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Jet Carrier-based Fighter: Manned 1985 [citation needed] 186 [25] Scheduled to be replaced by F-35B/C Lightning II [citation needed] F-35B/C Lightning II: Lockheed Martin USA Jet Carrier-based Fighter: Manned 2015 [citation needed] 145 [25] F-35C carrier variant and F-35B V/STOL variants. Planned total of 280 F-35Bs and 140 F-35Cs to replace ...
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Fighter aircraft (1,690) F-15 Eagle: United States air superiority: F-15C: 145 145 F-15C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 29 F-15C - Active. 116 F-15C - Air National Guard. Trainer aircraft listed separately. F-15E Strike Eagle: United States multirole: 218
A U.S Air Force F-35A. This is a list of fighter aircraft used by the United States.. This includes those of the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, 1924–1962 Air Force, pre-1962 Navy, and undesignated military aircraft.
In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with “B-”. Fighter aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations, from 1 to 5, based on technological level. [1] [2] An American F-16 fighter jet
Northrop A-13/A-16/A-17/A-33 - Attack aircraft; Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet - Prototype fighter; Northrop P-61 Black Widow - Night fighter; Northrop XP-79 - Prototype interceptor; Piper L-4 Grasshopper - Observation/liaison aircraft; Republic P-43 Lancer - Fighter; Republic P-47 Thunderbolt - Fighter; Republic XP-72 - Prototype fighter
A white officer, Army Captain Harold R. Maddux, was assigned as the first commander of the 99th Fighter Squadron. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] A group of 271 enlisted men began training in aircraft ground support trades at Chanute Field in March 1941 until they were transferred to bases in Alabama in July 1941. [ 21 ]
Of all the early operators of military aircraft, Germany was unusual in not using circular roundels. After evaluating several possible markings, including a black, red, and white checkerboard, a similarly coloured roundel, and black stripes, it chose a black 'iron cross' on a square white field, as it was already in use on various flags, and reflected Germany's heritage as the Holy Roman Empire.
A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary military of any type. [1] Some military aircraft engage directly in aerial warfare, while others take on support roles: Combat aircraft, such as fighters and bombers, are designed to destroy enemy equipment or personnel using their own ...