During 75 years of #NATO we've seen a constant modernization of the aircraft Allied nations use! Not all of them have flown NATO missions, but they have been the basis for the aircraft we see in the sky today. Which legacy aircraft is your favourite and why? #1NATO75years
F-94 became the first 🇺🇸 all-weather jet interceptor as well as the first U.S. production jet to have an afterburner. In the 1950s it operated primarily in the defense of the United States against soviet bomber attacks #1NATO75Years Photo courtesy: U.S Air Force
The Gloster Meteor was the first🇬🇧operational jet fighter and the only Allied jet to reach operational status during World War 2 Meteor F.Mk 4s and F.Mk 8s formed the backbone of the RAF 🇬🇧 until April 1957 #1NATO75Years Crown Copyright
The first production-standard aircraft 🇫🇷 Ouragan flew at Mérignac on December 20, 1951 The Ouragan was the aircraft of the Patrouille de France aerobatics🇫🇷 #1NATO75Years Photo courtesy: French Air Force
The G.91 made by 🇮🇹, has its origins in the #NATO-organised NBMR-1 competition started in 1953, which sought a "Lightweight Strike Fighter" to be adopted as standard equipment across the air forces of the various NATO nations #1NATO75Years Photo courtesy: Italian Air Force