The Perch

Patriotic liveries for military aircraft of various different countries.

The AP-100, an ambitious Republic Aviation V/STOL fighter project from the late 1960s. its broad lifting body was to house, alongside three lift fans, and six afterburning turbojets which were to push it past Mach 2. despite its fighter role, provisions also existed for it to carry a small nuclear payload.

More pictures of the Falcon-Eye IRST system. As opposed to current F-16 IRST systems, which requires a separate pod to be mounted, this is integrated into the F-16 from the factory. However, only one country took this up, and that is currently the UAE, mounted on their F-16E/F block 60/62s.

Rochester Archives, circa late 1980s. The video shows the "Falcon-Eye" IRST seeker's helmet slewing capabilities, following the direction at which the pilot is looking at. It was mounted on the General Dynamics' one-off NF-16AFTI (Advanced Fighter Technology Integration), which was used to test integration of different avionics and hardware systems into subsequent F-16 iterations and emerging technologies for the F-35.

F-22 raptor

TU-160M "Blackjack"

MiG-29 "Fulcrums"

Video showing Yugoslavian MiG-21s being transported out of its underground shelter and taking off in Željava Airbase, which was an underground protected airbase built into a mountain - the largest of its kind in Yugoslavia.

https://telegra.ph/Chinas-KD-21-missile-puts-US-carriers-and-bases-at-range-04-07 China's new KD-21 Air-Launched ballistic missile (ALBM) has been confirmed to be in active service - and what this could mean for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific region

a magazine from WWII showing the US Marines "support bomber" variation of the B-25 "Mitchell", designated the PBJ-1J/H in USMC service, used for anti shipping roles.

A formation of Hellenic F-4E, Mirage 2000-5, F-16 and Rafale, Spanish F-18, French Mirage 2000-D, Italian Tornado, Qatari F-15, Indian Su-30MKI, UAE Mirage 2000-9 and Polish F-16 during Iniochos-25.

PAF F-16D (potentially B MLU? can't tell) flying with an Akıncı drone in a manned-unmanned teaming exercise

Low level F-80 runs with dummy bombs during the first USAF Gunnery Meet in Nevada in 1949 In 1949, the First Aerial Gunnery Competition was held at Nellis Air Base, Nevada—then Las Vegas Air Force Base—bringing together Air Force fighter groups from across the country to compete in a Top Gun-style competition. extended footage: (https://rumble.com/v6rlipx)

New Zealand P-51D Mustangs flying in formation, 1953

Finnish Air Force Morane-Saulnier MS 406 fighters at Latva Airfield, East Karelia, 9 September 1943 (Original color)

Armed display of Taiwan Air Force F-CK-1 fighter jets (including Taiwan’s indigenously designed Sky Sword I/II missiles), 2023

Northtrop Grumman/Scaled Composites 437 in its hangar.