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[edit] EB-52 Megafortress

Dale Brown has used various modified variants of the B-52 Stratofortress, which in reality is used by the United States Air Force as their heavy strategic bomber. These variants are usually referred to as the B-52 Megafortress. The Megafortress first appears in Dale Brown's Flight of the Old Dog and is expanded and upgraded in all his later books. It has all the latest technology (such as an advanced on-board computer and detailed HUD) and carries all the latest weapons, such as the AIM-7 Sparrow, AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 AMRAAM, along with various anti-ship missiles, anti-tank guided missiles and even more fanciful weapons such as plasma-yield warheads. It also uses an advanced layout, having a long SST nose and twin V-type tails. In later books, the eight engines of the B-52A-H are replaced by four larger and more powerful turbofans. Coincidentally, this is an upgrade that has been considered for the real-world B-52H fleet.

In Flight of the Old Dog, the first book in the series, the aircraft is designated the B-52I Megafortress. B-52M Megafortress Plus is later introduced in Day of the Cheetah and the EB-52 designation is first used in Sky Masters. In reality, the EB-52H (or B-52J) was a planned upgrade to the USAF's current fleet of Stratofortresses, allowing them to act as "stand-off jammers", with jamming pods replacing the B-52's wing-mounted external fuel tanks.

One final version, the AL-52 Dragon, was introduced in Wings of Fire. The Dragon is an airborne laser platform; the actual laser is a chemical system (a COIL, or chlorine-oxygen-iodine laser). One prototype, however, is refitted with a plasma-pumped solid-state laser (the technology is based on the plasma-yield warheads mentioned above). Both Dragon variants are devastating against aerial targets; however, the plasma-pumped laser's sheer power makes it effective against surface targets as well. Later on in the series, the plasma-pumped solid state laser replaces the COIL laser on all standard AL-52's.

[edit] Fiskious Fi-170

The Fiskious Fi-170 Tuman is a fictional Russian Stealth bomber prototype in military thriller author Dale Brown's book Night of the Hawk. The Fi-170 is the Russian equivalent to the EB-52 Megafortress, developed by captured and brainwashed American engineer Dave Luger. The aircraft is notable in having a super-critical wing and Russian equivalents to American weapons such as the AIM-120 and Stinger missiles.

The Fi-170 is developed at the Fiskious institute in Lithuania and is stolen by a team of commandos led by pilot-hero Patrick McLanahan, who also rescue Dave Luger the same night. The Fi-170 is flown to an undisclosed location in Scotland after destroying multiple enemy targets in Belarus. The Fi-170 is analyzed and dismantled in Scotland having been found to be no better than a Russian copy of the EB-52.

The Fi-170 appears in the book Warrior Class as the Metyor Mt-179 with a forward-swept wing and more advanced avionics, making it comparable to the Sukhoi Su-47.

[edit] REB-36D Peacemaker II NAWCC

The REB-36D Peacemaker II NAWCC is a heavily modified and upgraded version of the Korean-War Era B-36 Peacemaker, and is a fictional aircraft that plays heavily in the storyline of Brian R. Kupfer's "Metamorphosis: Story of the 137SOW" novel, published in 2001.^[8] The NAWCC is an airborne communications and recon platform that acts as a flying headquarters for the 137th Wing Eagle Task Force. The initial concept for the aircraft was come up with by Matt "ElTito" Bendix, Aaron "Valder" Fieldman, and Wahren "Wolf" Morast, and later assembled in the bowels of the highly secret Gorilla Mountain Complex. With the help of the Raytheon group, the REB-36D was first flown days before Desert Storm and has been in action in the skies around the world ever since. The REB-36D is a one-off aircraft and is only ever used by the ETF, usually piloted by Suzanne "Daphne" Wagner and John "Wizard" Terrence with a five person crew of specialists aboard.

[edit] Spriggan

The Spriggan is a massive super-bomber appearing in the game Aerofighters Assault. It is armed with nuclear weapons, as well as heavy anti-air cannons. It is also capable of launching fighters such as the F-22.

