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Air Force Collection

Background imageAir Force Collection: Lancaster Bomber

Lancaster Bomber
circa 1945: A Royal Air Force Lancaster Bomber in flight. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Wellington Bombers

Wellington Bombers
8th February 1940: A flight of Vickers Wellington long range bombers, used by the Royal Air Force to undertake raids into Germany and elsewhere. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Military plane

Military plane
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Background imageAir Force Collection: Fly Past

Fly Past
31st May 1956: Shackletons of RAF Coastal Command at a Fly Past over Buckingham Palace at the ceremony of Trooping the Colour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Eyes Of The Fleet

Eyes Of The Fleet
circa 1940: A Blackburn Skua two seat fighter and dive-bomber of the Fleet Air Arm with arrestor hook and wheels lowered, flying over warships of the British Fleet. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Digital image sequence of pilot sitting in ejection seat, explosive charge forcing seat

Digital image sequence of pilot sitting in ejection seat, explosive charge forcing seat from aircraft, pilot floating in sky suspended from parachute

Background imageAir Force Collection: RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off

RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off
17th May 1952: An RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5864 - We re Flying Five Years Ahead - pub.1952

Background imageAir Force Collection: Illustration, Harrier Jump Jet, elevated front view

Illustration, Harrier Jump Jet, elevated front view

Background imageAir Force Collection: US army Air Force Bell Airacobra P 39

US army Air Force Bell Airacobra P 39
circa 1940: The US army Air Force Bell Airacobra P 39. The fighters were flown by the RAF under the name Airacobra 1 P-400. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Sunderland Bomber in a mock bombing practice with the Queen Elizabeth

Sunderland Bomber in a mock bombing practice with the Queen Elizabeth
19th June 1948: A Sunderland bomber in a mock bombing practice with the Queen Elizabeth. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4562 - A Sunderland Bombs The Queen - pub

Background imageAir Force Collection: Avro Lincoln

Avro Lincoln
7th September 1948: An Avro Lincoln on display at the Farnborough Air Show. It is a heavy bomber, and has an experimental turbo propeller engine fitted in its nose

Background imageAir Force Collection: All Purpose Bomber

All Purpose Bomber
circa 1945: Three United States TBM Avenger bombers soar above clouds over the Pacific, World War II (1939-1945). The TBM, first known as the TBF Avenger

Background imageAir Force Collection: Air Pageant

Air Pageant
circa 1927: A line of aeroplanes awaiting rehearsals for Hendon Air Pageant. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Captured Plane

Captured Plane
9th November 1918: On display at the Lord Mayors Show - a German Pfalz plane, shot down near Arras on 17th October 1918. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: SR-71A Blackbird

SR-71A Blackbird

Background imageAir Force Collection: USAF B-1B Lancer Strategic Bomber

USAF B-1B Lancer Strategic Bomber
USAF B-1B Lancer bomber prepares for flight under a full moon

Background imageAir Force Collection: Airplanes and aircraft carrier

Airplanes and aircraft carrier
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Background imageAir Force Collection: Aeroplanes, Air Force, Air Transport, Aircraft, Airplane, Aviation, Cockpit, Colour Image

Aeroplanes, Air Force, Air Transport, Aircraft, Airplane, Aviation, Cockpit, Colour Image
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Background imageAir Force Collection: Lockheed SR-71, high-tech military jet aircraft, also known as Blackbird, expanded cross-section

Lockheed SR-71, high-tech military jet aircraft, also known as Blackbird, expanded cross-section, elevated view

Background imageAir Force Collection: Canberras

Canberras
31st May 1952: A squadron of twin-jet Canberra bombers. A light bomber which carries no armament, relying on speed and height. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5879 - RAF Scare: The Truth - pub

Background imageAir Force Collection: 1974 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, side view

1974 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, side view

Background imageAir Force Collection: Frank Whittle

Frank Whittle
September 1948: British aeronautical engineer Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996), who patented the basic design for the turbojet engine, wearing his RAF uniform. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: First Swing Wing

