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List of
military aircraft of the United States
This list of military
aircraft of the United States includes
prototype, pre-production, and operational types.
Prototypes are normally prefixed with "X" and
often unnamed (note that these are not the same as the
experimental X-planes, which are never expected to go
into production), while pre-production models are usually
prefixed "Y".
Old
system, Army Air Corps/Army Air Force/Air Force:
- A-3 Falcon - Curtiss
- A-8 Shrike - Curtiss
- YA-10 - Curtiss
- A-12 Shrike - Curtiss
- YA-13 - Northrop
- XA-16 - Northrop
- A-17 - Northrop
- A-20 Havoc - Douglas
- A-26 Invader - Douglas
- A-33 - Northrop
- A-31/A-35 Vengeance -
Vultee
Navy:
- AF-2 Guardian -
Grumman
- AJ-2 Savage - North
American
- AM-1 Mauler - Martin
Unified system, after 1962:
- A-1 Skyraider -
Douglas, was AD
- A-2 Savage - North
American, was AJ
- A-3 Skywarrior -
Douglas
- A-4 Skyhawk -
McDonnell Douglas
- A-5 Vigilante - North
American
- A-6 Intruder - Grumman
- A-7 Corsair II -
Vought
- A-7 Strikefighter -
LTV- Vought
- AV-8
Harrier II
- McDonnell-Douglas and British Aerospace
- A-9 - Northrop
- A-10
Thunderbolt II "Warthog - Republic
- AC-130 Spectre/Spooky
- Lockheed
- AH-1 Cobra - Bell
- AH-6J Little Bird -
Boeing (McDonnell-Douglas) (Hughes)
- AH-64 Apache - Boeing
(McDonnell-Douglas) (Hughes)
- RAH-66 Comanche -
Boeing-Sikorsky
- S-2 Tracker - Grumman
- S-3
Viking
- Lockheed
- P2V Neptune - (also
P-2H) Lockheed
- P-3
Orion
- Lockheed
- SC Seahawk - Curtiss
- SH-3 Sea King -
Sikorsky
- SH-2 Seasprite - Kaman
Aerospace
- SH-60F Sea Hawk -
Sikorsky
Old
system, Army Air Corps/Army Air Force/Air Force:
Navy:
- BT-1 - Northrop
- BTD-1 Destroyer -
Douglas
- MB-1 - Martin
- Curtiss SBC-4 -
Curtiss
- SB2C - Curtiss
- SBD Dauntless -
Douglas
- SB2U Vindicator -
Vought
- TBD Devastator -
Grumman
- TBF Avenger - Grumman
- TBY-2 Sea Wolf -
Consolidated
- T2D - Douglas
Unified system, after 1962:
Old
system, Army Air Corps/Force; Air Force
- C-46
Commando - Curtiss
- C-47 Skytrain - (DC-3)
Douglas
- C-54 Skymaster -
(DC-4) Douglas
- C-74 Globemaster -
Douglas
- C-82 Packet -
Fairchild
- C-97 Stratofreighter -
Boeing
- C-117 Super Dakota -
Douglas
- C-118 Liftmaster -
(DC-6) Douglas
- C-119 Flying Boxcar -
Fairchild
- C-120 Packplane -
Fairchild
- C-123 Provider -
Fairchild
- C-130 Hercules -
Lockheed
- C-131 Samaritan -
Convair
- C-133 Cargomaster -
Douglas
- C-135 - Boeing 707
- C-137 - Boeing 707
including "Air Force One"
- C-140 Jetstar -
Lockheed
- C-141 Starlifter -
Lockheed
Navy:
Unified system, after 1962:
- C-2 Greyhound -
Grumman
- C-4 Academe -
Gulfstream
- C-5 Galaxy - Lockheed
- C-7 Caribou - de
Havilland Canada
- C-9 Skytrain II -
Douglas DC-9
- C-11 Gulfstream II -
Gulfstream
- C-12 Huron - Beech 200
- C-17 Globemaster III -
