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Bellanca 77-140 medium bomber: 1934 retired 1942: 4: Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol flying boat/amphibian: 1935 retired 1980s: 4,051 ca. Curtiss A-3/A-4 Falcon attack/light bomber: 1924 retired 1937: 155: Curtiss A-8 attack/light bomber: 1931 retired 1939: 13: Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack/light bomber: 1933 retired 1942: 46: Curtiss XA ...
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Light bomber /reconnaissance: Glenn L. Martin Company 1941 1941 1,575 Vultee A-31 / A-35 Vengeance: Dive bomber: Vultee Aircraft: 1941 Unknown 1,931 North American A-36: Ground attack/dive bomber North American Aviation: Developed from the North American P-51 Mustang. 1942 1942 500 Douglas A-26 Invader: Ground attack. Light bomber. Douglas ...
North American XB-28: US: Medium bomber: 1942: Prototype: 2: North American XB-70 Valkyrie: US: Jet: Heavy bomber: ... List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union ...
Many of the aircraft listed at that link were not shot down as a result of Cold War paranoia by US or USSR aircrews, but rather direct action by active combatants (for example, the two Air Rhodesia flights). The table lists air combat losses outside of the war zones, such as Korean War or Vietnam War.
The leg of the nuclear triad was the most versatile since bombers could be moved quickly and recalled if necessary to avoid unnecessary strikes. The U.S. bomber force during the Cold War consisted of B-52H and B-52G Stratofortresses, B-1 Lancers, and the newly commissioned B-2 Spirits. By 1990, the United States possessed 94 B-52H bombers, 96 B ...
The Sikorsky Ilya Muromets was designed by Igor Sikorsky as the first ever airliner, but it was turned into a bomber by the Imperial Russian Air Force.. The first strategic bombing efforts took place during World War I (1914–18), by the Russians with their Sikorsky Ilya Muromets bomber (the first heavy four-engine aircraft), and by the Germans using Zeppelins or long-range multi-engine Gotha ...
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War" The following 140 pages are in this category, out of 140 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .