Bell XV-22A VSTOL Flight Manual

A copy of the flight manual, for the Bell XV-22A VSTOL aircraft. Dated 15 March 1969. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Northrop P-61A Flight Manual

A copy of the flight manual, for the Northrop P-61A aircraft. Dated 15 January 1944. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Bell X-1A/B/D Pilot’s Handbook

A copy of the pilot’s handbook, for the Bell X-1A/B/D aircraft. Dated 1 Januarey 1953. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Canadair Sabre 6 (F-86E) Flight Manual

A copy of the Flight Manual, for the Canadair Sabre 6 (F-86E) aircraft. Dated 20 July 1962. Credit: Steve Johnson Collection

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McDonnell F2H Banshee Article

A wonderful article by Bert Kinzey on the prototype thru F2H-2 variants of the aircraft. From the September 2010 issue of Military Aircraft Monthly International magazine.

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Kaman HOK/HUK-1 Flight Manual

A copy of the Flight Manual, for the Kaman HOK/HUK-1 helicopter. Dated 15 May 1962. Credit: Steve Johnson Collection

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RF-4B General Airframe Infomation Manual

A copy of the General Airframe Infomation Manual, for the RF-4B aircraft. Dated 1 August 1973. Credit: Steve Johnson Collection

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Grumman EA-6A Intruder Flight Manual

A copy of the Flight Manual, for the Grumman EA-6A Intruder aircraft. Dated 1 May 1966. Credit: Steve Johnson Collection

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Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee Familiarization Manual

A copy of the company made Familiarization Manual, for the Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee helicopter. Dated August 1955. Credit: Steve Johnson Collection

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Boeing YDB-47E Statojet Flight Manual

A copy of the Boeing YDB-47E Statojet Flight Manual, T. O. 1B-47(D)(Y)E-1, dated 25 July,1954. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Boeing YC-97 Flight Manual

A copy of the Boeing YC-97 Flight Manual, D7490, dated January 15,1947. This is the company written manual for the YC-97 aircraft. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Piasecki YH-21 Workhorse/Shawnee Flight Handbook

A copy of the preliminary flight handbook, for the Piasecki YH-21 Workhorse/Shawnee helicopter. Dated 23 March 1953. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Navy Needed Targets To Mimic Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles So They Bought Real Ones From Russia

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Navy acquired the same Kh-31 missiles that threatened its ships and made them into anti-ship missile targets.

It's extremely important for any military to make its training regimens as realistic as possible to give its forces the best sense of the threats they might face in combat and how to respond to them. Unfortunately, developing high-quality surrogates for the weapons and other systems that potential adversaries might employ is not always easy and in some cases, it ends up being possible to just go to the source of the threat itself.

The U.S. Navy faced just this predicament in the 1990s when it went looking for a high-speed target to simulate supersonic anti-ship and anti-radiation missiles and ultimately decided to just buy the MA-31, a derivative of Russia's air-launched rocket-ramjet-powered Kh-31 missile.

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Northrop X-4 Bantam Flight Manual

A copy of the company prepared report HE-25 Flight Manual, for the Northrop X-4 Bantam aircraft. Dated 15 October 1948. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Bell AH-1 Cobra Operator’s Manual

A copy of the Army's Bell AH-1Cobra Operator's Manual, TM 55-1520-234-10. Dated 17 November1976. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Boeing X-32 (Prototype) Walk Around

  A group of photos of the Boeing X-32 (Prototype) aircraft.

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Additional X-32 walkaround photos here

McDonnell Canadian CF-101B/F Voodoo Flight Manual

A copy of the EO 05-185A-1 Flight Manual, for the McDonnell Canadian CF-101B/F Voodoo aircraft. Dated 31 January 1969. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Army F-8 Mosquito Flight Manual

A copy of the TO 01-150JA-1 Flight Manual, for the Army F-8 Mosquito aircraft. Dated 15 August 1944. Credit: Anymouse Collection

During the war, the USAAF acquired 40 Canadian Mossies and flew them under the American F-8 (photo reconnaissance) designation. In addition, the British turned over more than 100 Mosquitoes to the USAAF under Reverse Lend-Lease. These aircraft retained their British designations.

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Lockheed C-130B/E and HC-130B Hercules Flight Manual

A copy of the TO 1C-130B-1 Flight Manual, for the Lockheed C-130B/E and HC-130B Hercules aircraft. Dated 13 November 1970. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Boeing AH-64A Apache Helicopter Operating Manual

A copy of the TM 1-1520-238-10 Flight Handbook, for the Boeing AH-64A Apache helicopter. Dated 31 August 1994. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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Bell AH-1G Cobra Flight Manual

A copy of the TM 55-1520-221-10 Flight Handbook, for the Bell AH-1G Cobra helicopter. Dated April 1967. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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AV-8A Harrier Flight Manual (Earlier)

A copy of the Navair 01- AV-8A-1 Flight Handbook, for the AV-8A Harrier aircraft. Dated 15 October 1973. Credit: Anymouse Collection

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