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Trump took the aviation parade in honor of independence Day USA

The US President Donald trump has taken a massive air parade in honor of independence Day, held over the White house, the broadcast led the White house website.

Before the performance of trump in the air flying "air force one" - the presidential Boeing 747, and then on the lawn in front of Lincoln's monument landed military parachutists. After the speech, trump aerial parade continued. The era of the Second world war represented a military transport C-47, followed by Boeing B-17 "Flying fortress", accompanied by the famous fighter "Mustang" (North American P-51). Was submitted bombers B-25 Mitchell and the giant B-29 Superfortress - planes of this model have carried out the nuclear bombing of Japan.

The era of the Korean war introduced the attack aircraft Douglas A-26 Invader and carrier-based fighter Chance Vought F4U Corsair, leading the parade did not fail to mention that this aircraft managed to shoot down a MIG-15 of Soviet production. Jet fighter F-86 Sabre of the same era could not take part in the parade due to mechanical problems.

The era of the Vietnam war was the evacuation helicopter Bell H-13, "Iroquois" - Bell UH-1 and heavy "Kinoki" CH-47.

The music of Wagner's "ride of the Valkyries" flew strategic B-52 Stratofortress, which for almost 70 years, operated by the U.S. air force and is part of the nuclear triad.

Followed by helicopters UH-60 Black Hawk, the fourth-generation fighter McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Osprey convertiplane, multi-purpose helicopter Sikorsky HH-60 coast guard helicopter JayhawkEurocopter MH-65 Dolphin, and "Apache" - McDonnell Douglas AH-64. The highlight of the parade was a supersonic strategic bomber Rockwell B-1 Lancer, the fifth generation fighter Lockheed/Boeing F-22 Raptor "flying wing" - stealth strategic bomber with stealth technology and the latest F-35 Lighting II for the development of this latest model has gone so far, about $ 1.5 trillion.