Cold War Air Force

MiG-23 fighters from the 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Polish Air Force; 1980

Flights of MiG-27 fighter-bombers from the 19th Guards Aviation Regiment of fighter-bombers of the 125th Aviation Division of Fighter-Bombers of the Air Force of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany; 1985

Su-17M2 fighter-bombers from the 1st Guards Aviation Regiment of fighter-bombers of the 36th Air Army of the Southern Group of Forces at the Kunmadarash airfield; 1980s

MiG-21 fighters and Su-22 fighter-bombers of the Hungarian Air Force during flights at the Papa airbase; August 1996

MiG-21 fighters equipped with solid-fuel boosters takeoff during flights of the 3rd Fighter Squadron named after Vladimir Komarov, which was part of the 1st Air Defense Division of the GDR Air Force; Airfield Preshen; 1970s

Technicians of one of the fighter air groups of the air force of the National People's Army of the GDR during the maintenance of the MiG-21 fighter in the field hangar deployed during the exercises; 1980s

An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron 82 (VFA-82) lands, while an F-14A Tomcat of Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102) prepares for takeoff during Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) strike training. 1988

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft takes off from the USS Independence (CV-62) during carrier qualifications of Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 (CVWR-30) off the coast of southern California. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED). 1980

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) during the ship's shakedown. 1990

An E-2C Hawkeye aircraft passes overhead as a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft stands by for launch on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) during the ship's shakedown cruise. 1990

A catapult crewmen prepares an F-14A Tomcat aircraft from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) for launch on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) during operations with the Sixth Fleet. 1989

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft takes to the air after being launched from a catapult aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) during the ship's shakedown cruise. 1990

A Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft is hooked up to one of the bow catapults on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) during the ship's shakedown cruise. 1990

Four A-7D Corsair IIs of the 198th Fighter Squadron, 156th Fighter Group, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, fly in-trail formation over the Caribbean in 1992. Courtesy photo/Greg L. Davis, Aviation Photojournalist

An F-14A Tomcat aircraft taxies along the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Parked in a line on a flight line are, from front to back, a 493rd Tactical Fighter Squadron F-111F, an 81st Tactical Fighter Wing A-10A Thunderbolt II, a 525th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle, an 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon and an F-5E Tiger II aircraft. 1987.

An air-to-air left side view of an F-5 Tiger II aircraft flown by the 527th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor Squadron, RAF Alconbury. 1983