Military aircraft list
This is a list of models of military aircraft and some of their manufacturers. Please add information where appropriate.
AIRCRAFT DESIGNATIONS
US CODING SYSTEM
US Army (US Air Force from 1948) and US Navy kept separate designation systems from WW1 until 196x, when they were combined, and all numbers started from 1 again. New system more closely resembled that of USAF.
- A Attack
- B Bomber
- C Cargo
- E Electronic installation
- F Fighter (was Foto Reconnaissance)
- H Helicopter
- K Tanker
- O Observation
- P Patrol (was Pursuit = Fighter)
- R Reconnaisance
- Q Drone
- S Anti-submarine
- T Trainer
- U Utility
- V Vtol or Stol
- X Experimental
SPECIFIC US PLANES
Attack
- A-4 Skyhawk Douglas
- A-6E Intruder Grumman
- A-7 Corsair LTV- Vought
- A-7 Strikefighter LTV- Vought
- A-10 Thunderbolt Republic
- A-26 Invader Douglas
- AH-1 Huey Cobra Bell
- AV-1B Harrier McDonnell-Douglas and British Aeorospace
Bomber
- B-1 Rockwell
- B-2 Stealth Bomber
- B-17 Flying Fortress Boeing
- B-24 Liberator
- B-29 Superfortress Boeing
- B-47 Stratojet Boeing
- B-52 Stratofortress Boeing
Cargo
- C-5 Galaxy Lockheed
- C-17 Globemaster 3 Boeing
- C-130 Hercules Lockheed
- C-133 Cargomaster Douglas
- C-141 Starlifter Lockheed
Cargo Helicopter
- CH-47C Chinook Boeing
- CH-54A Skycrane Sikorsky
Electronic
- E-1B Tracer
- E-2C Hawkeye Grumman
- E-3A Sentry or AWACS Boeing
- EC-135 Boeing
Fighter
- F-2
- F-4 Phantom McDonald-Douglas
- F-4UD Corsair Chance-Vought LTV
- F-5 Northrop
- F-14 Tomcat Grumman
- F-15 Eagle McD-D
- F-16 Fighting Falcon General Dynamics
- FA-18 Hornet McD-D
- F-19 Stealth fighter Lockheed
- F-20 Tigershark Northrop (based on F-5)
- F-21 Lavi fighter Israel Aircraft Industries
- F-56 Maverick
- F-80 Shooting Star Lockheed
- F-84 Thunderjet
- F-86 Sabre North American
- F-100 Supersabre North American
- F-101 Voodoo
- F-102 Delta Dagger Douglas
- F-103
- F-104 Starfighter Lockheed
- F-105 Thunderchief Republic
- F-106 Delta Dart Douglas
- F-107
- F-111 General Dynamics
- F-117 Nighthawk Lockheed
Tanker
- KC-10 Extender McD-D/Boeing
- KC-135 Stratotanker Boeing
Observation
Patrol
- P-2 Neptune
- P-3C Orion Lockheed
Pursuit
- P-38 Lightning Lockheed
- P-47 Thunderbolt Republic
- P-51 Mustang North American
- P-61 Black Widow
Drone
Reconaissance
Trainer
- T-38 Talon Grumman
- T-45A Goshawk British Aerospace
- U-21A Ute Raytheon
Utility
- UH-1H Iroquois Bell
- UH-60 Black Hawk Sikorsky
Vertical Take off and Landing
- V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor Bell, Boeing Vertol
Experimental
- X-15 Spaceplane
- X-31 Hypersonic jet or Orient Express
- X-45 pilotless combat aircraft
X numbers will vary
RUSSIAN PREFIXES
SPECIFIC SOVIET/RUSSIAN PLANES
- Tu-95 Bear
- Mya-4 Bison
- Tu-16 Badger
- Tu-22 Blinder
- Tu-22-M26 Backfire
- Su-7 A
- Mig-21 Fishbed
- Mig-25 Foxbat
- Mig-27 Flogger D S
- Su-17 Fitter D H
- Su-24 Foncer
- Su-27
- Mig-23 Flogger B C
- Yak-36 Forger
Aircraft of the Luftwaffe
Aircraft of the German Luftwaffe, 1935-1945. The Luftwaffe was officially announced 1 March 1935, although training and development had been proceeding in secret since 1925.
