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List Of Active United States Military Aircraft ... Currently active military equipment by country United States Watercraft • Land vehicles • Aircraft Russia Watercraft • Helicopters • Land vehicles • Aircraft United Kingdom Watercraft • Land vehicles • Aircraft France Watercraft • Land vehicles • Aircraft Germany Watercraft • Helicopters • Land vehicles • Aircraft India Watercraft • Land vehicles • Aircraft Brazil Watercraft • Land vehicles • Aircraft Air Force Aircraft Photo Origin Type Versions Quantity Notes Fixed-wing Aircraft A-10 Thunderbolt II USA Attack Aircraft A-10C 356 To be replaced by F-35A... C-5 Galaxy USA Cargo Aircraft C-5A C-5B C-5C C-5M 51 44 2 6 C-12 Huron USA Cargo Aircraft C-12C C-12D C-12F C-12J MC-12W 16 6 2 4 1 37 ordered from MC-12W C-17 Globemaster III USA Cargo Aircraft C-17A...

List Of World War I Flying Aces ... Historically, a flying ace was defined as a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... The term was first used by French newspapers, describing Adolphe Pégoud as l'as (the ace), after he downed five German aircraft... An enemy aircraft that crashed in enemy held territory obviously could not be verified by the victor's ground troops...

Fighter Aircraft ... It is not unusual for aircraft that do not fulfill the standard definition to be labelled or described as fighters... Terminology The word "fighter" did not become the official English term for such aircraft until after World War I... In Great Britain's Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force these aircraft were referred to as "scouts" into the early 1920s...

History Of Ballooning ... There is also some speculation, from a demonstration led by British modern hot air balloonist Julian Nott in the late 1970s and again in 2003, that hot air balloons could have been used by people of the Nazca culture of Peru some 1500 to 2000 years ago, as a tool for designing the famous Nazca ground figures and lines. The first documented balloon flight in Europe was by the brazilian priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão...

Glider Aircraft ... non-balloon) man-carrying aircraft that were based on published scientific principles were Sir George Cayley's series of gliders which achieved brief wing-borne hops from around 1849...

List Of Military Aircraft Of The United States (naval) ... For aircraft designations prior to the adoption of this system, see List of military aircraft of the United States (1909-1919)...

Military Aviation ... Army Signal Corps, and in 1911 the Italians used a variety of aircraft types in reconnaissance, photo-reconnaissance, and bombing roles as part of the Italo-Turkish War... The earliest military role filled by aircraft was reconnaissance, however, World War I saw military aviation rapidly embrace many specialized types, such as scouts, artillery observers, fighters, bombers, etc... World War II saw even more rapid advancement in aircraft technology, with large performance increases and the introduction of aircraft into an increasing number of roles...

Electric Aircraft ... Currently flying electric aircraft are mostly experimental demonstrators, including manned and unmanned aerial vehicles...

Zeppelin ... The advantage of this design was that the aircraft could be much larger than non-rigid airships (which relied on a slight overpressure within the single gasbag to maintain their shape) because the light-alloy used for the structure, (usually Magnesium or Aluminium alloys), enabling Zeppelins to lift heavier loads and be fitted with more engines and/or more powerful engines...

Strategic Bombing During World War I ... The advent of air raid warnings, sirens and shelters can be dated to World War I, as can the design of dedicated anti-aircraft artillery and the role of interceptor aircraft... Many of the advocates of strategic bombing during the interwar period, such as Italy's Giulio Douhet, America's Billy Mitchell, and Britain's Hugh Trenchard, had commanded aircraft during World War I... The improvements in aircraft technology during and after the war convinced many that "the bomber will always get through", which affected planning for strategic bombing in World War II...

Surveillance Aircraft ... A surveillance aircraft does not necessarily require high-performance capability or stealth characteristics...

Auto Racing ... Sixty-nine cars started the 50 km (31 mi) selection event that would show which entrants would be allowed to start the main event, the 127 km (79 mi) race from Paris to Rouen. The entrants ranged from serious manufacturers like Peugeot, Panhard or De Dion to amateur owners, and only 25 were selected for the main race...

Police Aircraft ... Police forces sometimes use military surplus helicopters, such as the Bell UH-1 Huey, but most buy their helicopters directly from major aircraft companies...

Observation Balloon ... Historically, observation balloons were filled with hydrogen. The French colonel Charles Renard developed a mobile system with a trailer in 1880...

Alberto Santos-Dumont ... Designated 14-bis or Oiseau de proie (French for "bird of prey"), the flying machine was the first fixed-wing aircraft witnessed by the European press and French aviation authorities to take off and successfully fly...