Boeing
- C-20 Gulfstream III -
Gulfstream
- C-21 Learjet - Learjet
- C-22 - Boeing 727
- C-23 Sherpa - Shorts
330
- C-26 Metroliner -
Fairchild
- C-27 Spartan - Alenia
- C-29 - BAe
- C-31 Troopship -
Fokker F.27M
- C-32 - Boeing 757
- C-38 Courier - Israeli
Aircraft Industries
- C-40 Clipper - Boeing
- VC-25A "Air Force
One - Boeing 747
- C-37 Gulfstream V -
Gulfstream
- E-1
Tracer - Grumman
- E-2 Hawkeye - Grumman
- E-3 Sentry or AWACS -
Boeing
- E-4 - Boeing
- E-6 Mercury - Boeing
- E-8 Joint STARS -
Boeing
- E-9 - de Havilland
- E-10 - Boeing
- ES-3 Shadow - Lockheed
- EP-3 Aries - Lockheed
- EA-1 Skyraider -
Douglas
- EA-3 Skywarrior -
Douglas
- EA-6B Prowler -
Grumman
- EC-18 Aria - Boeing
- EC-24 - McDonnell
Douglas
- EC-121 Warning Star -
Lockheed
- EC-130 Compass Call -
Lockheed
- EC-135 Looking Glass -
Boeing
- EF-111 Raven - General
Dynamics
Navy,
from 1922
- Brewster
F2A
- Brewster
F3A
- Brewster version of Corsair
- FB - Boeing
- F2B-1 - Boeing
- F3B Seahawk - Boeing
- F4B - Boeing
- F5B naval designation
of Boeing XP-15
- F6B - Boeing
- F7B - Boeing
- F8B - Boeing
- FC, F2C, F3C paper
designation of racers
- F4C - Curtiss
- F5C skipped
- F6C Hawk - Curtiss
- F7C Seahawk - Curtiss
- F8C Falcon - Curtiss
- F8C-2 Helldiver -
Curtiss, different from F8C-1 and F8C-3
- F9C Sparrowhawk -
Curtiss
- F10C Helldiver -
Curtiss, modified F8C-2
- F11C Goshawk - Curtiss
Hawk II or Goshawk, redesig BFC
- Curtiss F12C -
Curtiss, became SBC
- F13C - Curtiss
- F14C - Curtiss
contra-rotating propellors
- F15C - Curtiss jet +
turboprop
- FD - Douglas
- F2D Banshee - Douglas,
later redesignated F2H
- F3D Skyknight -
Douglas
- F4D Skyray - Douglas
- F5D Skylancer -
Douglas, semi-operational
- F6D Missileer -
Douglas
- FF Fifi - biplane,
first Navy fighter by Grumman
- F2F - Grumman
- F3F - Grumman
- F4F Wildcat - Grumman
- XF5F Skyrocket -
Grumman twin-engine carrier-based fighter
prototype
- F6F Hellcat - Grumman
- F7F Tigercat - Grumman
- F8F Bearcat - Grumman
- F9F Cougar - (Panther
variant) Grumman
- F9F Panther - Grumman
- XF10F Jaguar - Grumman
variable-wing prototype
- F11F Tiger - Grumman,
first supersonic aircraft in Navy
- F12F - Grumman,
proposed all-weather interceptor
- Eberhart FG, F2G
- Goodyear FG - Goodyear
version of Corsair with fixed wings
- Goodyear F2G -
proposed low-altitude Corsair
- Hall FH
- FH Phantom - McDonnell
- F2H Banshee -
McDonnell, later F-2
- F3H Demon - McDonnell,
later F-3
- F4H
Phantom II
- McDonnell, later F-4
- FJ - Berliner-Joyce
- F2J - Berliner-Joyce,
P-16 in AAC
- FJ-1 Fury - North
American
- FL - Loening
- FL Airabonita - Bell,
USN version of P-39
- F2L Kingcobra - Bell,
USN version of P-63
- General Motors FM - GM
version of Wildcat
- FM Wildcat - General
Motors built version of F4F
- F2M Wildcat - General
Motors built version of F4F, different engine to