[edit] Vertigo & Armageddon

The Vertigo is a batwing VTOL bomber in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. What differentiates this from other bombers is that the Vertigo uses high-powered active camouflage to get close to the target, drop its payload (a single high-powered bomb) then go into hiding again. In the event that it is spotted mid-flight, the Vertigo has significant armor and a tail gunner, though it still doesn't stand a chance against air superiority fighters, hence the camouflage. Dropping the bomb breaks the energy field and reveals the bomber until the crew can reactivate it; enemy AA buildings can see through the camouflage as well.
The Armageddon is a heavy bomber used for delivering heavier ordnance like cluster bombs loaded with landmines. Unlike the Vertigo, it doesn't use camouflage; rather, it relies on speed and armor to reach the target.

[edit] Vindicator

• The Vindicator is a supersonic strategic bomber featured in both the novel Fail-Safe and the 1964 film Fail-Safe. United States Air Force footage of B-58 bombers was used to represent the Vindicators in the film.
• The Villiers Vindicator is a fictional V bomber from the James Bond novel Thunderball by Ian Fleming. It is hijacked by SPECTRE in order to steal two tactical nuclear weapons and hold NATO governments to ransom. A play on the real-life Vickers Valiant, its part in the EON film adaptation was taken by the Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan.
• The Vindicator appears in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, where it is the perfect anti-tank weapon using B-11 tactical laser guided bombs. It features a VTOL design to be quickly deployable in the battlefield. According to the official data, it is originated from Spain; but its appearance looks like American S-3 Viking and British BAe Harrier mixture.

[edit] Fictional helicopters

[edit] AH-69 Mohawk

A fictional multi-role attack and transport helicopter from the 1996 Virgin Interactive game Black Dawn for Playstation 1 and SEGA Saturn. The AH-69 could hold an absurd amount of weaponry including multi-purpose air-to-air/air-to-ground missiles that could lock onto and destroy any target the player was able to lock onto, and tactical nukes. The Mohawk resembles a UH-1 Iroquois from the front. Its tail is some-what of a hybrid between a V-22 Osprey's and KA-31 Kamov's. For such a large helicopter, it is nimble and exceptionally quick. Its missions include search and destroy, collecting and hostage rescue. There doesn't seem to be a limit to the amount of passengers the AH-69 can hold.

[edit] AH-73M Thunderhawk

The playable attack helicopter in the eponymous futuristic video game released by Core design in 1991. The AH-73M seems to be based on the AH-64 Apache, but with more weapons and more advanced technology. A typical loadout for the AH-73 in the game is 16 Hellfire-like missiles, 76 unguided rockets, 8 Stinger-like air-to-air missiles and a cannon with unlimited ammunition.

[edit] AH-74

A helicopter developed by Eidos and Core's Thunderstrike: Operation Phoenix game. It has weapons similar to that of the Apache, yet looks more in appearance to an RAH66 Commanche. The helicopter has fire control radar to distinguish friend from foe, and also gets data fed to it via AWACS. It is armed with a 30 mm cannon, missiles based on the Hellfire that allow it to attack both ground and air targets, and rockets.

[edit] AH-80 Blackfoot

In the game Tom Clancy's EndWar, the Blackfoot is a fast, highly maneuverable helicopter used by the elite American troops, the Joint Strike Force. It is armed with a 30 mm chain gun and Hydra 70 unguided rockets, which can be augmented by AGM-169 Joint Common Missiles . Developed from the cancelled RAH-66 Comanche, it can engage other helicopters in air-to-air combat, but is not very effective, and is extremely vulnerable to fighter aircraft, and combat transports nethertheless.

[edit] Airwolf

Airwolf is the star of a 1984 TV series of the same name. It is an attack helicopter that is capable of supersonic flight, has stealth capabilities and carries multiple retractable anti-armor, personnel and aircraft weaponry. During the run of the series, a second prototype, codename Red Wolf was developed. Its capabilities rivaled Airwolf's but included a laser weapon as well.

The Airwolf helicopters used in the series were modified Bell 222's.

[edit] Apache (fictional)

In Command & Conquer and Renegade, Apache is the backbone of Nod's aerial power, can fire cannon against enemy ground targets; but in sequels, it is replaced by Harpy and Venom.

In Red Alert, the Allies used Longbow (as same as real AH-64D) as their only air power, can fire missiles against enemy ground targets; but in sequels, it is replaced by VTOL fighters Harrier and Vindicator.

