Tuesday, August 2, 2011

CC-115 Buffalo

A Search and Rescue CC-115 Buffalo aircraft from Canadian Forces Base Comox flies over the coastal area of British Columbia. (Photo by 9 Wing Imaging, Corporal Miranda Langguth)

CC-115 Buffalo

In May of 1965 the US Army invited 25 aircraft manufacturers to submit proposals for a STOL tactical transport. The competition was won by de Havilland Canada and led to the Buffalo, basically a modernized Caribou with a bigger payload but retaining and improving the STOL characteristics of its predecessor. (CF Photo)

CC-115 Buffalo

In May of 1965 the US Army invited 25 aircraft manufacturers to submit proposals for a STOL tactical transport. The competition was won by de Havilland Canada and led to the Buffalo, basically a modernized Caribou with a bigger payload but retaining and improving the STOL characteristics of its predecessor. (CF Photo)

CC-115 Buffalo

A CC-115 Buffalo aircraft flies over the coastal area of British Columbia. (CF Photo)

CC-115 Buffalo

A CC-115 Buffalo flies over base camp. (CF Photo by Sgt Blair Mehan)

CC-115 Buffalo

A CC-115 Buffalo flies over base camp. (CF Photo by Sgt Blair Mehan)

CC-115 Buffalo

View of a 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron CC-115 Buffalo. (CF Photo)

CC-115 Buffalo

View of a 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron CC-115 Buffalo at the Chilliwack Municipal airport. (CF Photo0

CC-115 Buffalo

CC-115 Buffalo aircraft waits to go thru the “Bird bath” a desalination process to remove any residue that may have collected on the airframe as a result of hours flown over salt water. (CF Photo by Private Owen W. Budge)

MiG-23

Angolan Airforce Mig-23 at Odessa Aircraft Repair Plant. (Photo: John Grew)

MiG-23

Angolan Mig-23 aircraft can be upgraded up to the technicaland tactical characteristics of the Mirage 2000 & F-16. (Photo: John Grew)

T-50 Golden Eagle

Lockheed Martin T-50 in flight. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

T-50 Golden Eagle

Lockheed Martin T-50 in flight. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

C-130J Super Hercules

On June 15, 2011 the third and fourth of six C-130J Super Hercules for the Indian Air Force departed the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Ga. en route to Air Force Station Hindan in India. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

C-130J Super Hercules

On June 15, 2011 the third and fourth of six C-130J Super Hercules for the Indian Air Force departed the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Ga. en route to Air Force Station Hindan in India. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

C-130J Super Hercules

The first of four C-130J Super Hercules for the Qatar Emiri Air Force took to the skies over the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Ga., June 8, 2011. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

F-16 Fighting Falcon

The first four of 24 Lockheed Martin advanced Block 52 F-16s produced for the Royal Moroccan Air Force have left the Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas, en route to Morrocco. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)