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This is a list of fighter aircraft used by the United States.

This includes those of the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, 1924–1962 Air Force, pre-1962 Navy, and undesignated military aircraft.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon (left), P-51D Mustang (bottom), F-86 Sabre (top), and F-22 Raptor (right) fly in formation; Heritage Flight over Davis-Monthan AFB
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    Army

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    This list includes aircraft operated by the United States Army, Army Signal Corps, and American Expeditionary Forces.
    Name Role Manufacturer Notes Year of

    first flight

    		Introduction Number built
    VE-8 Lewis & Vought Corporation Four ordered by the U.S. Army on October 11, 1918; two were canceled Unknown Unknown 2
    VE-9 Lewis & Vought Corporation 2 converted from VE-7 for U.S. Army; 22 built for the U.S. Army, 17 built for the U.S. Navy. Unknown Unknown 24 (US Army)

    17 (USN)

    Heinrich Pursuit Fighter Victor Aircraft Corporation The only known aircraft designed by Albert S. Heinrich. 1917 Never 4
    PG-1 Pursuit and ground attack aircraft Aeromarine Developed for and by the army; likely the firm's last place[1] 1922[1] Never[1] 3[1]
    XP-4 Prototype fighter Boeing 1927 Never 1
    XP-9 Experimental fighter Boeing First monoplane fighter produced by Boeing. 1930 Never 1

    Air Force

    [edit]
    This list includes aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and its predecessors: the United States Army Air Service (USAAS); the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC); and the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
    Name Role Manufacturer Notes Year of

    first flight

    		Introduction Number built
    VE-7 "Bluebird" Fighter/trainer Lewis & Vought Corporation First United States Navy fighter aircraft. Used as a racer and trainer. In 1922, a VE-7 became the first airplane to take off from an American aircraft carrier.[2][3] 1917[2] Unknown 128[2]
    E-1 Military trainer/early fighter Standard Aircraft Corporation 1917 Never 168
    M-8 Monoplane fighter Loening Aeronautical Engineering 1918 Never 55
    Orenco B Fighter Orenco 1918 Unknown Unknown
    MB-1 Fighter Thomas-Morse Aircraft 1918 Never 1
    MB-2 Fighter Thomas-Morse Aircraft 1918 Never 2
    LUSAC-11/21 Fighter Engineering Division/Packard Broke the world altitude record in 1920 and 1921 1918 Unknown 30
    TP-1 Biplane fighter Engineering Division Unknown Never 2
    MB-3 Fighter Thomas-Morse Aircraft  & Boeing 1919 1919 265
    VCP/PW-1 USAAS pursuit prototype Engineering Division 1920 Never 2
    PW-2 Monoplane fighter Loening Aeronautical Engineering 1920 Never 7
    P-6 Hawk Fighter Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Unknown 1927 70
    P-11 Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Three ordered with the Curtiss H-1640 Chieftain engine, two were completed with the V-1570 and redesignated P-6D Unknown Unknown 3?
    XP-17 Hawk Experimental Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Testbed for experimental Wright V-1470 engine. Unknown Never Unknown
    XP-21 Experimental
    XP-23 Hawk (Model 63) Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Unfinished P-6E with light alloy monocoque fuselage, improved tail, and a turbocharged G1V-1570C with a geared propeller and the turbocharger removed. Later redesignated YP-23. Never Never 0
    PA-1 Fighter Loening Aeronautical Engineering 1922 Never 1
    XPS-1 Fighter interceptor Dayton-Wright Airplane Company 1923 Never 3
    P-4 (PW-9) Pursuit fighter (PW-9) Boeing Conflicting designation with PW-8 (XP-4). 1923 1923 158
    P-1 (PW-8) Fighter Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company 1923 1923 202
    P-2 Hawk Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Engine refit of the P-1 Unknown Unknown 5
    XP-3/XP-3A Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Radial-engined version, converted from a P-1A Curtiss, R-1454 engine, later converted to XP-3A.

    XP-3A

    XP-3 re-engined with a Pratt & Whitney R-1340-1.