[edit] Blue Thunder

A fictional police helicopter from the film and TV series of the same name. The helicopter is armed with a powerful head-tracked gatling gun in the nose, a whisper mode which makes it quiet and surveillance equipment like sensitive microphones (capable of recording a conversation inside a building with the helicopter hovering outside) and an infrared camera. The helicopter used in the film is a Aérospatiale Gazelle with a new nose section and faux canopy and wings bolted on. In the film it has a 2-man crew, but can still be effectively operated by a lone pilot. The helicopter was ultimately destroyed after its pilot succeeded in uncovering a conspiracy of right-wingers operating illegally within the United States Department of Justice that would also have embroiled the Los Angeles Police Department had it remained undetected.

[edit] Cryocopter

In Red Alert 3, the Allies used Cryocopters provided by a Dutch company called Futuretech, which can launch freezing beam to make enemies become frozen or switch into minimizing bean to make the designated targets become smaller in a short time.

[edit] Comanche (fictional)

In Command & Conquer: Generals, the United States can build Comanche (eventually cancelled in reality) in their airfield, which can fire missiles and cannon against enemy ground targets. In its expansion pack Zero Hour, United States Air Force General Malcolm "Ace" Granger's faction can build "Stealth Comanche" with additional stealth ability which makes them conceal from enemy's naked eyes.

[edit] Eurocopter PAH-6 Cheetah

Also featured in EndWar, the PAH-6 is a speedy helicopter operated by the European Federation Enforcer Corps . It has a 30mm gun, Euromissile HOT missiles, and rockets. It is a hydrogen vehicle that was developed from the Eurocopter Tiger. Unlike its American counterpart, the AH-80, the PAH-6 isn't good for aerial warfare, and it doesn't last very long.

[edit] G.I. Joe helicopters

• Cobra F.A.N.G.: The F.A.N.G. (Fully Armed Negator Gyrocopter) is a series of one man short range light-attack helicopters. It is equipped with four air-to-air heat-seeking rockets, and is designed for quick Cobra raids. The F.A.N.G. figured prominently in the comics and the first season of the G.I. Joe animated series. The F.A.N.G. was also featured in the 1985 G.I. Joe computer game.^[9] The F.A.N.G. II is an updated version of the original F.A.N.G. helicopter. It features rotating wings, a 20mm long range cannon, and six "AIMZ-33" air-to-air missiles.
• Cobra Mamba: Created during Serpentor's rule of Cobra, the Mamba is a dual blade supersonic attack helicopter. It features two detachable "MOLT" assault pods (Mamba Offensive Light Tactical), six missiles, and a NT-58 turbo-shaft engine. The Mamba maintains a crew of three, as the left and right pods are capable of independent flight.
• Desert Apache: The Desert Apache AH-74 helicopter was part of the G.I. Joe Sonic Fighters line. The toy featured electronic sounds, spring-loaded missile launchers, a 30mm chin gun, and a turbo-shaft thruster.
• Dragonfly XH-1: The Dragonfly is a fictional G.I. Joe attack helicopter. Similar in proportion to the Bell AH-1 Cobra gunship with tandem seating, the Dragonfly XH-1 features a chin-mounted gatling gun and flamethrower. Armed with four Sidewinder air-to-ground missiles, two Sidewinder H.E. missiles, and a dual M-34 grenade launcher/2mm Vulcan nose cannon mounted on the landing skids, it became a trademark for the G.I. Joe Team. Other features of interest are the winch system mounted on the bottom, as well as a non-rotor tail rudder design. The Dragonfly is featured in the 1985 G.I. Joe computer game.^[9]
• Locust: The Locust is a G.I. Joe attack copter/bomber. It features four air-to-air missiles, and a tinted blast-proof windscreen canopy.
• Retaliator: The Retaliator is a fictional helicopter for the G.I. Joe Team. It features a capture claw with built in winch hook, super-speed rotor blades, four missiles, and a bomb ramp with nine bombs.
• Skystorm: The Skystorm X-wing chopper is a hybrid G.I. Joe aircraft, based partially on the Sikorsky S-72. It features a turbo-shaft engine, and is armed with two large bombs and four missiles.
• Tomahawk: The Tomahawk is a multi-role twin rotor troop transit helicopter for the G.I. Joe Team. While not identical, the Tomahawk is similar in design to the Marine CH-46 Sea Knight and the Army CH-47 Chinook. It features twin 5-blade rotors set in tandem similar to a Chinook, but unlike the Chinook, the Tomahawk also has a large pitch tail rotor. The Tomahawk is armed with a large multi-barrel gatling gun system that is interlinked with a camera/ targeting system, 6 small externally mounted rockets, and two very large externally mounted missiles. Aside from the pilot and co-pilot, the Tomahawk has seating for 5 troops, with two laser-enhanced NVS .50 caliber machine guns mounted on either side of the door-less aft area. There is also a rear cargo ramp and large winch system.

