Martlet - T-shirt Tomcat Saab JAS 39 Gripen

Saab JAS 39 Gripen

The F-4 was used during the Vietnam war in many roles including air superiority

From air power artist Peter Van Stigt this illustration shows the special operations Pave Hawk helicopter

This type was the first canard design produced in quantity and the most advanced fighter in Europe until the introduction of the Panavia Tornado

When the RN retired the Buccaneer in 1978

Martlet - T-shirt Tomcat Saab JAS 39 GripenGrumman F4F Wildcat Martlet The Fleet Air Arm bought the Wildcat before it was used by the US Navy, was renamed as the Martlet and replaced the Fairey Fulmar. Christmas day 1940 a Martlet shot down a Junkers Ju88 over Scapa Flow which was the first combat victory by a US built fighter in British service in World War II. Eric M 'Winkle' Brown flew the Wildcat Martlet and commented that, "this Grumman fighter was one of the finest shipboard aeroplanes