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Bomarc (USAF designation CIM-10) was an American long-range surface-to-air nuclear missile and the first long-range surface-to-air-missile put into service anywhere in the world. Development of Bomarc started in 1949 and the prototype was first fired in 1952. Bomarc was powered by two Marquards RJ43-MA-7 ramjet engines providing a cruising sped of Mach 2.8 and a range of 400 km. A problem with the original Bomarc was the firing time, just under two minutes. A later model, the CIM-10B Super Bomarc, first fired in 1959, was fitted with a solid-propellant integral booster and more powerful ramjets and had an increased range of 700 km and a reduced firing time to almost instantaneous.
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The Camillus Pilot Survival Knife is an American knife carried by USAF aircrew for survival use. The Camillus Pilot Survival Knife is based on the Marine Combat fighting knife (Kabar) but is smaller and lighter for easier carrying. The blade is a 5 1/8 inch long Bowie type with a saw back, made of carbon steel protected with a black phosphate finish. The blade edge is bevel-ground with a false clip edge.
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The Commando Ranger (known to the USAF as the Peacekeeper) is an American armoured vehicle built for the USAF as a security vehicle to patrol air bases. The Commando Ranger carries a crew of two plus six passengers protected by 7 mm thick armour in an air-conditioned truck based on a standard Chrysler truck chassis. The Commando Ranger is armed with one or two 7.62 mm machine-guns, and has firing ports for the passengers. A Dodge 360 CID V-8 petrol engine provides a top speed of 112 kmh and a range of 556 km.
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The AGM-65D (Maverick) is a 300 mm air-to-ground missile used by the USAF. It is mounted on A-10A and other similar attack aircraft. It has a range of 16000 metres and an FLIR guidance system. It can penetrate 650 mm of flat steel, 527 mm of sloped steel armour and 257 mm of composite armour.
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The AT-20 was the American designation for the Anson II advanced trainer aircraft supplied to the USAF by the Commonwealth Joint Air Training Programme.
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The Martin Matador (USAF designation B-61) was an American medium range tactical guided missile and pilotless bomber developed during 1951. In 1954 the B-61 was deployed in West Germany. Originally claimed as a ground-launched missile, it appears the B-61 was later carried for air launched by the Northrop B-2 stealth bomber.
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The Beechcraft Expeditor (Beechcraft Model 18, USAF designation C-45 US Navy designation SNB-5) was an American built twin-engined military light personnel or utility transport aircraft of the Second World War, first flown as a prototype in 1937. The British and Canadian version was known as the Expeditor, the USAAF version the C-45 and the U.S. Navy version the JRB (later SNB-5). Powered by two 450 hp Pratt and Whitney Jr R-985-AN-14B radial engines it had a top speed of 360 kmh and a range of 2328 km.
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The Beechcraft Model 45 Mentor is an American two-seater tandem basic flying trainer aircraft that entered military service in 1954. The Beechcraft Model 45 (USAF designation T-34A US Navy designation T-34B) is low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by a Continental O-470-4 flat-six piston engine providing a top speed of 302 kmh and a range of 11238 km. The Beechcraft Model 45 is generally unarmed, but provision is provided for two .5 inch Colt-Browning M3 machine-guns to be mounted in the wing leading edges and for light bombs or unguided rockets under the wings.
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The Beechcraft Model 50 Twin Bonanza (USAF designation L-23) is an American utility light transport plane first flown in 1949, entering service in 1951. The Beechcraft Model 50 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane that carries a pilot and up to five or six passengers (depending upon model, early models had space for five passengers, later models six) or freight in the cabin and was originally powered by two Lycoming G0-435-C2 six-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 328 kmh and a range of 1538 km, later models were powered by two Textron Lycoming GO-480-G2F6 flat-six piston engines providing a top speed of 345 kmh and a range of 2655 km with auxiliary fuel.
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The Beechcraft Model A90 King Air (USAF designation VC-6A) was an American seven/ten-seater twin-turboprop pressurised business aircraft developed as an improvement upon the Beechcraft Model 90 and first produced in 1966. The Beechcraft Model A90 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction powered by two Pratt and Whitney PT6A-20 turboprop engines providing a top speed of 447 kmh and a range of 2540 km. The usual seating arrangement was two-seats side-by-side in the cockpit and four reclining seats in the cabin arranged in two facing pairs, though eight passenger seats could be fitted in the cabin.
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