[edit] Helix (fictional)

In Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour, the PLA can build a huge transport helicopter called Helix, but it looks bigger than real Helix; it has a small cannon by default and later upgrade with gattling cannon, bunker, speaker tower, and napalm (Nuke General Tsing Si Tao can upgrade with tactical nuke, but Infantry General Shin Fai can only upgrade with bunker).

[edit] Hind (fictional)

In Red Alert universe, the Soviets used Hind as the backbone of their air power, can fire cannon against enemy ground targets; in Red Alert 2, its successor Siege Chopper has an additional function that using with a long-range cannon while landing; in Red Alert 3; it renamed into Twinblade, keeping its ability of firing rocket pods and cannon, but it can also carry 5 infantry or a tank.

[edit] HX-1

The HX-1 was an attack helicopter that was flown by Stringfellow Hawke's former army buddy in Airwolf. It was armed with four nose-mounted guns and two missile pods. It was shot down by Airwolf during a dogfight. The HX-1 was based on the Sikorsky S-76.

[edit] Kamov Ka-58 Black Ghost

In the computer game Act of War: High Treason, the Consortium faction operates this dedicated stealth hunter-killer helicopter. Armed with deadly air-to-air missiles, the Ka-58 is used to establish local air superiority by destroying enemy helicopters and even fast-flying jet bombers. The Russian model manufacturer Zvezda also makes a model of the Black Ghost in 1/72 scale. Revell also makes a Ka-58 model in 1/72 scale.

[edit] Kamov Ka-65

With the NATO reporting name Howler, the Ka-65 is an aggressive-looking, fearsome helicopter used by the Spetsnaz. It is based on the Kamov Ka-50. Shown in EndWar, it is armed with a 30 mm gun, rockets and guided missiles. It is often shown with a tiger face painted on the nose. Unlike its American and European counterparts, it can fight quite well air-to-air without getting shredded by enemy helicopters. However, it is still vulnerable to combat transports and air strikes.

[edit] Scorpion Attack Helicopter

The Scorpion Attack Helicopter is a fictional attack helicopter of unspecified origin that appears in the 1990 film Fire Birds. At least one of the type was shown being used by a South American drug cartel and piloted by highly skilled mercenaries, along with a pair of Saab Draken fighters. The Scorpion has superior agility and speed compared to most other helicopters, notably the AH-1 Cobra and the UH-60 Black Hawk, easily destroying the aforementioned helicopters. Armed with unguided rockets and machine guns, it is roughly equal in air combat capabilities to the AH-64 Apache.

The real helicopter used for the film was a Hughes H-6 derivative, probably a Boeing MD500 Defender. It was fitted with weapon pods and a nose mounted scope.

[edit] Strike Super Apache

The Super Apache is a fictional attack helicopter derived from the AH-64 Apache, and first appears in the Strike series of video games by Electronic Arts, specifically Soviet Strike and Nuclear Strike. Designed for special operations, the Super Apache serves as the player's primary vehicle.