First Swing Wing
The Bell X-5, an USAF experimental swing wing plane which was the first to be able to alter the angle of the wings during flight, 13th June 1951

Background imageAir Force Collection: Doomed B-24

Doomed B-24
circa 1944: A US Airforce B-24 Liberator bomber goes down in flames in a raid over Austria, during World War II. The American Airforce photographer who took the picture was quoted as saying I felt

Background imageAir Force Collection: Lancaster Bomber

Lancaster Bomber
circa 1942: A Lancaster bomber on the airfield ready for its next mission. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Stukas In Formation

Stukas In Formation
circa 1940: German Stuka dive-bombers fly in formation. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Hurricane Fighters

Hurricane Fighters
10th December 1940: Two Czech pilots watching colleagues take to the air in their Hurricanes. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: F-86 Sabre

F-86 Sabre
28th June 1952: A US Airforce pilot stationed in Britain waits as an engineer refuels an F-86 Sabre. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5927 - The Yanks In England - pub

Background imageAir Force Collection: Cockpit

Cockpit
17th June 1950: Pilot Bruce Wingate at the controls of a Meteor jet belonging to RAF 54 squadron. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5066 - Acrobats In Vampires - pub

Background imageAir Force Collection: Flying Formation

Flying Formation
circa 1945: Aerial view of three Army Air Corps Boeing bomber Flying Fortress planes traveling south over the Manhattan skyline, New York City. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: American Avenger

American Avenger
1940: Six American Avenger torpedo attack planes begin a dive out of formation, World War II, African Front. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Lancaster Bomber aircraft

Lancaster Bomber aircraft
Two Lancaster Bomber aircraft

Background imageAir Force Collection: At The Ready

At The Ready
August 1939: Pilots scramble for their Hurricane fighters at an RAF station. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: German 1930 Junker 52 plane, side view

German 1930 Junker 52 plane, side view

Background imageAir Force Collection: Louis Bleriots 1909 aircraft, side view

Louis Bleriots 1909 aircraft, side view

Background imageAir Force Collection: Illustration of Air Force pilot in cockpit

Illustration of Air Force pilot in cockpit

Background imageAir Force Collection: Illustration of various aircraft, Douglas DC-8 refuelling a B-1 aircraft mid-air, U-2 spy plane

Illustration of various aircraft, Douglas DC-8 refuelling a B-1 aircraft mid-air, U-2 spy plane, B-2 stealth bomber, MIT Daedalus, Sukhoi Su-27, Solar Challenger

Background imageAir Force Collection: Illustration of USAF Boeing E-3 Sentry plane

Illustration of USAF Boeing E-3 Sentry plane

Background imageAir Force Collection: Bombs Dropping

Bombs Dropping
500 pound bombs dropped from a US Army Air Force Flying Fortress bomber fall towards an oil refinery at Leghorn. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Acrobatic airplanes

Acrobatic airplanes create the colors of the French nation

Background imageAir Force Collection: Hawker Hart

Hawker Hart
1935: Hawker Hart a light bi-plane day-bomber which in its day (1930) outpaced every RAF fighter. Though it had a tendency to pull to the left on take-off it had a good rate of climb

Background imageAir Force Collection: Biplanes Flying

Biplanes Flying
1923: Biplanes of the RAF in flight at Hendon Air Pageant. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Mid-Air Refuelling

Mid-Air Refuelling
24th June 1971: A US Air Force tanker refuels a research plane in mid-air. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Spitfires

Spitfires
11th January 1940: A Royal Air Force Spitfire on the ground and three in flight. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Dreadnought

Dreadnought
1932: An American fighter plane, known as the Dreadnought of the Air, it has thirty machine guns and is protected by armoured plate. It has an anthropomorphic face

Background imageAir Force Collection: War Birds

War Birds
circa 1935: Military aircraft fly over the Statue of Liberty, New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageAir Force Collection: Air Trials

Air Trials
10th October 1955: A squadron of Gannet anti-submarine aircraft fly over the HMS Ark Royal during the carrier drill and flying trials in the English Channel



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