Lockheed YF-12
A Mach 3 interceptor prototype derived from Lockheed’s A-12 reconnaissance aircraft and equipped with radar-guided missiles.
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A Mach 3 interceptor prototype derived from Lockheed’s A-12 reconnaissance aircraft and equipped with radar-guided missiles.
An unconventional three-engine tactical bomber prototype evaluated by the U.S. Air Force in the immediate postwar era.
A carrier-based multirole fighter developed from the YF-17 and selected to replace several U.S. Navy and Marine tactical aircraft types.
A long-range penetration-fighter prototype whose design lineage led directly toward the later F-101 Voodoo.
A very-long-range strategic bomber prototype associated with Germany’s Amerika Bomber requirements.
A late-war Soviet mixed-power fighter prototype combining a piston engine with a motorjet booster.
A supersonic interceptor prototype developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for Soviet all-weather air-defense requirements in the mid-1950s.
A high-speed radar-equipped interceptor prototype developed from the I-3 line and used in the evolution of Soviet missile-armed air-defense fighters.
A high-speed interceptor prototype developed from the I-7 line for advanced Soviet air-defense requirements.
A series of high-speed interceptor prototypes used to explore engines, radar, and missiles for future Soviet air-defense aircraft.
An advanced fighter prototype derived from the MiG-21 design and used to test a new intake and radar arrangement.
A flown Russian advanced tactical-fighter prototype from the MFI program, intended to explore technologies for a post-Soviet air-superiority aircraft.
A high-performance Japanese Army long-range heavy fighter prototype whose development ended with the war.
A large supersonic strategic bomber prototype built to investigate very-high-speed nuclear strike concepts.
Japan’s first turbojet-powered aircraft, a late-war attack prototype that flew only in August 1945.
A very lightweight Chinese fighter prototype developed during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
A French postwar single-seat fighter that became an important early-1920s service type and was also developed into record-setting racing variants.
An experimental ramjet-assisted interceptor prototype exploring very high supersonic performance.