P-2 Neptune / Aero UnionLockheed P 2 Neptune Aero Union tanker model airplane. The prototype tanker version of the Neptune, known as the "Firestar" (N701AU ex Buaer 145920) entered service in 1988. Conversion involved removal of the Neptune's Westinghouse J34 auxiliary turbojet engines and other military equipment, and the installation of a fire retardant delivery system consisting of a 2,000 US gallon capacity tank weighing 700 lbs and two computer controlled, electro

terrain avoidance radar and a Forward-Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR) system were installed

the Invader went into action for the third time

and was certified on August 12

The AN/APQ-72 radar of the F-4B was replaced by the much smaller Texas Instruments AN/APQ-99 forward-looking J-band monopulse radar which was optimized for terrain avoidance and terrain-following modes and could also be used for ground mapping

The F-4 Phantom II

Its design is intended to allow delivery of outsize combat cargo and equipment directly into austere airfields

and the first delivery (to Alaska Airlines) May 15

Originally to be 75 in number

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The Stuka was designed strictly as an army cooperation dive bomber at the urging of General Ernst Udet

The first of four C-32As

and altitudes up to 250