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Fighter North American Aviation Series of fighters. 1939/1940 Never 13 P-51 Mustang: Fighter North American Aviation Used largely in WWII. 1940 [17] 1942 [18] [19] 15,000+ [20] P-43 Lancer: Fighter Republic Aviation: A proposed development was the P-44 Rocket. 1940 1941 272 P-44 Rocket: Fighter Republic Aviation
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] 112 [25] F-35C carrier variant and F-35B V/STOL variants. Planned total of 280 F-35Bs and 140 F-35Cs to replace ...
An F-16 Fighting Falcon (left), P-51D Mustang (bottom), F-86 Sabre (top), and F-22 Raptor (right) fly in a formation representing four generations of American fighters. Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) [a] are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.
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
List of United States fighter aircraft; List of United States attack aircraft; List of active United States Air Force aircraft; List of active United States military aircraft; List of active United States naval aircraft; List of aircraft of the United States during World War II; List of future military aircraft of the United States; UAVs in the ...
North American P-51 Mustang - Fighter; North American P-64 - Fighter/advanced trainer; North American F-82 Twin Mustang - Fighter; 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 ...
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: 218 218 F-15E total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac) [1] F-15EX ...
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission .