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This is a list of United States bomber aircraft, including those with the capability of bombing, ... Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber: 1947: retired 1977: 2,032:
United States strategic bomber: B-1B: 45 45 B-1B total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 40 B-1B operational (WAF 2025). [2] B-2 Spirit: United States stealth strategic bomber B-2A 20 20 B-2A total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 18 B-2A operational (WAF 2025). [2] B-52 Stratofortress: United States strategic bomber ...
Bomber: Manned 1997 [8] 19 [2] Stealth long-range nuclear-capable heavy bomber. To be replaced by the B-21 Raider around 2032. [8] One aircraft to be divested in FY2025. [10] B-21 Raider: Northrop Grumman: USA Jet Bomber: Optionally piloted [11] 3 [2] Stealth long-range nuclear-capable heavy bomber.
Carrier-based strategic bomber Douglas Aircraft Company 1952 1956 282 Douglas A-4 (A4D) Skyhawk: Attack aircraft, fighter, aggressor aircraft: Douglas Aircraft Company / McDonnell Douglas: 1954 1956 2,960 North American A-5 (A3J) Vigilante: Carrier-based nuclear bomber /reconnaissance aircraft [7] North American Aviation 1958 1961 167 Grumman A ...
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 ...
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
70th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas; 2d Air Force, 24 Jan 1955 – 25 Jun 1962 RB-47E (1955–1961), B-47E (1961–1962) 6th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron 26th Strategic Reconnaissance (later 681st Bombardment) Squadron Converted to B-47E medium bombers in late 1961; inactivated in 1962. 90th Strategic ...
1940s United States bomber aircraft (2 C, 46 P, 1 F) 1950s United States bomber aircraft (1 C, 12 P) 1960s United States bomber aircraft (1 P)