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Sukhoi Su-24 Model

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-3662

Fourteen percent scale model of Soviet strike aircraft used for radar imaging trials.

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Mikoyan MiG-21PF

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1966-1989, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6783

The MiG-21 was the first Soviet fighter capable of flying faster than twice the speed of sound and is an iconic aircraft of the Cold War years. MiG-21s saw extensive combat action in such diverse conflicts as Vietnam, the Arab-Israeli Wars, the Iran-Iraq War, Afghanistan and Desert Storm.

Mikoyan MiG-21PF | X003-6783, RAF Museum / Iain Duncan

English Electric Lightning P1B/F.1

Aircraft & Exhibits, APR 1959-OCT 1983, Cosford, Hangar Four, 84/A/1167

The Lightning was the Royal Air Force’s first truly supersonic aircraft, serving as an air defence interceptor from 1960 until 1988. Its formidable top speed came at the cost of a very short range.

Silver-coloured aircraft with highly swept wings and large RAF roundels, carrying to white missiles, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / (c) RAF Museum/ Iain Duncan

WE177C Nuclear practice bomb, inert

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1969-MAR 1998, Cosford, Hangar Four, X001-2111

WE177 was a family of tactical air-dropped nuclear weapons carried by the RAF and Royal Navy, it was introduced into service in 1966 and retired in 1998, when the RAF became a non-nuclear force.

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Tupolev Tu-95MS Model

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6791

Nine per cent scale model of Tu-95 Soviet long range bomber. Used in radar imaging trials.

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Remotec Wheelbarrow, Mk.7

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6797

The second half of the Cold War saw a major increase in urban terrorism. The Wheelbarrow is a remotely controlled bomb disposal vehicle designed to allow a detailed investigation of a suspect explosive device to take place while protecting the operator’s life.

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MBDA ALARM

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1990, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-3698

The ALARM (Air Launched Anti-Radiation Missile) was designed primarily to attack enemy radars on the ground as part of SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defences) operations.

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Green Goddess

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1953-2000, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6772

Although widely identified in the public’s mind as a fire fighting appliance, this is actually a Civil Defence mobile pump unit.

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British Aerospace SRAAM

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1987/0073/M

As a result of the Vietnam War, which highlighted the need for positive visual identification of targets before missile launch, a new need for a Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) was created.

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Tracked Rapier

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1985, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6767

Tracked Rapier were more mobile than the towed Rapier systems

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