    		Unknown Unknown 1?
    XP-4 Hawk Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company P-1A modified with a Packard 1A-1530. Unknown Unknown 1?
    P-5 Superhawk Modified P-1A 5 (1 Prototype)
    XP-10 Biplane fighter Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Rejected due to performance issues and problems with the cooling systems. Retired 1928 Unknown Unknown 1
    XP-13 Viper Prototype biplane fighter Thomas-Morse 1929
    XP-7 Experimental fighter Boeing 1928 Never 1
    XP-8 Experimental fighter Boeing 1928 Never 1
    P-12/F4B Biplane fighter Boeing 1928[4] 1930 586
    XP-15 / XF5B-1 Prototype monoplane fighter Boeing Essentially a monoplane version of the Boeing P-12, differing in having the lower wing omitted and in having all-metal construction as well as altered ailerons. The XP-15 had a split-axle undercarriage and a tail wheel. 1930 Never 2
    P-16 Two-seat fighter Berliner-Joyce Aircraft Corporation 1930 1932 26
    YP-20 Biplane fighter Curtiss Never Never 1
    YP-24 Two-seat fighter Detroit Lockheed First fighter to bear Lockheed's name. 1931 Never 1
    Y1P-25 Consolidated Aircraft Further development of Lockheed YP-24 with all-metal wing and Curtiss V-1570-27 Conqueror engine. Unknown Never 1
    P-26 Peashooter Fighter Boeing First American produced all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps. 1932 Unknown 151
    XP-31 Swift Experimental monoplane fighter Curtiss Despite its innovations, the XP-31 did not offer any advantages compared to its rival the Boeing P-26 Peashooter.[5] 1932[5] Never 1[5]
    P-29 Fighter Attempt to produce a more advanced version of the P-26. Although slight gains were made in performance, the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Navy did not order the aircraft. 1934 Never 4
    P-30 (PB-2) Fighter Consolidated Aircraft 1934 Never 60
    P-35 Fighter Seversky 1935 1937 196
    AP-1 Seversky P-35 with a Pratt & Whitney R1830 engine. 1
    AP-2 Seversky From SEV-1-XP
    AP-9 Seversky Fighter trials aircraft developed in parallel to the AP-7
    P-36 Hawk Curtiss-Wright 1935 1938[6] 215 + 900 export variants.
    XPB-3/XFM-2 Heavy fighter/bomber destroyer Lockheed Corporation Cancelled in 1936 Never Never 0
    V-141 / V-143 Fighter Vought 1936 Never 1
    YFM-1 Airacuda Interceptor Bell Aircraft First military aircraft produced by Bell. 1937[7] 1940 13
    YP-37 Curtiss-Wright 1937 Never 14
    P-39 Airacobra Fighter Bell The P-39 was used by the Soviet Air Force, enabling individual Soviet pilots to collect the highest number of kills attributed to any U.S. fighter type flown by any air force in any conflict.[1] 1938 1941 9,558
    P-40 Warhawk Fighter Curtiss-Wright The P-40 design was a further development of the P-36 Hawk.[8][9] 1938[9] 1939[10] 13,738[11][8]
    P-38 Lightning Lockheed Corporation Incorporated a twin-boom design. 1939[12] 1941[13][14] 10,037[15][16]
    XP-41 Fighter Seversky Aircraft 1939 Never 1
    P-66 Vanguard Fighter Vultee Aircraft 1939 1941 146
    P-64 Fighter North American Aviation Series of fighters. 1939/1940 Never 13
    P-51 Mustang Fighter North American Aviation Used largely in WWII. 1940[17] 1942[18][19] 15,000+[20]
    P-43 Lancer Fighter Republic Aviation A proposed development was the P-44 Rocket. 1940 1941 272
    P-44 Rocket Fighter Republic Aviation Proposed P-43 version with Pratt & Whitney R-2180-1 engine Never Never 0
    XP-46 Fighter Curtiss-Wright 1941 Never 2
    P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter-bomber Republic Aviation Largest single-engine fighter airplane built and flown by any nation during World War II.[21] Features a massive water-cooled engine.[22] 1941[21][23] 1942[21][23] 15,636[21][23]
    XP-48 Fighter Douglas Aircraft Company Cancelled in 1940 Never Never 0
    XP-50 Heavy fighter/Interceptor Grumman Developed from the XF5F-1.

    Entered into a United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) contest for a twin-engine heavy interceptor aircraft. The USAAC placed an order for a prototype on 25 November 1939, designating it XP-50, but it lost the competition to the Lockheed XP-49.