The Super Apache looks identical to its real-world counterpart apart from the tail, which looks like it was based on the RAH-66 Comanche although the Super Apache has a tail in Soviet Strike and Nuclear Strike (this is slightly strange because the RAH-66 was built in 1995, three years after Desert Strike). It is a sophisticated two-seat attack helicopter armed with advanced electronics and air-ground weapons. However, to aid gameplay, there are some notable enhancements:

• Self-repairing "smart armor" that repairs and re-aligns damaged portions of the helicopter.
• A passenger compartment capable of carrying up to six people. It is also accessible from the cockpit. In order to have room for the passengers the Super Apache must be significantly larger than the real-world Apache, since it looks identical externally. This makes the Super Apache similar to the real Mil Mi-28 Havoc, which has a small cargo compartment, intended to be used for rescue.
• A cargo winch to load passengers, fuel, and ammunition. The Super Apache also has significant load-carrying abilities, capable of carrying loads as heavy as multiple ICBMs- a feat far beyond any modern aircraft, even the C-17.
• Unlike the "normal" AH-64, the Super Apache does not need a separate gunner. It only requires one pilot to operate and engage the enemy effectively. The second crew member seems to simply be a co-pilot.

Remarkably, the Super Apache appears to lack the fire control Radar seen on the AH-64D Longbow. Instead, it relies on sophisticated communications systems (called Strike-Net) and unseen assets such as AWACS and Satellite imagery.

There is also a navalized variant called the Sea Apache, capable of carrying naval mines. It can be deployed from Sea Shadow-type warships.

[edit] Striker-VX

In Red Alert 3, Empire of the Rising Sun has no individual air force, but using a bipedal walker merged with helicopter's appearance named Striker-VX, which is using missile SAM while landing or AGM while flying.

[edit] Unidentified British Stealth Helicopter

In D.C. Alden's 2006 novel "Invasion" an advanced stealth helicopter (Dark Eagle) is deployed by retreating British forces to rescue the British Prime Minister from a London overrun by an "Arabian" military invasion. The helicopter is virtually invisible at night and to those standing under it the helicopter is almost silent except for nearby objects such as trees effected by the rushing air from the rotor blades.

[edit] V-44

In Act of War: Direct Action, the V-44 is the large, four rotors-propelled transport helicopter of the United States' Task Force Talon. Its cargo bay can transport up to eight infantry units or two vehicles ; it can also function as a limited gunship against enemy infantry, being equipped with nose-mounted twin Gatling machine-guns. An stealth upgrade is available for the V-44, making the aircraft invisible until opening fire or being detected by an enemy recon unit.

[edit] Whispercraft

These Helicopter Jets are seen in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film The 6th Day, both military and civilian versions. They have the ability to function as helicopters or jets depending on the mission. Similar in function to the real life Sikorsky X-Wing or the more recent Eurocopter X3, but similar in styling to the RAH-66 Comanche.

[edit] Other fictional aircraft

[edit] 'Stratos' series and TSR-2MS

In the anime/manga series Stratos 4, two airborne weapons systems are used to counter meteorite clusters which threaten the survival of Earth.

The earlier "Stratos" series is a large aircraft, operated by the civilian Astro-crisis Management Organization. Manned by a flight crew of four, it carries a single anti-meteorite warhead, and is capable of ascending to the outer stratosphere after taking off from conventional runways. It is explained by one of the anime's main characters that the Stratos-series aircraft were retired due to their high cost and hazardous operating conditions. The only surviving example, "Stratos Zero", exists in a deteriorated state at Shimojijima Air Base in Japan.

The Stratos is almost identical in general appearance to the Convair B-58 Hustler strategic bomber of the late 1950s. However, instead of the Hustler's engine arrangement of two turbojets under each wing, mounted in separate nacelles, the Stratos uses two turbines mounted in the rear section of its fuselage. For upper stratospheric operations, the turbines are supplemented by an "RD 204" rocket motor, mounted at the base of the vertical rudder in the same manner as the Lockheed NF-104A. By the end of the first series, Stratos Zero is restored to operating condition, and re-designated "Stratos 4".