FM
- F3M - General Motors
built version of F8F
- Seversky FN
- FO Lightning -
Lockheed, USN version of P-38
- FR1 Fireball - Ryan
- F2R Dark Shark - Ryan
- FT - Northrop, USN
A-17 derived design
- F2T Black Widow -
Northrop, USN trainer version of P-61
- FU, F2U, F3U
- F4U Corsair - Chance
Vought
- XF5U - Chance Vought's
"flying pancake", built but never flown
- F6U Pirate - Chance
Vought
- F7U Cutlass - Chance
Vought
- F8U Crusader - Chance
Vought
- Lockheed FV
- F2W - Wright
- F3W Apache - Wright
- FY Pogo - Convair
- F2Y Sea Dart - Convair
Air Force, from 1948
- P-80/F-80 Shooting
Star- Lockheed
- P-84/F-84 Thunderjet -
Republic
- XP-85/XF-85 Goblin -
McDonnell
- F-86
Sabre
- North American
- XP-87/XF-87 Blackhawk
- Curtiss
- XP-88/XF-88 Voodoo -
Curtiss
- F-89 Scorpion -
Northrop
- XF-90 - Lockheed
- XF-91 Thunderceptor -
Republic
- XF-92A - Convair
- YF-93A - North
American
- Lockheed F-94 - F-94C
Starfire
- YF-95A - North
American
- YF-96A - Republic
- F-97 Starfire -
Lockheed
- Hughes XF-98 became
Hughes Falcon missile
- F-99 became Bomarc
missile
- F-100 Super Sabre -
North American
- F-101 Voodoo -
McDonnell
- F-102 Delta Dagger -
Convair
- XF-103 - Republic
- F-104 Starfighter -
Lockheed
- F-105 Thunderchief -
Republic
- F-106 Delta Dart -
Convair
- YF-107 Ultra Sabre -
North American
- XF-108 Rapier - last
fighter project by North American
- F-109 never used
- F-110 Spectre - became
F-4C Phantom II
- F-111
Aardvark
- General Dynamics
- F-112 to F-116 used
for foreign aircraft eval?
- F-117
Nighthawk
- Lockheed
Unified system, from 1962
- F-1 Fury - was North
American FJ
- F-2 Banshee - was
McDonnell F2H
- F-3 Demon - was
McDonnell F3H
- F-4
Phantom II
- was McDonnell-Douglas F4H
- F-5 Freedom Fighter -
Northrop
- F-6 Skyray - Douglas,
was F4D
- F-7 Sea Dart - was
Convair F2Y
- F-8 Crusader - was
Vought F8U
- F-9 Cougar - was
Grumman F9F
- F-10 Skyknight - was
Douglas F3D
- F-11 Tiger - was
Grumman F11F
- YF-12A - Lockheed
- F-13 never assigned
- F-14
Tomcat
- Grumman
- F-15
Eagle
- McDonnell-Douglas
- F-16
Fighting Falcon - General Dynamics
- YF-17 Cobra - Northrop
- F/A-18
Hornet
- McDonnell-Douglas
- F-19 - either unused
or still classified
- F-20 Tigershark (F-5
variant) - Northrop
- F-21 Kfir - Israel
Aircraft Industries
- F/A-22 Raptor -
Lockheed Martin
- F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter - Lockheed Martin
- O-1 - Curtiss Falcon
- O-2 - Douglas
- O-31/O-43/O-46 -
Douglas
- O-47 - North American
- OS2U Kingfisher -
Vought
- OH-6A Cayuse
- OH-55 Kiowa - Bell
- OV-1 Mohawk - Grumman
- OV-10 Bronco - North
American
- SOC Seagull - Curtiss
- SO3C - Curtiss
Pursuit
Aircraft of the US Army Air Service/Corps/Force,
1918-1948. After formation of US Air Force (USAF), all
"P" designations were changed to "F"
while retaining number.
