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A-7 buddy refuelling an F-8.

Do you see the difference?

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10 Bizarre Aircraft that Actually Flew
Dornier Do 335

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Lockhedd XFV

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Goodyear Inflatoplane

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Northrop Tacit Blue

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Custer CCW-5

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HZ-1 Aerocycle

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Vought V-173 Glying Pancake

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Stipa-Caproni

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XF-85 Goblin

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Mil V-12

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A French NAVY F-8E Crusaders during a hard
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In April 1977 on the Foch, the French Navy Crusaders operated over Djibouti in the Saphir missions. On 7 May 1977, two Crusaders on a training missions were expected to engage two French AF F-100 Super Sabres from the Djibouti-based 4/11 Jura squadron. After the leader spotted the “enemy” and engaged into mock combat, he realized his opponents were not French F-100's as expected but MiG-21's from Yemen. His wingman joined the fighting and weapons were armed but the fight ended without a shot being fired. This was presumably the only wartime interception by French Crusaders.

 

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Saab 29 Tunnan. Despite its “chubby” design, it proved to be one of the fastest and modern fighters of its time.
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Saab 29 Tunnan. Despite its “chubby” design, it proved to be one of the fastest and modern fighters of its time.
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Saab has always built very unique aircraft. Other than Lansen (JAS 32) each was un conventional and exhibited uniqiue sweidsh requirements eso. Darken & Viggen that were built to operate to very basic prepared surfaces and could operate without much ground support from the forests.

Tunnan
Lansen
Draken
Viggen
Gripen
 
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