These historic fighter planes have become literal parts of history. Incorporated into war monuments, these incredible machines remind us of battles won and lost.
A Soviet MiG-23 in Lukhovitsy, Russia
Pictured above. (via IosAD3)
A Beriev Be-6, near Myrnyy, Ukraine
(via Artificial Owl)
Yakovlev Yak-38 in Murmansk, Russia
You can see the first and only Soviet VTOL strike fighter aircraft, the Yakovlev Yak-38 above, standing between dozens of block of flats in Murmansk, Russia. The picture was taken by Maarten Dirkse.
A Canadair CT-133 Silver Star, the Canadian license-built version of the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star jet trainer aircraft, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
(via Doug Kerr)
A McDonnell F-101 Voodoo supersonic jet fighter in Proctor, Minnesota
(via Ruin Raider)
A Chinese Nanchang J-12 at the China Aviation Museum, Beijing, China
(via Beijing Man and Allen Watkin)
A French-made Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris of the Argentinian Air Force, Mendoza, Argentina
(via Jorge Souto)
A Soviet Lavochkin La-5 FN fighter plane, near Nizny Komarnik, Slovakia
(via Miroslav Petrasko)
A Mil Mi-4 Soviet transport helicopter in Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia
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A MiG-17 near Airfield Großenhain, Germany
(via Grossenhayn)
A Mig-17 high-subsonic fighter aircraft in Stavropol, Russia
(via Migluver)
A Douglas A-4B Skyhawk at the former Naval Air Station in Weymouth, Massachusetts
(via Cobatfor)
Another MiG-17 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
(via Aleksey Belobodorov)
An F-16 in War Veterans' Memorial Park in Pinellas Park, Florida
(via Tampa Bay 365)
An M-21M remote-controlled drone from the Soviet jet fighter MiG-21PFM in Vinnitsa, Ukraine
(via George Chernilevsky)
A MiG-17 in Vyazma, Russia
(via Gavrilov S.A 1 - 2)
A MiG-21 in Uglegorsk, Ukraine
(via MBxd1)
A MiG-21 in Raduil, Bulgaria
(via Bin Im Garten)
A Republic F-84F Thunderstreak in the colors of Luftwaffe, Memmingen, Germany
(via Jerry Gunner)
A MiG-15 of the Hungarian Air Force in Dunaújváros, Hungary
(via Groszi)
An Avia B-33, the license-built copy of the Soviet Ilyusin Il-10 ground attack aircraft in Nižný Komárnik, Slovakia
(via Peter Zelizňák)
A Kamov KA-26 in Kumertau, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
(via Maximilijan)
A Polikarpov Po-2 (or U-2) on a monument designed by Valery Androsov in Mytishchi, Russia
(via Luu)
A North American Aviation T-6 Texan trainer aircraft, somewhere in Mérida, Venezuela
(via Joanlink)
A Soviet Mil Mi-8 in Patriotov Park, Voronezh, Russia
(via Шалин)
A MiG-23ML in Zadonsk, Russia
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A North American Aviation T-28 Trojan near the main gate of Naval Support Facility Anacostia, Washington D.C
(via Leonard J. DeFrancisci)
A Soviet Ilyusin Il-28-like monument in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan
(via Ondřej Žváček)
DISCUSSION
Don't forget this B-52 in Hanoi. P.s. Am assuming fighter plane to be a loose description considering inclusion of helicopters and Be-6.