{"id":2758,"date":"2015-07-20T12:17:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T12:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:35:53","slug":"15-awesome-and-interesting-facts-about-military-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/15-awesome-and-interesting-facts-about-military-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Awesome and Interesting Facts About Military Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that in the history of military aviation, a lot of interesting events and developments have been made. Our friend Marko Radovic from Belgrade selected 15 interesting facts and created this nice post for us:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2759\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/15-Awesome-and-Interesting-Facts-About-Military-Aircrafts.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=559712410  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2759\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2759\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/15-Awesome-and-Interesting-Facts-About-Military-Aircrafts.jpg\" alt=\"15 Awesome and Interesting Facts About Military Aircrafts\" width=\"640\" height=\"7161\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 Awesome and Interesting Facts About Military Aircrafts<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thanks a lot for creating this nice post for us. 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