The TSR-2MS (for "Meteor Sweeper") is said to be a direct replacement for the Stratos series aircraft, acting as surface backup for Trident missile-carrying shuttles based aboard satellites in Earth orbit. The TSR-2MS appears to be a fictional development of the TSR-2 tactical strike bomber developed by British Aircraft Corporation in the early 1960s. TSR-2MS is described as a Mach 3-capable light aircraft crewed by a pilot and navigator, powered by a similar engine arrangement and carrying similar armament to the Stratos series. For takeoff, the TSR is assisted by two RATO (Rocket-assisted takeoff) modules, and is launched in a ZeLL condition. ZeLL or Zero Length Launch, was tested by both NATO and the USSR during the cold War for a quick way to launch aircraft. The TSR has a number of interesting technical features: the engine air intakes feature fixed shock cones which are supplemented by additional air-intake doors behind the intake lips and four-petal airbrakes similar to those on the Republic F-105 Thunderchief. The seating configuration is unusual for a high-performance aircraft, with the pilot and navigator lying on tandem "couches" in a semi-prone position (which seems designed more to showcase the shapeliness of its predominantly female pilots.) In one episode, a TSR-2MS makes an emergency landing on Guam. An arrestor hook (typical of those equipping naval carrier-based fighter aircraft) is used to halt the plane. Many Western Combat aircraft have some sort of emergency arrestor hook, however neither the aircraft nor the hook are carrier capable and thus should not convince the viewer that the hook makes the aircraft carrier capable.

[edit] UD4L Cheyenne

Found in Aliens, the Cheyenne dropship is the transport vehicle used to ferry the marines and their APC from orbit to the planet's surface.

[edit] Hunter-Killer robotic vehicles

First seen in The Terminator these unmanned vehicles (Aerial Hunter-Killer and Tank Hunter-Killer) are a family of combat robotics used by Skynet to wipe out survivors of a nuclear holocaust. In the Terminator franchise, they have branched into multiple designs of varying sizes and purposes. What all Aerial HK share is that their jet engines are mounted on rotating pylons on the end of the center-mounted wing, allowing vertical takeoff and landing, hovering, and rotation in place while having the speed of a jet aircraft. The basic (as depicted in The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day) HK has a pair of engines (with a smaller third engine mounted on the tail in Terminator 3), a large plasma cannon mounted under the nose (variants in Terminator Salvation had twin cannons), and is used for air-to-ground combat (although a capable fighter too). Other variations include smaller models that can navigate inside buildings, large four-engine transport or heavy bomber models, early models armed with conventional guns, and the revised models seen in Terminator 3 and Terminator: Salvation. A nearly identical craft appears in the unrelated TV series Starhunter (2000–2001) as a type of human-piloted gunship.^[10]

[edit] GDI Orca VTOL series

The Orca is a series of VTOL aircraft appearing in the Command & Conquer series of games. I is a ducted-fan hybrid craft which resembles the Moller Skycar. Most Orca models are armed with anti-tank missiles, though several variants, including a bomber, a tactical strike fighter, several dropships, and a large command vessel also exist. One of the later iterations also doubles as a scouting unit because its pulse scanners are capable of disrupting active camouflage technology. The latest Orcas are capable of acting as both air-to-ground strike gunships and fighters.

The design was partially used by the Brotherhod of Nod to create the Venom patrol craft, a VTOL with extremely sophisticated sensors, a machine gun and an underside mirror for directing long-range energy weapon fire. Unlike most Orcas, Venoms can also act as air superiority units if needed.

[edit] Ace Combat series

The Ace Combat series of video games, set on an alternate Earth, is well-equipped with modern fighter jets of several nations (fully licensed by their actual manufacturers), as well as several aircraft designed specifically for the game series.

• X-02 Wyvern: Multi-role fighter with "switchblade wings".
• ADF-01 Falken: Can be equipped with a Tactical Laser System, and has forward swept wings.
• ADFX-01 Morgan: Prototype of the ADF-01, which also has forward swept wings.
• XB-0 Hresvelgr: Massive flying wing bomber that also acts as a mobile airfield.
• Arkbird: A large Spacecraft build by Osea and Yuktobania, equipped with a high accuracy pinpoint laser
• CFA-44 Nosferatu: Estovakian superfighter that can be armed with a pair of small railguns or cluster missiles.
• P-1112 Aigaion: Flying wing airborne fortress and aircraft carrier armed with cruise missiles.
• SSTO: Single-stage-to-orbit platform carrying a modular laser cannon for the Arkbird
• SOLG: Strategic Orbital Linear Gun, Built Partially by Osea and Yuktobania, and is secretly Finished By Belka, and is used by Belka to cause a nuclear war, believed to be controlled by Grunder Industries, an Military weapons supplier in the game.
• YR-302 Fregata: Ground attack aircraft with four powerful engines.
• XB- 337 Gleipnir: Leasaths secret flying fortress, equipped with: Shockwave cannon, SWBM (shockwave ballistic missile) and optical camouflage.
• Fenrir: Leasaths superfighter, equipped with optical camouflage
• X49 Nightraven: extremely agile flying wing, equipped with a tactical laser and OSL (Orbital Satellite Laser)
• XR900 Geopelia: Arch like version of the X49 Nightraven with improved agility.
• R-10X (Delphinus)Series: Futuristic mind-controlled Dolphin-shaped fighters. The series consists of the R-101 Delphinus I, R-102 (II) and R-103 (III).
• R-201 Asterozoa: A heavy armored, air to ground catamaran shaped aircraft.
• UI4053: A large heavily defended blimp like flying fortress, capable of storing and launcing aircraft from its hangar inside.
• UI4054 Aurora: futuristic fighterplane with scramjet engine.
• GAF 1 Vacolac: Developed as a top secret project for the GA plan and has extreme maneuver capabilities.
• Orgoi: A giant highly maneuverable B2 bomber with several modifications.
• Spiridus: A bi-level, Enormous "aireal base" crammed with "Hi-TASIMS," "Electrolaser cannons" a railgun. It's covered with anti-aircraft weaponry.

