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Contact us; Contribute Help; ... Graphical timeline of USAF fighter aircraft. Add languages. Add links. Template; ... ↓ First operational American jet. P-59 ...
Timeline of USN fighter jets. ↓ First American naval jet. FJ-1 Fury. F3D Skyknight. F-14 Tomcat. F2H Banshee. F-4 Phantom II. F9F Panther. F-8 Crusader. F/A-18 A/B ...
First purely jet-powered aircraft to land on an American aircraft carrier in 1946. [98] [99] 1945 [98] 1947 [34] [98] [99] 62 [34] [98] FJ-1 Fury: Fighter North American Aviation First jet aircraft in USN service to serve at sea under operational conditions. Also the first American jet fighter to employ a single, straight ram duct in its nose ...
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
The MiG-21 was the most widely produced jet fighter in history. The Korean War of 1950–1953 forced a major reconsideration of aircraft design. Guns proved unsuitable at such high speeds, while the need for multirole capability in battlefield support was rediscovered.
Jet Cargo/Transport aircraft: Manned 1985 1 [18] Will be upgraded to C-20 ER C-40A Clipper: Boeing USA Jet Cargo/Transport aircraft: Manned 2023 [94] 2 [95] 2 F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornet: McDonnell Douglas USA Jet Carrier-based Fighter: Manned 1985 186 [25] Scheduled to be replaced by F-35B/C Lightning II: F-35B/C Lightning II: Lockheed Martin USA Jet ...
In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with “B-”. Fighter aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations, from 1 to 5, based on technological level. [1] [2] An American F-16 fighter jet
The American Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor –the first U.S. fighter to exceed Mach 1 in level flight– met a similar fate for the same reason, and no hybrid rocket-and-jet-engine fighter design has ever been placed into service.