U-2 - Long-sleeve T-shirt Colour:Black General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark

General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark

operating out of NAS Fallon in Nevada

This unique jet first entered into service in 1969 in V/STOL operations for the RAF

the Squadron developed a fierce reputation with a tiger-like aggression

Profits from his business were invested in building aeroplanes and Blériot was the first to develop the stick and rudder system of controlling an aircraft

U-2 - Long-sleeve T-shirt Colour:Black General Dynamics F-111 AardvarkLockheed U 2 'Dragon Lady' World War II taught the US military the value of strategic aerial reconnaissance. The Air Force commissioned the Beacon Hill Report that suggested an aircraft was needed that would carry advanced optics and operate at an altitude of over 70,000ft. Clarence Kelly Johnson from Lockheed designed a jet powered glider, the CL282. At this time the design was recommended to the CIA, so in 1955 the aircraft was re designated the U 2