[edit] Simoun and Simile-Simoun series

The Simoun and Simile-Simoun series are fictional fighters that appears in the anime-film Simoun.

A Simoun requires two pilots to lift-off and steer in the air and, moreover, both of them must have not yet chosen their permanent sex (refer to background for explanation), since having done so permanently disqualifies a person from further piloting. Because of its sacred status in Simulacrum, only young priestesses of the Tempus Spatium faith are recruited as Simoun pilots and granted the title Simoun Sibyllae (シムーン・シヴュラ Shimūn Shivyura^?).

Originally, Simouns were produced by Simuracrum nation's engineers and designers for ceremonial craft pray to Goddess "Temps-Spatium" (of their religion).

But, due to the main lift "Helical Motor", it was envied by other nations and a war broke out to obtain that technology. Thus, Simouns are armed with miniguns and Ri Mājon, and appear as enormous luminous glyphs in the sky, which, once completed, conjure magical effects of tremendous power.

The Similes are scaled-down simple model versions of Simouns, which were mainly used for training. But with the war raging, Simile-Simouns were armed with machine guns or miniguns and had single and dual cockpit configurations. They have similar designs, but with only a single, and somewhat, simpler Helical Motor.

The Simouns and Similes are apparently derived from bumblebees or similar insects.

[edit] The Blackbrid

The original Blackbird used by the X-Men is a modified SR-71 Blackbird. The Blackbird is depicted as having vertical takeoff capability, which the actual SR-71 does not. It has also been modified to carry several passengers. After the original X-Men rejoined the team Professor Xavier commissioned Forge to build two new planes, still dubbed Blackbirds but no longer looking like the SR-71.

[edit] Stealth F

Fictional reconnaissance aircraft, appears in poet Alen Pol Kobryn's novel Poseidon's Shadow, published by Scribner in 1979, Dell and New English Library in 1980 – amongst the earliest known instances of explicit reference to stealth technology.^[11][12]

[edit] Aircraft in Nevil Shute novels

Nevil Shute, an aircraft designer by background, often included fictional aircraft in his novels. These include:

• Rutland Reindeer – an airliner at the center of the plot of No Highway (filmed as No Highway in the Sky). It was a six-engine, low-wing monoplane with a structural weakness (fatigue) in the tail.
• Assegai – the first supersonic fighter, also in No Highway.
• Plymouth Tramp (British), Cornell Carrier (U.S.) – both high-wing, twin-engine cargo transports appearing in Round the Bend.
• De Havilland Ceres – a luxurious jet transport used to transport the Queen and her family in In the Wet (though De Havilland was a real company).
• Rawdon Rat, Robin, Ratcatcher, Rabbit and Runt (proposed!) all World War I fighters and Reindeer (World War I bomber) in Stephen Morris.
• Cosmos – a seaplane in "An Old Captivity".

These were discussed at length in 2004 on the Nevil Shute Norway Foundation Discussion Board at:- http://www.nevilshute.org/Discus/messages/15/46.html?1116799539

[edit] Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze

An anime depicting future warfare against an alien race, this short series is noted for featuring futuristic aircraft designs and technology that cannot be built with current aircraft fabrication techniques, nor fly with the computational power of today's fly-by-wire computers.

