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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 pictures demonstrate the amazing visual effects that occur as military aircraft punch through the sound barrier and travel faster than sound itself. 11 photos of America's fighter jets ...
The Army Air Force conducted combat trials against propeller-driven Lockheed P-38J Lightning and Republic P-47D Thunderbolt fighters in February 1944 and found that the older aircraft outperformed the jet. It, therefore, decided that the P-59 was best suited as a training aircraft to familiarize pilots with jet-engine aircraft. [10] [11]
A total of 445 Air Force Phantom fighter-bombers were lost, 370 in combat and 193 of those over North Vietnam (33 to MiGs, 30 to SAMs and 307 to AAA). [92] The RF-4C was operated by four squadrons, [93] and of the 83 losses, 72 were in combat including 38 over North Vietnam (seven to SAMs and 65 to AAA). [92]
The Air Force is seeking to divest 11 older F-16C/Ds in FY2025. [48] F-22A Raptor: Lockheed Martin: USA Jet Air superiority: Manned 2005 [49] 183 [2] Stealth capable aircraft. To be replaced by NGAD. The Air Force is seeking to divest 32 Block 20 F-22s in FY2025. [50] F-35A Lightning II: Lockheed Martin USA Jet Multirole: Manned 2016 [49] 302 [2]
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft.As a product of the United States Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was designed as an air superiority fighter, but also incorporates ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence capabilities.
The video released on Monday, taken from an Air Force F-16, shows the U.S. aircraft flying near a Russian Tu-95 aircraft. A second Russian jet, identified as a Su-35, then darts between the F-16 ...
The air show was the first official look at the land-based J-35A, a fighter jet that has been in the works, in one form or another, for well over a decade. It's based on an earlier design ...