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  2. Aviation light signals - Wikipedia

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    Air traffic control signal light gun in use at base flight tower. In the case of a radio failure or aircraft not equipped with a radio, or in the case of a deaf pilot, air traffic control may use a signal lamp (called a "signal light gun" or "light gun" by the FAA [1] [2]) to direct the aircraft.

  3. Optical communication - Wikipedia

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    Aviation light signals are used in the case of a radio failure, an aircraft not equipped with a radio, or in the case of a hearing-impaired pilot. Air traffic controllers have long used signal light guns to direct such aircraft. The light gun's lamp has a focused bright beam capable of emitting three different colors: red, white and green ...

  4. List of aircraft weapons - Wikipedia

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    In World War I, aircraft were initially intended for aerial reconnaissance, however some pilots began to carry rifles in case they spotted enemy planes.Soon, planes were fitted with machine guns with a variety of mountings; initially the only guns were carried in the rear cockpit supplying defensive fire (this was employed by two-seat aircraft all through the war).

  5. Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine radar equipment of World War II

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    An IFF signal was sent from a Freya, that had had its receiver antenna removed, to the aircraft. The Fug25a in the aircraft responded and the received signal was displayed as a range offset on the Freya display. Using a second transmitter and triangulation the position of the aircraft was resolved.

  6. Aeritalia F-104S Starfighter - Wikipedia

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    F-104S (Lockheed Model CL-901) 246 aircraft produced mainly by Fiat and Aeritalia (one aircraft was lost before delivery), upgraded for the interception role having NASARR R-21G/H radar with moving target indicator and continuous wave illuminator for semi-active radar homing missiles (initially AIM-7 Sparrow), two additional wing and two ...

  7. List of military electronics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Integrated Laser White Light Pointer (ILWLP) mounted on pistols: Insight Technology: AN/PEQ-15: Advanced Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Light (ATPIAL) weapon-mounted Infrared (IR) Laser sight: Insight Technology, L3Harris Technologies: AN/PEQ-16: Integrated Pointing Illumination Module (IPIM) weapon-mounted Infrared (IR) laser sight and ...

  8. List of U.S. Signal Corps vehicles - Wikipedia

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    List of U.S. military vehicles by model number ... Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, Mobile, dated 17 November 1944; T/O&E 11-57, Armored Signal Company, dated 15 ...

  9. List of United States Air Force reconnaissance aircraft

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    O-57 Grasshopper at the National Museum of the United States Air Force A de Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI (F-8) of the 654th BS, Eighth Air Force at RAF Watton, 1944 North American B-25D (F-10) Mitchell photographic reconnaissance and mapping aircraft North American P-51C-5-NT Mustang (F-6C) Serial No 42-103368 of the 15th TRS at St. Dizler Airfield, France, Autumn 1944.