See the de Havilland Sea Vampire, the experimental fighter that ushered aircraft carriers into the jet age

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Capt. Eric Brown's pen pal, Eachan Hardie, stands with his hand atop the Vampire MkII aircraft on display.
The de Havilland Sea Vampire was the first jet-powered plane to land on an aircraft carrier. The Vampire Mk II aircraft model has been preserved at the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum.

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Photos show Israel's F-15I Ra'am 'Thunder' fighter jets used to target Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon

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An Israeli Air Force F-15I Ra'am jet.
An Israeli Air Force F-15I Ra'am jet.

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Russia's talking about a 6th-generation fighter jet while its Su-57 sits out the Ukraine war

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Russian officials have begun discussions of a successor to the Su-57 stealth fighter, which Russia has struggled to operate.
Russian officials have begun discussions of a successor to the Su-57 stealth fighter, which Russia has struggled to operate.

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A weird legacy of the Falklands War could get Ukraine 5 fighter jets: report

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A Super Etendard fighter jet landing on France's flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf
A Super Etendard fighter jet landing on France's flagship Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf on January 12, 2016.

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Russia was scared to fly its Su-57 in combat, fearing a loss. Ukraine scored a hit on one anyway.

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Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter performs during International military-technical forum
Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter performs during International military-technical forum "Army-2020" at Kubinka airbase in Moscow on Aug. 25, 2020.

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Another European country is flying fighter jets off highways like NATO has been doing to protect its warplanes

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A Swiss F/A-18 fighter jet lands on a highway.
A Swiss F/A-18 fighter jet lands on a highway.

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A viral canned water company is giving away a $400,000 fighter jet, poking fun at Pepsi's notorious failed joke prize

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A Aero L-39 Albatros training fighter jet named
Liquid Death is giving away a branded Aero L-39 Albatros training fighter jet named "The Dehydrator."

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A big F-16 donation to Ukraine comes with a major condition

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A Belgian F-16 fighter jet during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Brussels on Tuesday.

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The B-52 shot down Vietnamese fighter jets in historic dogfights. Here's how the US Air Force plans to keep its oldest bomber in the skies for over a century.

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A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.
A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.

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'Unsafe' intercepts of Australian anti-submarine aircraft by Chinese fighter jets hint at what they may be guarding so aggressively, naval expert says

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An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S.
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