Initially,
"PW" was used to indicate "Pursuit,
Water-cooled engine".
List in
numerical order of designations:
- PW-8
- Curtiss
- PW-9
- Boeing, FB in navy
- P-1
Hawk - Curtiss, derived from PW-8; US Navy
designation was F6C
- P-2
Hawk - Curtiss
- P-3
Hawk - Curtiss
- P-4
- Boeing
- P-5
Superhawk - Curtiss
- P-6
Hawk - Curtiss, derived from P-1
- XP-7
- Boeing
- XP-8
- Boeing
- XP-9
- Boeing
- XP-10
- Curtiss
- P-11
Hawk - Curtiss
- P-12
- Boeing, F4B in Navy
- XP-13
- XP-14
- Curtiss
- XP-15
- Boeing
- P-16
- Berliner-Joyce, F2J to Navy
- XP-17
- Curtiss
- XP-18
- Curtiss
- XP-19
- Curtiss
- YP-20
- Curtiss, derived from P-6
- XP-21
- Curtiss
- XP-22
- derived from P-6
- XP-23
- Curtiss
- YP-24
- Lockheed
- Y1P-25
- Consolidated
- P-26
- Boeing "Peashooter" monoplane
- XP-27
- Consolidated
- XP-28
- Consolidated
- F7B
- Boeing, modified F7B
- P-30
- Consolidated, aka PB-2A
- XP-31
- Curtiss
- XP-32
- Boeing
- XP-33
- Consolidated
- XP-34
- Wedell-Williams
- P-35
- Seversky
- P-36
- Curtiss Model 75A, radial engine
- YP-37
- Curtiss Model 75I, in-line engine
- P-38
Lightning
- Lockheed, twin-engine twin-boom
- P-39 Airacobra - Bell,
engine mounted behind pilot
- P-40 - Curtiss,
Tomahawk (P-40A to P-40C), Kittyhawk (P-40D to
P-40M), Warhawk (P-40N to P-40Q)
- XP-41 - Seversky,
derived from Seversky P-35
- XP-42 - Curtiss P-36
with experimental engine cowlings
- P-43 Lancer -
Republic, derived from XP-41
- P-44 Rocket -
cancelled
- P-45 designation
changed to P-39C
- XP-46 - Curtiss
- P-47
Thunderbolt
- Republic
- XP-48 - Douglas
- XP-49 - Lockheed,
derived from P-38
- XP-50 - Grumman,
derived from US Navy XF5F
- P-51
Mustang
- North American, originally for export to
Britain
- XP-52 - Bell,
twin-boom pusher configuration, never built
- XP-53 - Curtiss P-40
with laminar-flow wing, cancelled during
construction
- XP-54 - Vultee,
twin-boom pusher configuration
- XP-55 Ascender -
Curtiss, flying-wing configuration with pusher
engine
- XP-56 - Northrop,
tail-less with pusher engine, magnesium
construction
- XP-57 - Tucker,
cancelled before construction
- XP-58 - Lockheed,
another twin-engine, twin-boom
- P-59 Airacomet - Bell,
1st American aircraft powered by jet engine
- YP-60 - Curtiss
- P-61 Black Widow -
Northrop
- XP-62 - Curtiss
- P-63 Kingcobra - Bell,
engine again mounted behind pilot
- P-64 - North American,
intended for export, but used by USAAF as fighter
trainer
- XP-65 - Grumman,
derived from XP-50
- P-66 Vanguard -
Vultee, intended for export, but used by USAAF as
fighter trainer
- XP-67 - McDonnell
- XP-68 - Vultee
- XP-69 - Republic
- P-70 Havoc - Douglas,
"Havoc" night-fighter derived from A-20
- XP-71 - Curtiss
- XP-72 - Republic
- XP-73 - mysterious
Hughes project
- P-74 skipped
- P-75 Eagle - Fisher
division of General Motors
- XP-76 - Bell
- XP-77 - Bell,
lightweight fighter of wooden construction
- XP-78 - North
American, changed to XP-51B during construction
- XP-79, Northrop
- P-80/F-80 Shooting