    		1941[24] Never 1
    XP-60 Fighter Curtiss-Wright Developed as a successor to the P-40. All production models were ultimately canceled. 1941 Never 5
    XA-26A Night fighter Douglas Aircraft Company A-26 serial no. 41-19505 serving as a prototype night fighter with a crew of two – pilot plus radar-operator/gunner 1942 Never 1
    XP-49 Fighter Lockheed Corporation Developed from the P-38 Lightning in response to U.S. Army Air Corps proposal 39-775 1942 Never 1
    XP-53 Fighter Curtiss Model 88; derivative of XP-46; cancelled in favor of XP-60 in November 1941. Two built, one converted to the XP-60, the other used as a static test airframe. Unknown Unknown 1
    P-70 Havoc Night fighter Douglas Aircraft Company In October 1940, the USAAC felt a need for long-range fighters more than attack bombers. As a result, 60 A-20s were converted to P-70 night fighters Unknown 1942 60
    P-59 Airacomet Fighter Bell Aircraft First jet produced in the United States.[25][26] 1942 Unknown 66
    P-61 Black Widow Night fighter Northrop First American specifically designed as a night interceptor.[27] 1942[28][29][30] 1944[28][29][30] 706[30]
    XP-62 Interceptor Curtiss-Wright 1943[31] Never 1
    XP-54 Fighter Vultee Aircraft For U.S. Army Air Corps request R40C.[32] 1943 Never 2
    XP-55 Ascender Fighter Curtiss-Wright Used an unconventional pusher configuration. For U.S. Army Air Corps request R40C.[32] 1943[33] Never 3
    XP-57 Fighter Tucker Aviation Corporation Never Never 0
    XP-71 Curtiss-Wright Cancelled in 1943 Never Never 0
    P-75 Eagle Heavy fighter Fisher Body Division of General Motors 1943 Never 14
    P-73/D-2 Fighter-bomber Hughes Aircraft 1943 Never 1
    XF8B Fighter Boeing 1944 Never 3
    XP-67 Bat/Moonbat Interceptor McDonnell Aircraft 1944 Never 1
    XP-77 Experimental fighter Bell Aircraft Did not meet its projected performance. 1944 Never 2
    P-80 (F-80) Shooting Star Jet fighter Lockheed Corporation America's first successful turbojet-powered fighter.[25][34] 1944[25][35] 1945[34] 1,715[34][36]
    XP-79 Interceptor Northrop Corporation USAAF project number MX-365.

    A rocket/jet-powered flying wing

    		1945 Never 1
    XP-81 Escort fighter Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Designed to combine the use of a turbojet and a turboprop.[37] 1945[37][38] Never 2[37]
    F-82/P-82 Twin Mustang
    • Long-range escort fighter[39]
    • Night fighter
    • All-weather interceptor
    		 North American Aviation Last American piston-engine fighter ordered into production by the United States Air Force.[39] 1945[39] 1946[40] 272[41]/273[42]
    XP-83 Escort fighter Bell It was quickly outclassed due to the nature of post-WWII aviation developing rapidly.[43] 1945 Never 2
    F-84 Thunderjet Fighter-bomber Republic Aviation Initially sent to escort B-29s on long-range missions over North Korea, it excelled as a close air support and daytime interdiction strike aircraft.[44]

    First USAF jet fighter able to carry a tactical atomic weapon.[45]

    		1946[44][46][45] 1947[34] 7,524[34]
    F-86 Sabre Fighter aircraft North American Aviation Used extensively during the Korean War.[34] Built for a 1944 request for a single-seat high-altitude fighter.[47] Derived from the FJ Fury.[47] 1947[47] 1949[34][47] 9,860[34]
    XF-85 Goblin Parasite fighter McDonnell Aircraft Part of a conceptualized idea for Airborne aircraft carriers. 1948[48][49] Never[48] 2[48][50]
    XF-87 (XP-87) Blackhawk Interceptor Curtiss-Wright Designed as a replacement for the World War II–era P-61 Black Widow, the XF-87 lost the competition to the Northrop F-89. Its company's last aircraft project. 1948 Never 2
    XF-88 Voodoo Escort fighter McDonnell Aircraft Developed into the supersonic F-101 Voodoo. 1948 Never 2
    F-89 Scorpion Interceptor Northrop Corporation First fighter equipped with guided missile ability.[34] 1948[51] 1950[34][52] 1,052 (Including 2 Prototypes)[34][51]
    XF-92 Experimental point-defense interceptor Convair Led Convair to use the delta-wing on a number of designs, including the F-102 Delta Dagger, F-106 Delta Dart,  B-58 Hustler, the US Navy's F2Y Sea Dart as well as the VTOL FY Pogo. 1948 Never 1
    F-86D/K/L or YF-95 Sabre Dog[53][54] All-weather fighter-interceptor North American Aviation 1949[53][54][55][56] 1951[34][56] 2,847[34][54][56]
    XF-90 Fighter Lockheed Built in response to a United States Air Force requirement for a long-range penetration fighter and bomber escort. 1949 Never 2
    F-94/YF-97 Starfire All-weather interceptor Lockheed Corporation First jet-powered all-weather fighter to enter combat during the Korean War. 1949 1950[34] 855[34]
    F-98 Air-to-air missile Hughes Aircraft A brief designation for the AIM-4 Falcon. 1949 1956
    F-99 Bomarc Surface-to-air missile Boeing Pilotless Aircraft Division A brief designation for the CIM-10 BOMARC.