• Super Sylph B-503 "Yukikaze" – An air-suvelliance/air-superiority military aircraft, and the title machine of the series, piloted by the main character, Lieutenant Rei Fukai. The reason for its naming as "Yukikaze" is to identify the A.I. installed in the machine; for all purposes, the A.I. is smart enough to arm and fire the jet's weapons itself and can even control the aircraft independent of the pilot, though it seldom exercises its abilities to do so, except in times of need.
• FRX-00 Mave – An improved version of the Super Sylph.
• FRX-99 Rafe – Unmanned version of the Mave.
• JAM Fighter – Air-superiority jets used by the JAM, the alien race in question. Highly effective against older models of human aircraft.
• JAM Electronics Warfare Fighter – A JAM fighter with an added radome. It was first seen in use disrupting A.I.-controlled units and was highly instrumental in the ensuing incidents of friendly fire.

[edit] D77-TC Pelican

Fictional two-seater cargo ship from the Halo series. It could carry up to 10 troops inside, including a Mongoose ATV-like vehicle. The Pelican also can carry a Scorpion armored tank or a Warthog light scout vehicle or a troop carrying vehicle with a magnetic holder. It is armed with or without a 40mm gatling gun and 2 missile pods, all of which are operated by the pilot.

[edit] AV-14 Hornet

Fictional aircraft from the Halo series. It is a single-seat VTOL aircraft, armed with 2 gatling guns and 2 missile pods. It can carry 2 soldiers on its jumpseats, and is used for close air support and air to air roles.

[edit] UH-144 Falcon

Fictional tilt-rotor aircraft from the Halo series. It's a single-seat that carries up five troops. Normally (in multiplayer) armed with door-mounted machine guns, but in Campaign it always has a chin-mounted chaingun, and its doorguns can be absent or replaced with automatic grenade launchers and machine guns.

[edit] GA-TL1 Longsword

Fictional A/X strike fighter from the Halo series. Although considered an average space interceptor within the franchise, it has the size (and shape) of a B-2 Spirit. Armed with 105 and 120 mm cannons.

[edit] U/AV-17 Hawk

The main aircraft from the Resistance series. The U/AV-17 Hawk is a U.S. VTOL combat transport and light armor. When delivering soldiers, the Hawk swivels its rotors to direct downwash away from the jump doors. This allows soldiers to fast-rope down while under cover of the .30 caliber door guns. Once its cargo is away, the Hawk's versatility means it can loiter to offer tactical support or quickly return to be loaded for another deployment. It has the ability to carry a M12 Sabretooth light tank for a short distance for quick armour support. Its armermant is usually either two .30 calibre door guns, or twp .50 calibre guns. It also makes use of a twin 20mm gatling gun underneath the cockpit for gun runs. The basis of this aircraft comes from the V-22 in use with the United States Marine Corps and USAF.

[edit] P-1117 Kingfisher

The British P-1117 Kingfisher is derived from early designs of the American U/AV-17. The Kingfisher is exceedingly able at inserting soldiers into combat situations. At present, all remaining Kingfishers are in the service of British Intelligence. They have been largely regulated to the role of aerial reconnaissance and combat coordination. In Resistance: Retribution, it has shown to be used by the Maquis as well. In the first cutscene, it was shown to be used for paratrooper insertion at a high altitude over Rotterdam.

[edit] Unidentified cargo transport

In Resistance 2, a cargo plane is seen in us and appears to be derived from the C-130 Hercules family.

[edit] Giga Fortress

In the PC game Red Alert 3: Uprising, Empire of the Rising Sun developed a massive robotic vessel called Giga Fortress, can move on water or fly in the sky. Players must pay $6,300 to build a Giga Fortress Nanocore from Imperial Docks then deploying on water, and it must take a bit of time to unpack into a fully assembled Giga Fortress. When deployed, the Giga Fortress on the sea can fire missiles and cannons; when it flies to the sky, it can launch a devastating laser cannon can cause lethal damages in a line.

Author:	Bling King
Published:	Sep 24th 2011
Modified:	Jan 1st 2012