The World’s Most Massive Military Planes Will Take Your Breath Away

Published on 05/02/2019
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Xian H-6 Bomber

First delivered in 1958 to the Chinese military, the H-6 Bomber is a variant of the Tupolev Tu-16, the twin-engine bomber originally created for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force. The Chinese may not have ended up getting a lot of use out of the H-6 Bomber but it still had a pretty successful and impressive career, with the Egyptian and Iraqi Air Forces getting the most use of it. As a matter of fact, the Iraqi Air Force used it in both the Iran- Iraq War and the 1991 Persian Gulf War, where all of the remaining H-6 Bombers were destroyed. The Egyptian Air Force, on the other hand, retired the plane back in 2000.

Xian H-6 Bomber

Xian H-6 Bomber

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Boeing E-3 Sentry

The American airborne Boeing E-3 Sentry is an early warning and control plane. The U.S. Air Force uses it to provide all-weather surveillance, control, command, constant updates and communications. The distinctive rotating radar domes that are above the fuselage distinguish the E-3 and a total of 68 were built until production was stopped in 1992. A pulse-Doppler technology was used in the radars and this played an important role in Operation Desert Storm, where coalition aircraft was directed against the enemy.

Boeing E-3 Sentry

Boeing E-3 Sentry

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