List in numerical order (still incomplete):
- Dornier Do 17 `Flying Pencil', mail-plane + bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter
- Dornier Do 18, bomber + reconnaissance flying-boat
- Dornier Do 24, transport + reconnaissance flying-boat
- Dornier Do 26, transport + reconnaissance flying-boat
- Blohm und Voss Bv 40, glider interceptor
- Heinkel He 51, fighter (biplane)
- Junkers Ju 52, transport + bomber
- Focke-Wulf Fw 58 `Weihe', trainer
- Heinkel He 59, seaplane
- Arado Ar 80, fighter (prototype)
- Junkers Ju 86, bomber + reconnaissance
- Junkers Ju 87 `Stuka', dive-bomber
- Junkers Ju 88, bomber + reconnaissance + night-fighter
- Heinkel He 100, fighter
- Fieseler Fi 103 (V-1), pilotless bomber
- Messerschmitt Bf 108 `Taifun' (Typhoon), trainer + transport
- Messerschmitt Bf 109, fighter
- Messerschmitt Bf 110, heavy fighter + night-fighter
- Heinkel He 111, bomber
- Heinkel He 112, fighter
- Heinkel He 113, (alternative designation for He 100)
- Heinkel He 115, general-purpose seaplane
- Henschel Hs 123, ground-attack (biplane)
- Fieseler Fi 126 `Storch' (Stork), military cooperation
- Henschel Hs 126, reconnaissance (note duplication of number)
- Henschel Hs 129, ground-attack
- Blohm und Voss BV 138, flying-boat
- Focke-Wulf Ta 152, fighter (derived from Fw 190)
- Focke-Wulf Ta 154 `Moskito' (Mosquito), night-fighter
- Blohm und Voss Bv 155, high-altitude interceptor (formerly Me 155)
- Focke-Wulf Fw 159, fighter (prototype only)
- Heinkel He 162 `Salamander', fighter (jet-engined)
- Messerschmitt Me 163 `Komet' (Comet), interceptor (rocket-engined)
- Heinkel He 177, long-range bomber
- Heinkel He 178, jet-engined experimental aircraft
- Focke-Wulf Fw 187 `Falke' (Falcon), heavy fighter
- Junkers Ju 188, bomber
- Focke-Wulf Fw 189, ground-attack
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190, fighter
- Focke-Wulf Fw 200 `Condor', maritime patrol-bomber
- Messerschmitt Me 209, fighter + speed-record aircraft (prototype)
- Messerschmitt Me 209-II, fighter (prototype - completely different to Me 209)
- Messerschmitt Me 210, heavy fighter + reconnaissance (prototype)
- Dornier Do 215, bomber + night-fighter
- Dornier Do 217, bomber + night-fighter
- Heinkel He 219 `Uhu' (Owl), night-fighter
- Blohm und Voss BV 222 `Wiking' (Viking), transport flying-boat
- Gotha Go 229, fighter (flying-wing)
- DFS 230, transport glider
- Arado Ar 234 `Blitz' (Lightning), bomber (jet-engined)
- Arado Ar 240, heavy fighter + attack
- Gotha Go 242, transport glider
- Messerschmitt Me 262 `Schwalbe' (Swallow), fighter + attack (jet-engined)
- Messerschmitt Me 263, interceptor (rocket-engined)
- Messerschmitt Me 264, long-range bomber
- Heinkel He 280, fighter (jet-engined)
- Junkers Ju 288, bomber (prototype)
- Messerschmitt Me 290, maritime patrol + bomber + reconnaissance
- Henschel Hs 293, glide bomb (rocket-powered)
- Messerschmitt Me 309, fighter (prototype)
- Messerschmitt Me 323 `Gigant' (Giant), transport
- Dornier Do 335 `Pfeil' (Arrow), fighter-bomber (push-pull engine configuration)
- Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Adder), interceptor (rocket-engine)
- Junkers Ju 388 `Störtebeker', reconnaissance + night-fighter
- Junkers Ju 390, long-range bomber
- Messerschmitt Me 410 `Hornisse' (Hornet), heavy fighter + reconnaissance
- Arado Ar 440, heavy fighter + attack
- Junkers Ju 488, bomber
Other Military Planes of WWII
- Mitsubishi g4M1
- Mitsubishi Zero
- Betty
- Supermarine Spitfire