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Pic010-Sikorsky_UH-60A_Black_Hawk_89-26142_(USA).jpg
USAF - Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk (89-26142)9 viewsThe Black Hawk helicopter series can perform a wide array of missions, including the tactical transport of troops, electronic warfare, and aeromedical evacuation. A VIP version known as the VH-60N is used to transport important government officials (Congress, Executive departments) with the helicopter's call sign of "Marine One" when transporting the President of the United States.00000
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Pic011-Sikorsky_UH-60A_Black_Hawk_89-26142_(USA).jpg
USAF - Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk (89-26142)6 viewsIn air assault operations it can move a squad of 11 combat troops with equipment or reposition the 105 mm M102 howitzer with thirty rounds of 105 mm ammunition, and a four-man crew in a single lift.00000
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Pic012-Boeing_KC-135R_Stratotanker_63-8879_(USA).jpg
USAFE - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (63-8879/D) 717-1485 viewsIn operation since 1957, the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is used primarily to re-fuel aircraft during flight. Modified KC-135s, however, serve as flying command posts, pure transport, electronic reconnaissance, and photo mapping craft. 00000
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USAFE - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (63-8879/D) 717-1484 viewsTo increase takeoff and carrying capacity, improve fuel efficiency, and reduce engine noise and pollution levels, Boeing replaced the original KC-135A engines with CFM56 engines for the USAF. The serviced aircraft were re-designated as KC-135Rs.00000
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Pic014-Boeing_AH-64D_Apache_Longbow_00-5207_(USA).jpg
USAF - Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow (00-5207)1 viewsThe AH-64 Apache is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with reverse-tricycle landing gear, and tandem cockpit for a crew of two. The Apache was developed as Model 77 by Hughes Helicopters (later Boeing) for the US Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the AH-1 Cobra.00000
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USAF - Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow (00-5207)3 viewsThe AH-64 is powered by two General Electric T700 turboshaft engines with high-mounted exhausts on either side of the rotor shaft. The Apache has a four-blade main rotor and four-blade tail rotor setup. The crew sits in tandem, with the pilot sitting behind and above the copilot-gunner in an armored crew compartment.00000
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USAF - Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow (00-5207)3 viewsThe multi-mission AH-64D Apache Longbow is the next-generation version of original AH-64A Apache. With its fire-control radar, the aircraft is known as the AH-64D Apache Longbow. Without the radar, the combat-proven aircraft is called the AH-64D Apache.00000
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Pic017-McDonnell_Douglas_C-17A_Globemaster_III_96-0006_(USA).jpg
USAF - McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III (96-0006)1 viewsThe C-17 was developed for the USAF from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing). The aircraft carries on the name of two previous United States military cargo aircraft, the C-74 Globemaster and the C-124 Globemaster II.00000
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USAF - C-17A marking of "The Spirit of Berlin"3 viewsPresident Bill Clinton dedicated "The Spirit of Berlin", a new USAF Boeing C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft, during a morning ceremony on May 14, 1998 at Berlin-Tempelhof Airport, Germany. The event marked the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, the historic effort to defeat the Soviet blockade of the city of Berlin.00000
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