From SPAD VIII of #WWI, to P-51D Mustang and F-86A Sabre of #WWII and #Korea, I give you the anatomy of the most famous fighter designs of their time. Art by John McCoy. Never realized that the F-86's engine had a nose cone! #avgeeks#aviation#aviationlovers#history#USAF
Here's a size comparison of some of the more popular USAF and Soviet #ColdWar interceptors. Look at the size of that Tu-128 "Fiddler" 😗 It was the world's largest and heaviest jet fighter! #avgeeks#aviation#aviationdaily#ANG#USAF#Russia
#OTD: 72 years ago, Lt. Russell J. Brown, from #USAF’s 16th FS, downed a MiG-15 near the Yalu River while flying a Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star (Nov 8, 1950). This may have been the very first time a jet was shot down by another jet in combat. #avgeeks#aviation#history#Korea