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[Ashley Wallace @AshleyWallace19]

Four bare metal beauties from days gone by. All beautifully preserved but just look at that Hustler!

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

@rawlimark

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

Can’t beat a Lynx on skids...lovely

[Ops Normal - AAC History @opsnormal1957]

Did you deploy with the AAC to the Balkans? Whatever colour the aircraft were painted, whichever letters were on the fuselage we are interested in your experience. Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia or Kosovo...they all count. Email us at [email protected]

[stuart freer @stuartfreer1]

61-7980 SR-71A 9th SRW Det 4, Beale AFB, Ca
Caught landing at RAF Greenham Common for IAT83, July 1983. This particular Blackbird was daubed with white paint after seven women peace protesters cut through the perimeter fence at the base in the early hours of the morning.

[Ashley Wallace @AshleyWallace19]

Couple of images from a frustrating day at Heathrow on Sunday but there were some mega skies around when the sun did find a gap.

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

@scottiebateman Nothing can be said for certain if and until the facts are released — but let’s not think we cannot exercise some judgement here...extremely tense situation, and if that video turns out to be valid it looks ominous indeed — that aircraft is clearly maneuvering whilst on fire.

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

@charliekirk11 @realDonaldTrump Y’all didn’t think Trump was actually going to get the U.S. out of “pointless wars” in the Middle East did you?

You love it.

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

Legendary

[Growling Sidewinder @GrowlingAim9]

The best A-10 door art I ever seen.

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

@mikandynothem @realDonaldTrump @DineshDSouza @RitaCosby @Jamierodr14 @AMErikaNGIRLLL @FIGHT_2_KAG @polishprincessh @TrumpLadyFran @alley167 @RedRising11 @skb_sara I’ll give him one thing — he keeps his own counsel 😆😆😆😂

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

@TrevClark1958 Jeez that is outstanding.

Is that your photo, Trev? If so would it be possible to share it with a credit.

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

Proper job

[Harrier preservation @HarrierPres]

Harrier GR.3 rolling down the deck of Hermes , 1982 #Harrier #Falklands

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

Move along...

Nothing to see here!

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

@AshleyWallace19 No one accepts anything anymore and no one takes responsibility — if you don’t get the result you want — it was anyone else’s fault, the media, the Russians, Hilary Clinton’s emails.

Corbyn is a radical who had no business leader a party let alone Great Britain.

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

Legend.

[Ron Eisele @ron_eisele]

3 December 1945. First purely jet-powered aeroplane to operate from an aircraft carrier was a de Havilland Sea Vampire piloted by Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown from HMS Ocean.

[SFO Museum @SFOMuseum]

On December 1, 2001, the final Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight departed from Kansas City, Missouri and landed in St. Louis, Missouri. Originally formed as Transcontinental & Western Air in 1930, TWA was one of the oldest airlines in the US. What is your favorite TWA memory?

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

@RAFView Sure, that is understandable.

What is not understandable is continuing to criticize the RAF for doing their job protecting our skies once the cause was known...

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

Phabulous...

[RAF Lakenheath @48FighterWing]

Thank you for this very special throwback @BBCArchive!

[Tony Osborne @Rotorfocus]

A little glary but look at the colour scheme on the @GDF's new @LDO_Aircraft ATR-72 P-72B patrol aircraft. One that definitely needs to get in front of the camera lens.

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

@elbrun42 @Gabriel64869839 Well if we vote in Comrade Corbyn we won’t have to worry about fighting the Russians...the door will be open!

[Aviation Aficionado @Mach_2_Tweets]

@JosefK90210 @Aviation_Intel The KC-46 (new one) is based on a 767 — that is, an airliner.