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Curtiss A-8 attack/light bomber: 1931 retired 1939: 13: Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack/light bomber: 1933 retired 1942: 46: Curtiss XA-14 attack/light bomber: 1935 retired prototype: 1: Curtiss A-18 Shrike attack/light bomber: 1935 retired 1943: 13: Curtiss B-2 Condor heavy bomber: 1929 retired 1934: 13: Curtiss BF2C Goshawk fighter-bomber: 1933 ...
Boeing PB Flying Fortress - Heavy bomber; Boeing P2B Superfortress - Heavy bomber; Boeing 314 Clipper - Impressed flying boat transport; Boeing XF8B - Prototype carrier-based fighter-bomber; Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger - Flying boat/patrol bomber; Brewster F2A Buffalo - Carrier-based fighter; Brewster SBA/Naval Aircraft Factory SBN - Carrier-based ...
The entire wing deployed to England, December 1951 – March 1952. Provided aerial refueling and navigational assistance for the July 1952 movement of the 31st Fighter-Escort Wing from the United States to Japan, the first jet fighter crossing of the Pacific Ocean, during the Korean War. First SAC wing to convert to B-52 aircraft, 1955–1956.
2.1 Heavy and strategic bombers. ... The list of aircraft of World War II includes all of the aircraft used by countries which were at ... United States: dive bomber ...
During the tremendous U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) expansion of the early and mid-fifties, bases become overcrowded, with some of them supporting as many as 90 B-47s and 40 KC-97s. The first B-52 wings were also extremely large – composed of 45 bombers and 15 or 20 KC-135s, all situated on one base.
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
According to the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Allied bombers between 1939 and 1945 dropped 1,415,745 tons of bombs over Germany (51.1% of the total bomb tonnage dropped by Allied bombers in the European campaign), 570,730 tons over France (20.6%), 379,565 tons over Italy (13.7%), 185,625 tons over Austria, Hungary and the Balkans (6. ...
Bomber aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-surface attack, on either ground or sea targets. This list does not include airships used for bombing and does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles.