Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25
This dangerous plane is known to NATO as “Foxbat”. At first they thought it was going to be an agile fighter plane, but when it first started being used in 1970, this plane proved to be something much more powerful. It was a reconnaissance plane and long-range interceptor and could fly faster than any other combat aircraft. This plane was so fast that it was breaking records for how high and how fast it could fly. In 1971 this plane was flying so quickly that Israeli radar operators couldn’t even shoot it down.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25
B-17 Flying Fortress
When this plane was first introduced by Boeing in 1935, it was quickly referred to as a “15-ton flying fortress”. At first, the B-17 was deemed too complex to fly, but once they introduced a pre-flight checklist–which later became a universal technique–it was able to be flown. This powerful plane carried 4,000 pounds of bombs and was the main plane used when the U.S. carried out attacks on Germany. Over 12,000 of these planes were built and used by militaries over the world.
B-17 Flying Fortress
