September 30, 2010 - Eurofighter Typhoon
Photo - 10 June 2008
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine canard-delta wing multirole aircraft designed and built by a consortium of multi-national companies. First flight 1994.

September 29, 2010 - Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver •
U.S. Navy deck crewmen aboard USS Bennington maneuver a Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver of bombing squadron VB-82 into position on the carrier's flight deck. VB-82 operated from Bennington during the period February to June 1945.

September 28, 2010 - Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter Mk I (2 of 2) •
British long-range heavy fighter modification of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's earlier Beaufort torpedo bomber design. First flight 1939.

September 27, 2010 - Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (1 of 2) •
The Beaufighter carried two .303-cal. machine guns in the left wing and four in the right wing.

September 26, 2010 - Republic P-47 Thunderbolt •
Night gunnery. Eight .50-caliber machine guns, four per wing.

September 25, 2010 - North American XB-45 •
USAF first operational jet bomber, rapidly succeeded by the Boeing B-47 Stratojet.

September 24, 2010 - Gloster Gladiators (2 of 2) •

September 23, 2010 - Gloster Gladiators (1 of 2) •
RAF's last biplane fighter aircraft was rendered obsolete by newer monoplane designs. First flight 1934.

September 22, 2010 - Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress •
"Pistol Packin Mama" of the 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron.

September 21, 2010 - Bell P-59 Airacomet (2 of 2) •

September 20, 2010 - Bell P-59B Airacomet (1 of 2) •
First American jet fighter aircraft, designed and built during World War II. None saw combat. First flight 1942.

September 19, 2010 - Convair XB-46 •
Single example of an experimental medium jet bomber which was developed in the mid-1940s, but which never saw production or active duty.

September 18, 2010 - Boeing RB-47E Stratojet •
The B-47 was a long-range, six-engined, jet-powered medium bomber built to fly at high subsonic speeds and at high altitudes. It was primarily designed to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union. It was also adapted to a number of other missions, including photo reconnaissance, electronic intelligence and weather reconnaissance, remaining in service as a reconnaissance platform until 1969 and as a testbed until 1977. First flight 1947.

September 17, 2010 - Douglas SBD-5s Dauntless •
Assembly line at Douglas Aircraft Company's El Segundo Plant, California, 1943

September 16, 2010 - North American XB-70 Valkyrie •
Prototype version of the proposed B-70 nuclear-armed deep penetration bomber for the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command. Designed in the late 1950s, the Valkyrie was a large six-engined aircraft able to fly Mach 3+ at an altitude of 70,000 ft (21,000 m), which would have allowed it to avoid interceptors, the only effective anti-bomber weapon at the time.
First flight 1964.

September 15, 2010 - Hawker Hunter T7 •
British jet fighter aircraft.
First flight 1951.

September 14, 2010 - Heinkel He 111
German medium bomber.
First flight 1935.

September 13, 2010 - de Havilland DH.103 Hornet •
Piston engine fighter continuing the wooden construction techniques pioneered by de Havilland's classic Mosquito.
First flight 1944.

September 12, 2010 - Short Sunderland Mk V •
Whoops, I realized too late that today's photo was a repeat of May 7th.

September 11, 2010 - Lockheed C-5 Galaxy •
Photo - 2008 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany
C-5's first flight 1968.

September 10, 2010 - Northrop F5A/B •
Photo - Formation of three F-5As and two F-5Bs
The Northrop F-5A/B Freedom Fighter and F-5E/F Tiger II are part of a family of widely used light supersonic fighter aircraft. Hundreds remain in service in air forces around the world in the early 21st Century. First flights: F-5A: 1959; F-5E: 1972.

September 9, 2010 - Douglas B-18 Bolo •
Photo - Douglas B-18 of the 3rd Bomb Group after over-running the runway at Bellows Airforce Base, Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii (Thanks for the heads-up, Gary!)
The Bolo was built by Douglas Aircraft Company and based on its DC-2 and was developed to replace the Martin B-10. First flight 1935.

September 8, 2010 - McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (left) & Rockwell-MBB X-31 (right) •
The collaborative U.S.-German Rockwell-Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability program was designed to test fighter thrust vectoring technology. Thrust vectoring allows the X-31 to fly in a direction other than where the nose is pointing, resulting in significantly more maneuverability than most conventional fighters. An advanced flight control system provides controlled flight at high angles of attack where conventional aircraft would stall. First flight 1990.

September 7, 2010 - North American P-51 Mustangs •

September 6, 2010 - LTV (Ling-Temco-Vought) A-7E Corsair II (2 of 2) •
Photo - 1988. An A-7E Corsair II aircraft lands on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON

September 5, 2010 - LTV (Ling-Temco-Vought) TA-7K Corsair II (1 of 2) •
Photo - 1988
The LTV A-7 Corsair II is a carrier-based subsonic light attack aircraft introduced to replace the United States Navy's A-4 Skyhawk. First flight 1965.

September 4, 2010 - Supermarine S.6A •
(Thanks Michael!)
A 1920s British single-engined single-seat racing seaplane built by Supermarine. The S.6 continued the line of Supermarine seaplane racers that were designed for Schneider Trophy contests of the late 1920 and 1930s.
Mixed wood-metal construction. The S.6 used the new 1,900 hp (1,417 kW) Rolls-Royce R engine. With the attendant problems of cooling, the S.6 utilized surface radiators incorporated into the floats as well as the wing upper and lower surfaces.

September 3, 2010 - Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor •
The F-22 Raptor won out over the YF-23 shown on September 1st.
Stealth air superiority fighter, multi-role fighter.

September 2, 2010 - Bristol Bulldog •
The air force participated in the winter war exercise arranged in the Sortavala - Lahdenpohja area in 1937.
The Bristol Bulldog was a single-seat biplane fighter designed during the 1920s by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. First flight 1928.

September 1, 2010 - Northrop-McDonnell Douglas YF-23 •
The YF-23 was a finalist in the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter competition. The YF-23 lost the contest to the Lockheed YF-22, which entered production as the F-22 Raptor. First flight 1990.