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United States USNTPS trainer 10 [1] T-44 Pegasus: United States multi-engine trainer T-44C: 56 [1] Retirement starting in 2024, replaced by T-54: T-45 Goshawk: United Kingdom / United States jet trainer T-45C: 189 [1] T-54 Marlin II: United States multi-engine trainer T-54A: 2 [3] 8 on order with option for an additional 54 [1] C-26 Metroliner ...
This is a list of active United States Navy aircraft squadrons. Deactivated or disestablished squadrons are listed in the list of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons . Navy aircraft squadrons are composed of several aircraft (from as few as about four to as many as about a dozen), the officers who fly them, the officers and sailors ...
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
Former US Navy airfields located within the United States Installation name Location State End date Notes Ref. Naval Air Facility Adak: Adak: Alaska: 1997 Closed. Transferred to civilian use and became Adak Airport. [57] Naval Air Station Akron: Akron: Ohio: 1958 Closed. Transferred to civilian use and now Akron Fulton International Airport. [58]
The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1]
This is a list of United States Navy aircraft wings. The U.S. Navy first used the term "wing" to describe the level of command above its aircraft squadrons when it established five Patrol Wings in 1937. In 1938 it organized the squadrons flying from the five aircraft carriers in commission at the time into Carrier Air Groups.
On November 14, 1910, pilot Eugene Burton Ely took off in a Curtiss plane from the bow of Birmingham and later landed a Curtiss Model D on Pennsylvania on January 18, 1911. In fiscal year (FY) 1920, Congress approved a conversion of collier Jupiter into a ship designed for launching and recovering of airplanes at sea—the first aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.
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 published sources and may not be exhaustive.