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This is a list of aircraft by date and usage.The date shown is the introduction of the first model of a line but not the current model. For instance, while "the most popular" aircraft, such as Boeing 737 and 747 were introduced in 1960x, their recent models were revealed in the 21st century.
List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962) List of United States Army aircraft designations (1956–1962) List of United States Tri-Service aircraft designations. List of U.S. DoD aircraft designations. List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States.
Propeller. Patented a design for a steam-powered “flying machine” (1889, and refined in 1891); [131] successful track-tethered test of a steam-engine powered biplane (Jul 1894); [132] designed and constructed a biplane that never flew (1910) [133] John Alexander Douglas McCurdy. 2 Aug 1886. 25 Jun 1961.
An F-16C over Iraq in 2008. An F-22A Raptor flies over Andrews Air Force Base during an airshow in 2008. An F-35A in flight. A USAF B-52 bomber. A B-1B in flight over Afghanistan. A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies over the Pacific Ocean. An E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft. One of 4 E-4B Nightwatch airborne command posts.
The following reference sources, among many others, have been used to compile this list: Cheesman, E. F., ed. (1960). Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War.
The 1940s proved to be important for military aviation in other ways as well. In 1947, Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in his X-1 rocket-powered aircraft, beginning a new era of aeronautics in America. [30] Roundels that have appeared on U.S. military aircraft 1.) 5/1917–2/1918 2.) 2/1918–8/1919 3.) 8/1919–5/1942
The U.S. Navy has also used escort aircraft carriers (CVE, previously AVG and ACV) and airship aircraft carriers (ZRS). In addition, various amphibious warfare ships (LHA, LHD, LPH, and to a lesser degree LPD and LSD classes) can operate as carriers; two of these were converted to mine countermeasures support ships (MCS) , one of which carried ...
List of active United States military aircraft. An F-16 Fighting Falcon of the United States Air Force in flight. The United States Armed Forces uses a wide variety of military aircraft across the respective aviation arms of its various service branches. The numbers of specific aircraft listed in the following entries are estimates from ...