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Try to stump me: Military aircraft identification

EagleAye said:
My pleasure, brother.

Mmm, I wouldn't say that. The Harrier is a STOVL aircraft. The Alpha Jet is not. On the other hand both fill the light attack role, although the Harrier is more capable. The Alpha Jet is also used as an advanced trainer. Used by many countries. The Alpha Jet is a great little plane, used by many demonstration teams.
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What DOES STOVL mean?
 
Andalublue said:
It does look pretty cool, though.
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It does look cool. I don't want to put the F-5 down too hard. It's a great plane, and the F5E Tiger II is still in use by many air forces. Arm it with AIM-9Ls and it could be dangerous in the right hands. I just think Iran's mods with the plane (F-5A) need to be placed in proper perspective.
 
winston53660 said:
What DOES STOVL mean?
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STOVL (Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing)

So when fully armed, the Harrier cannot take-off vertically, but can do a very short take-off run. With weapons and fuel released, it is capable of a vertical landing.
 
APACHERAT said:
Could you be more specific ?
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Nah, I was joking with ya cuzin.
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Did it launch some sort of plane?
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EagleAye said:
Looks like a German E-boat to me.
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Your good EagleAye.

It's a German WW ll PT-Boat. I believe the Germans referred to them a S-Boats but the British and Americans called them E-Boats.

<" After the war, the future US president John F. Kennedy visited defeated Germany with US Navy Secretary James Forrestal. JFK was interested in the German PT boat counterpart so he made a point to carefully inspecting an intact "E-Boat". Kennedy's diary records concludes that the Schnellboot was "far superior to our PT boat." "> Schnellboot S-100 - 3D Art by Jan Elmer
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
The flag may be a giveaway but I am willing to try

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Dunkerque class French battle cruiser.

There were two of these built, the Dunkerque and the Strasbourg. It's only real combat action during W W ll was against the allies.

That was a tricky one regarding the flag, you would expect a French war ship to be flying a white flag. It did confuse me at first.
 
Unitedwestand, I was hoping that you would have been around when I posted the E-Boat photo knowing your a student of history and study the Second World War.

Ask any WW ll vet, didn't matter if he fought in Europe or the Pacific, everyone knew what the German E-Boat was.
 
APACHERAT said:
Dunkerque class French battle cruiser.

There were two of these built, the Dunkerque and the Strasbourg. It's only real combat action during W W ll was against the allies.

That was a tricky one regarding the flag, you would expect a French war ship to be flying a white flag. It did confuse me at first.
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Apache go it right.
 
Does not look like an operational aircraft?
 
EagleAye said:
A-12 Avenger.
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:good_job:

<" Plans for the Navy's A-12 combat aircraft called for incorporating more advanced stealthy characteristics than were used in the F-117A, as well as significantly greater payload capabilities. The Navy's A-12 Avenger Advanced Technology Aircraft (ATA) was slated to replace current A-6s on aircraft carriers in the mid-1990's.

But on 7 January 1991, Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney canceled the program, in the largest contract termination in DoD history. By one estimate the A-12 had become so expensive that it would have consumed up 70 percent of the Navy's aircraft budget within three years.

The Navy originally planned to buy 620 of the McDonnell Douglas/General Dynamics aircraft, with the Marine Corps purchasing an additional 238 planes. And the Air Force at one point considered buying 400, at an average cost that was estimated at close to $100 million each. The A-12 was designed to fly faster and further than the A-6E, and carry a large bomb-load in internal bomb-bays to reduce drag and maintain a low radar cross-section. As with the Advanced Tactial Fighter (ATF), the A-12 was expected to have greater reliability than current aircraft (double that of the A-6E), and require half the maintenance manhours. "> Federation of American Scientists :: A-12 Avenger II
 
This plane is seeing combat action right now. What is it?

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APACHERAT said:
It's another aircraft the Frogs fly.

Going to say the Mirage 2000. Don't know which model it is.
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Close enough. Mirage 2000D. It's in action now, conducting vermin control ops in Mali.
 
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