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Douglas AD-3 Skyraider
Douglas's AD-3 Skyraider, a carrier dive/torpedo bomber first flown in 1945, flew here with VA-174 out of NAS Cecil Field in the late 1940s.
📷 USN (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
Fri Oct 30 · 05:00 PM ET
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
📷 U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Trevor Bell (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
Thu Oct 29 · 05:00 PM ET
Dassault Rafale M
The Dassault Rafale M is France's carrier-based fighter, built by Dassault Aviation; this one flew with the French Navy, photographed at Fairford, England in 2018.
📷 Jim van de Burgt from Wijk bij Duurstede (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
Wed Oct 28 · 05:00 PM ET
Douglas SBD Dauntless
The SBD Dauntless was the US Navy's main carrier dive bomber, built by Douglas from 1940; this one flew at a 2024 Michigan airshow.
📷 Federal Signal EOWS*812 (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
Tue Oct 27 · 05:00 PM ET
Kawasaki C-2
This Kawasaki C-2 was landing at the 2018 Naha Air Show; the type entered JASDF service in 2016 as a long-range military transport replacing the C-1.
📷 Balon Greyjoy (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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