Aircraft Page
Nation: USSR
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Primary Function: A-10 -- close air support, OA-10 - airborne forward air control
Country: United States of America
Contractor: Fairchild Republic Co.
Power Plant: Two General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofans
Thrust: 9,065 pounds each engine
Length: 53 feet, 4 inches (16.16 meters)
Height: 14 feet, 8 inches (4.42 meters)
Wingspan: 57 feet, 6 inches (17.42 meters)
Speed: 420 miles per hour (Mach 0.56)
Ceiling: 45,000 feet (13,636 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 51,000 pounds (22,950 kilograms)
Range: 800 miles (695 nautical miles)
Armament: One 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun; up to 16,000 pounds (7,200
kilograms) of mixed ordnance on eight under-wing and three under-fuselage pylon
stations, including 500 pounds (225 kilograms) of retarded bombs, 2,000 pounds
(900 kilograms) of general-purpose bombs, incendiary and Rockeye II cluster
bombs, combined effects munitions, Maverick missiles and laser-guided/electro-
optically guided bombs; infrared countermeasure flares; electronic
countermeasure chaff; jammer pods; 2.75-inch (6.99 centimeters) rockets;
illumination flares and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.
Crew: One
Date Deployed: March 1976
Unit Cost: $8.8 million
Ah-64 Apache
Nation: USA
Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas
Type: Attack Helicopter
Year: 1984
Engine: 2 General Electric T700-701C turboshaft, 1,857 shp
Rotor Diameter: 48 ft
Tail Rotor Diameter: 9' 2"
Fuselage Length: 49 ft 1 in
Overall Length: 58 ft 3 in
Height: 16 ft 9.5 in
Empty Weight: 10,760 lb
Max Takeoff Weight: 21,000 lb
Max Speed: 186 mph (level), 227 mph (never exceeded powerdive)
Ceiling: 10,200 ft (hover)
Range: 428 miles
Crew: 1 pilot in back, 1 gunner in front.
Armament: one Hughes M230 30mm chain gun,
4 hardpoints capable of carrying 4 Hellfire Anti-Tank missiles,
19 unguided rockets, or one 230 gallon fuel tank each.
B-17g Flying Fortress
Type: 10-Crew Daylight Medium/Heavy Bomber
Powerplant: Four 1,200-hp Wright Cyclone R-1820-97 Radial Pistons
Performance: Max Speed: 287mph at 25,00 ft.
Initial Climb Rate: 20,000 ft. in 37 mins.
Service Ceiling: 35,600 ft.
Range: 2,000 Miles With 6,00-lb Bomb Load
Weights: Empty: 36,135 lbs.
Max Take-Off: 72,000 lbs.
Dimensions: Wing Span: 103 ft. 9 in.
Length: 74 ft. 9 in.
Height: 19 ft. 1 in.
Armament: 12.7-mm Gun Under Nose, Aft of Cockpit, Under fuselage, in Tail,
Nose, Sides, Radio Op's Hatch, and Waist
Max Bomb Load: 17,600 lbs.
CH-47 Chinook
Country of Origin. USA.
Similar Aircraft. CH-46 Sea Knight.
Crew. Two on flight deck.
Role. Transport, cargo (44 equipped troops), recovery.
Armament. Usually none.
Dimensions. Length: 51 ft (15.56 m). Rotor diameter: 60 ft (18.3 m).
Wings. Two three-blade main rotors, one above the nose and one above the tail
section.
Engine(s). Two turboshafts in pods, one on each side of thick tail fin.
Fuselage. Thick, box-like body with bulges along the sides of the midsection.
Tapered front and rear. Glassed-in, stepped
cockpit above a short, rounded nose. Fixed landing gear.
Tail. High, thick tail fin.
Mi-24 Hind
Manufacturer: State Industries (Mil Design Bureau)
Type: Attack/Transport Helicopter
Year: 1970
Engine: 2 Isotov TV-3117 turboshafts, 2,200 shp each
Rotor Diameter: 56 ft 9 in
Overall Length: 70 ft 7 in
Height: 21 ft 4 in
Empty Weight: 18,078 lb (Mi-24P)
Loaded Weight: 26,455 lb
Max Speed: 199 mph (level)
Ceiling: 7,218 ft
Combat Radius: 99 miles
Crew: 1 pilot in back, 1 gunner in front, 1 flight engineer
Load/Armament: 4 barrel 12.7mm chain gun (in chin turret),
5,290 lb of cargo or external stores, 8 men.
F-14 Tomcat
Origin:
Grumman Aerospace, Bethpage, New York
Type:
Two Seat Carrier-Based Interceptor
Engines:
Two 27,080lb Thrust GE F110-400 Afterburning Turbofans
Dimensions:
Span Swept 38ft 2in, Spread 64ft 2in, Lenth 62ft 8in, height 16ft
Performance:
(All) Max speed at Altitude Mach 2.31, At Sea Level Mach 1.2 . Initial climg
rate 45,000ft/min;
service ceiling 50,000ft
Armament:
One 20mm M61A-1 Multi-Barrel Cannon with 675 Rounds,
Max 8 Missiles in any Permutation; AIM-54 Phoenix
History
(A)First Flight 21 December 1970, Service Entry 14 October 1972