Star - Lockheed, turbo-jet engine
- XP-81 - Convair,
turbo-prop + turbo-jet engines
- P-82/F-82 Twin Mustang
- North American
- XP-83 - Bell, two jet
engines
- AT-9
Jeep - Curtiss-Wright
- AT-21
Gunner - Fairchild
- BT-13
Valiant - Vultee
- Curtiss Jenny -
Curtiss
- PT-11 - Consolidated
- PT-13 and PT-17 Kaydet
- Boeing Stearman
- PT-19 - Fairchild
- PT-22 Recruit - Ryan
- SNC Falcon -
Curtiss-Wright
- T-2 Buckeye - North
American
- T-6 Texan - North
American
- T-28 Trojan - North
American
- T-29 - Convair 240
- T-33 - Lockheed
nicknamed "Teebird"
- T-38 Talon - Northrop
- T-39 Sabreliner -
North American
- T-43 - Boeing 737
- T-45A Goshawk - (Hawk)
British Aerospace
- U-21A Ute -
Beechcraft/Raytheon
- V-22 Osprey - Bell,
Boeing Vertol, tilt rotor aircraft
- X-1 - Bell, first
supersonic aircraft
- X-2 - Bell
- X-3 Stiletto - Douglas
- X-4 - Northrop
- X-5 - Bell
- X-6 - Convair
- X-7 - Lockheed
- X-8 to X-12 were
missiles
- X-13 - Ryan VATOL
- X-14 - Bell VTOL
- X-15 - North American
rocket plane
- X-16 - Bell, cancelled
U-2 competitor
- X-17 experimental
rocket
- X-18 - Hiller
tilt-wing
- X-19, X-20, X-21?
- X-22 - Bell
- X-24 - Martin Marietta
lifting body
- X-29A - Grumman
forward-swept wing jet
- X-31 - Hypersonic jet
or Orient Express
- X-45 - pilotless
combat aircraft
| WW2
HISTORY DATA |
| Pearl
Harbor Overview |
| Pearl
Harbor Japanese Forces |
| Pearl
Harbor Japanese Aircraft |
| Battle
of the Coral Sea, 7-8
May 1942 |
| Doolitle
Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942 |
| Battle
of Midway, 4-7 June 1942 |
| Guadalcanal
Campaign, August 1942 - February 1943 |
| Guadalcanal-Tulagi
Invasion, 7-9 August 1942 |
| Battle
of the Philippine Sea |
| Battle
of Iwo Jima
Battle
of Okinawa |
| Japan
Capitulates |
| Battleship
Bismarck |
| Battleships
Tirpitz, Scharnhorst |
| WW2
Luftwaffe Planes - List
of Aircraft |
| U-Boats
Types 1, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D |
| Kriegsmarine
Submarines Types U-Flak, 7A, 7B,
7C, 7C/41, 7C/42, 7D, 7F |
Kriegsmarine
Submarines: U-Boats
Type 9A, 9B, 9C, 9C/40, 9D, 14 |
| Kriegsmarine
Submarines: Type XXI , Type XXIII |
| Grand
Admiral Karl Donitz, Erich Raeder |
HMS
Prince of Wales
Battleship, HMS Repulse,
HMS
Ark Royal,
HMS Hood Battlecruisers |
| Battle
of the Atlantic |
| Normandy
Invasion, June 1944 |
| Normandy
Invasion ,Crossing the English Channel on
D-Day, 6 June 1944 |
| Normandy
Invasion- The D-Day Landings, 6 June 1944 |
| USN
WW2 Admirals |
| Imperial
Japan Navy Admirals |
| Japan
WW2 Fighters- Mitsubishi Zero |
| USN
Battleships - Indiana Class,
Kearsarge Class, Illinois Class, Maine
Class, Virginia Class, Connecticut Class,
Mississippi Class, South Carolina Class,
Delaware Class, Florida Class, Wyoming
Class, New York Class, Nevada Class,
Pennsylvania Class, New Mexico Class,
Tennessee Class, Colorado Class, South
Dakota Class, Lexington Class, North
Carolina Class, South Dakota Class, Iowa
Class, Montana Class |
