meet exercise in 1986.
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F-14A of VF-2 squadron in experimental camouflage, 1976.
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The 9th Development Squadron was formed in 1994 from the 4th and 5th Squadrons. The 5th Squadron had long operated black-painted F-4s, a tradition continued with the F-14D paint scheme.
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F-14A TARPS. Forty-five aircraft were equipped to carry TARPS pods for tactical aerial reconnaissance (on the rear left hardpoint, originally intended for the Phoenix missile).
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F-14 fighters were also in service with reserve squadrons of the U.S. Navy. The first to receive them in 1984 were the reserve squadrons VF-301 (above) and VF-302. Two more squadrons, VF-201 and VF-202, received 25 aircraft after they were overhauled in late 1986.
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An-12BP RA-93913 | Atran | Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russian Federation UUDD | July 2009 | scrapped in 2019 at Ivanovo South after being operated by SibNIA (Siberian Research Institute)
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This F-14A testbed was modified with the so-called Aileron-Rudder Interconnect System which investigated new high angle-of-attack flight techniques.
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F-14A (Serial No. 159834) with fiberglass-covered wing panels. NASA testing, 1986
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The second prototype F-14 aircraft, with its wing at minimum sweep, flies as part of a flight of three aircraft, the wingmen being the first and fourth prototypes.
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After the loss of the first test F-14, the 72nd prototype was modified into the No. 1X variant and used in high-speed tests.
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VARIG DC10 departing Heathrow's runway 10R in 1982.
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TS-11bis B Iskra, 612, Polish Air Force, Lithuanian Aviation Museum, Kaunas. 9/2026
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Swissair McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 HB-ISK seen at Amsterdam Schiphol during 1976.
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Georgia State Air Company Tupolev TU-154B-2 GR-85547 seen at Frankfurt Main Flughafen during 1993.
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Air Charter Caravelle departing Palma in 1983.
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Gulf Air Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 A40-TW seen approaching London Heathrow during the late 70s.
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Breguet XIX
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PWS-26 No. 77 .Training Squadron of the 2nd Air Regiment and Antoni Marceli Danek
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