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  • Thumbnail for Variable-sweep wing
    1101 was an experimental jet fighter which was, in part, developed to investigate the benefits of varying wing sweep. Its sweep angle mechanism, which could...
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    commanded a Hawker Hurricane squadron. In 1941–1942, Tuck participated in fighter sweeps over northern France. On 28 January 1942, he was hit by anti-aircraft...
    21 KB (2,691 words) - 10:31, 15 August 2024
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    Thunderbolts. The Group flew its first combat mission on 8 May 1944, a fighter sweep over Normandy. It then took part in pre-invasion activities (e.g., escorting...
    38 KB (4,616 words) - 11:35, 14 September 2024
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    morning of 30 March, its carriers launched a fighter sweep that shot down 30 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters already airborne and they were soon followed...
    84 KB (11,293 words) - 20:38, 22 July 2024
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    mission took place 10 March 1943 when the 4th FG took their aircraft on a fighter sweep over France. The mission was a failure due to radio malfunctions. All...
    55 KB (6,788 words) - 02:52, 7 September 2024
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    Taylor Hawkins (category Foo Fighters members)
    2022. Enos, Morgan (April 3, 2022). "After Taylor Hawkins' Death, Foo Fighters Sweep Rock Categories At The 2022 GRAMMY Awards: Best Rock Performance, Best...
    51 KB (4,858 words) - 14:53, 17 September 2024
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    and RAF defenders. On 28 January, a fighter sweep of 37 Ki-27s was engaged by 16 AVG P-40s and two RAF fighters. Three "Nates" were shot down for the...
    63 KB (8,192 words) - 07:43, 27 May 2024
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    committed to Hailstone moved into position and began launching their first fighter sweep 90 minutes before daybreak on 17 February 1944. No Japanese air patrol...
    31 KB (3,430 words) - 04:01, 28 July 2024
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    Mustang groups were sent far ahead of the bombers in a "fighter sweep" to intercept German fighters. Bomber crews complained, but by June, supremacy was...
    133 KB (16,399 words) - 15:19, 16 September 2024
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    14 February 2017. "SACM: Affordable, Highly-Lethal Missile - Fighter Sweep". FighterSweep.com. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017. "Textron explores...
    24 KB (2,814 words) - 02:28, 30 August 2024
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    September 7, 2012. "Hawg Driver Coordinates Desert Storm Rescue Mission! - Fighter Sweep". 1 February 2016. "One Amazing Kid - Capt. Scott O' Grady escapes from...
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    Eagle Squadrons (category Fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II)
    was killed during a fighter sweep over the Netherlands. The intensity of operations stepped up with a move into No 11 Group of Fighter Command, being based...
    25 KB (2,845 words) - 20:32, 10 September 2024
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    Swept wing (redirect from Sweep angle)
    to the quarter chord. Typical sweep angles vary from 0 for a straight-wing aircraft, to 45 degrees or more for fighters and other high-speed designs....
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    struck the Japanese base at Truk Lagoon on 29 April. Bataan launched a fighter sweep and three bombing raids, with the Grumman/General Motors TBM Avenger...
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  • Jet fighter generations classify the major technology leaps in the historical development of the jet fighter. Different authorities have identified different...
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    Messerschmitt P.1101 (category Variable-sweep-wing aircraft)
    35-degree wing sweep, followed by a 45-degree sweep. The first test flight was to take place in June 1945. The final single-seat jet fighter design that...
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    Allied fighters. The raiding aircraft were organized into six elements: two fighter sweeps preceded four waves of dive bombers. The first fighter sweep, consisting...
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    claimed a tally of two splashes. On 6 November, the warship launched two fighter sweeps and two bombing strikes against the Luzon airfields and enemy shipping...
    44 KB (5,928 words) - 09:03, 30 August 2024
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    Force), Captain Edwin Weaver, and Lieutenant Douglas Thropp – on a fighter sweep over northern Negros Island in the central Philippines. Their aim was...
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    variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generation jet fighter, alongside similar...
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