| USN
WW2 Torpedo Bomber -
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator |
| USN
WW2 Fighters: Brewster
F2A Buffalo, Curtiss F9C
Sparrowhawk |
| Grumman
F3F, Grumman F4F Wildcat, General Motors
FM-2 Wildcat |
| LOCKHEED
P-38 LIGHTNING |
| REPUBLIC
P-47 THUNDERBOLT |
| NORTH
AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG |
| NORTH
AMERICAN F-82 TWIN MUSTANG |
| Boeing
B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing
B-29 Superfortress |
| Consolidated
B-24 D Liberator |
| North
American B-25 Mitchell, Martin
B-26 Marauder |
| Junkers
Ju 87 Stuka |
| Dornier
Do 17, Dornier
Do 335 Pfeil |
| Messerschmitt
Bf 109 |
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| MODERN USN
NAVY DATA |
| USN
Aircraft Carriers USS
Kitty Hawk, Enterprise, John F. Kennedy,
Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl
Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham
Lincoln, George Washington, John C.
Stennis, Harry S. Truman, Ronald Reagan,
George H.W. Bush |
| USN
Cruisers 1 - USS
Ticonderoga, Vincennes, Valley Forge,
Thomas S. Gates, Bunker Hill, Mobile Bay,
Antietam, Leyte Gulf, San Jacinto, Lake
Champlain, Philippine Sea, Princeton,
Normandy, Monterey |
| USN
Cruisers 2 - USS
Chancellorsville, Cowpens, Gettysburg,
Chosin, Hue City, Shiloh, Anzio,
Vicksburg, Lake Erie, Cape St. George,
Vella Gulf, Port Royal |
| USN
Destroyers |
| Amphibious
Assault Ships - LHA/LHD/LHA(R) USS
Wasp, USS Essex, USS Kearsarge, USS
Boxer, USS Bataan, USS Bonhomme Richard,
USS Iwo Jima, USS Makin Island, USS
Tarawa, USS Saipan, USS Belleau Wood, USS
Nassau, USS Peleliu |
| SSN
Attack Sumbarines 1
USS
Seawolf, Connecticut, Jimmy Carter,
Virginia, Texax, Hawaii, North Carolina,
Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Memphis,
Bremerton, Jacksonville, Dallas, La
Jolla, City of Corpus Christi,
Albuquerque, Portsmouth, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, Hyman G. Rickover, Augusta, San
Francisco, Houston, Norfolk, Buffalo,
Salt Lake City, Olympia, Honolulu,
Providence |
| SSN
Attack Sumbarines 2
USS
Pittsburgh, Chicago, Key West, Oklahoma
City, Louisville, Helena, Newport News,
San Juan, Pasadena, Albany, Topeka,
Miami, Scranton, Alexandria, Asheville,
Jefferson City, Annapolis, Springfield,
Columbus, Santa Fe, Boise, Montpelier,
Charlotte, Hampton, Hartford, Toledo,
Tucson, Columbia, Greeneville, Cheyenne |
| SSBN
Fleet Balistic Missile Sumbarines
USS
Georgia, USS Henry M. Jackson, USS
Alabama, USS Alaska,USS Nevada, USS
Pennsylvania, USS Kentucky, USS
Tennessee, USS West Virginia, USS
Maryland, USS Nebraska, USS Rhode Island,
USS Maine, USS Wyoming, USS Louisiana,
USS Ohio |
| USN
Frigates |
| USN
Patrol Ships |
| Anti-submarine
aircraft - P-3C
Orion S-3B
Viking |
| USN
FIGHTERS F-14 Tomcat F-18
Hornet |
| CH-46
Sea Knight, CH-53
Sea Stallion |
| H-3
Sea King MH-53
Sea Dragon |
| SH-60
Seahawk HH/UH-1N
Iroquois |
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