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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, supersonic stealth strike fighters. A multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions, it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor, with partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. The aircraft has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A, the short take-off and vertical-landing F-35B, and the carrier variant catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery F-35C. With 883 aircraft in service as of 2025, it is the world's fourth-most-numerous military aircraft, and most-numerous stealth aircraft.
Dassault Rafale
French multi-role combat aircraft
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
multi-role combat aircraft family by McDonnell Douglas
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
fighter aircraft family by the Grumman Corporation
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
1958 fighter aircraft family
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Japanese fighter aircraft
Hawker Hurricane
1935 fighter aircraft family by Hawker
Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet
multi-role combat aircraft series by Boeing
Vought F4U Corsair
1940 fighter aircraft family by Chance Vought
Grumman F6F Hellcat
1942 fighter aircraft family by the Grumman Corporation
Sukhoi Su-33
carrier-based interceptor version of the Su-27 fighter aircraft
Grumman F4F Wildcat
1937 fighter aircraft family by the Grumman Corporation
Grumman Avenger
1941 torpedo bomber aircraft model
Douglas SBD Dauntless
1940 dive bomber aircraft family
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
1954 attack aircraft family by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Fairey Swordfish
1934 carrier-based torpedo bomber family
Aichi D3A
Japanese dive bomber
Gloster Gladiator
1934 fighter aircraft family by Gloster
Grumman A-6 Intruder
1960 attack aircraft family by the Grumman Corporation
Nakajima B5N
1937 attack aircraft family by Nakajima; Japan's primary carrier torpedo bomber in service at the start of World War II
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
1978 V/STOL attack aircraft family by McDonnell Douglas/Boeing
Douglas Skyraider
1945 attack aircraft family by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Vought F-8 Crusader
1955 fighter aircraft family by Ling-Temco-Vought
de Havilland Vampire
1943 fighter aircraft family; first single-engine jet in RAF service
Brewster F2A Buffalo
1937 fighter aircraft family by Brewster
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
carrier-capable airborne early warning aircraft family by the Grumman Corporation
Yakovlev Yak-38
Soviet carrier-capable fighter aircraft
Super Étendard
attack aircraft model by Dassault
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
1940 scout bomber aircraft family
LTV A-7 Corsair II
1967 attack aircraft family by Ling-Temco-Vought
A5M
1936 fighter aircraft family by Mitsubishi; world's first monoplane carrier-based fighter to enter service
Boeing EA-18G Growler
electronic warfare aircraft model by Boeing
Douglas TBD Devastator
1935 torpedo bomber aircraft family
Shenyang J-15
2009 carrier-based fighter aircraft
Yakovlev Yak-141
prototype VTOL interceptor aircraft
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei
Japanese dive bomber
Shenyang J-35
Chinese fifth-generation jet fighter
Grumman EA-6B Prowler
electronic warfare aircraft model by the Grumman Corporation
Sea Fury
carrier-based fighter aircraft
Aichi B7A Ryusei
1940s carrier-based attack aircraft by Aichi
North American A-5 Vigilante
1958 attack aircraft family
Blackburn Buccaneer
1958 attack aircraft family
Douglas A-3 Skywarrior
1952 carrier-capable attack aircraft family by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Lockheed S-3 Viking
anti-submarine aircrraft family by Lockheed
British Aerospace Sea Harrier
fighter aircraft series by BAE Systems
Grumman F11F Tiger
fighter aircraft family by the Grumman Corporation
de Havilland Sea Vixen
carrier-based fighter aircraft family
MiG-29K
carrier-based multirole combat aircraft
Grumman F9F Panther
straight wing carrier-based fighter aircraft family by Grumman
Grumman F8F Bearcat
1944 fighter aircraft family by Grumman
Nakajima B6N Tenzan
1941 torpedo bomber family by Nakajima
Grumman S-2 Tracker
anti-submarine aircraft family by the Grumman Corporation
Skua
fighter-bomber aircraft family by Blackburn
Grumman C-2 Greyhound
carrier onboard delivery aircraft family by the Grumman Corporation
McDonnell F3H Demon
1951 fighter aircraft family
Supermarine Seafire
1942 fighter aircraft family by Supermarine
Vought F7U Cutlass
fighter aircraft family by Vought
McDonnell F2H Banshee
fighter aircraft family
Fairey Albacore
1938 torpedo bomber
Grumman F9F Cougar
fighter aircraft series