    First operational long-range SAM and the first operational pulse doppler aviation radar, it was the only SAM deployed by the United States Air Force.

    		1959
    YF-93 Fighter North American Aviation 1950 Never 2
    F-84F/XF-96 Thunderstreak Fighter-bomber Republic Aviation Intended to be a relatively simple upgrade to the F-84 Thunderjet[34] to make it more competitive with the F-86 Sabre. 1950 1954 3,428
    F-100 Super Sabre
    • Fighter
    • Fighter-bomber
    		 North American Aviation Capable of supersonic speed in level flight. 1953 1954 2,294
    F-102 Delta Dagger Interceptor Convair World's first supersonic all-weather jet interceptor and the USAF's first operational delta-wing aircraft.[57] 1953[57] 1956 1,000[57]
    F-101 Voodoo
    • Fighter aircraft
    • Fighter-bomber
    		 McDonnell Aircraft First designed at the end of WWII as a penetration fighter, it was adapted for close air support in 1954.[58][59] 1954[59] 1957[59] 807[59]
    F-104 Starfighter Lockheed 1954 1958 2,578
    XF-104 Starfighter Interceptor prototype Lockheed Corporation 1954 Never 2
    F-105 Thunderchief Fighter-bomber Republic Aviation Mach 2-capable 1955 1958 833
    XF-84H Thunderscreech Experimental fighter Republic Aviation Its name, Thunderscreech, is a reference to its extremely loud supersonic propeller.[60] 1955 Never 2
    F-106 Delta Dart All-weather fighter interceptor Convair Developed from the F-102 Delta Dagger. Originally designated F-102B.[61] 1956[61][62] 1959[61] 342 (2 prototypes, 277 F-106As, 63 F-106Bs)[61]
    XF-103 Interceptor Republic Aviation Canceled at mock-up stage.

    Request Issued by the USAF in 1949 for an advanced supersonic interceptor to equip the Air Defense Command.[63][64]

    		Never Never 0
    F-107 Fighter-bomber North American Aviation North American Aviation's entry in a United States Air Force tactical fighter-bomber design competition of the 1950s, based on the F-100 Super Sabre. Originally designated F-100B 1956 Never 3
    XF-108 Rapier Interceptor North American Aviation Never Never 0 (1 Mock-up)
    F-110 Spectre/F-4 Phantom II
    • Interceptor
    • Fighter-bomber
    		 Used extensively during Vietnam. The F-4, like other interceptors of its time, was initially designed without an internal cannon. Later models incorporated an M61 Vulcan. It set 15 world records for in-flight performance, including an absolute speed record and an absolute altitude record. 1958[65][66] 1963 (USAF)[67][68] 5,195[67][65][69]
    NF-104A Aerospace trainer Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1963 1963 3
    CL-1200 Lancer / X-27 Interceptor Lockheed Corporation Cancelled at mock-up stage Never Never 0
    YF-12 Interceptor Lockheed Corporation Mach 3+ Capable. Developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a potential replacement for the F-106 Delta Dart. Related to the SR-71 and A-12. 1963 Never 3
    F-12C Strategic reconnaissance Lockheed Corporation Unofficial cover designation for the SR-71 1964 1966 32
    F-111 Aardvark General Dynamics 1964[70][71] 1967[70] 536 (total)

    76 (FB-111)

    EF-111A Raven Electronic warfare General Dynamics/ Grumman 1977 1983 42
    F-117 Nighthawk Stealth attack aircraft Lockheed Corporation Previously a black project. 1981[72] 1983[72] 64
    XF-109 / D-188A VTOL fighter Bell Aircraft Corporation Cancelled 1961 Never Never 0 (1 Mock-up)
    Fighter concept Fairchild Aircraft/Hiller Aircraft Fairchild/Hiller's entry for the F-X program that later resulted in McDonnell Douglas's F-15 Eagle[73]
    NA-335 Fighter concept North American Aviation North American's entry for the F-X program that later resulted in McDonnell Douglas's F-15 Eagle[73]
    F-15 Eagle Air superiority Built to counter the newly-appearing MiG-25. Often known as one of the most successful fighter projects.[74][75][76] 1972[77] 1976[77] 1,198
    F-16 Fighting Falcon Multirole fighter, air superiority fighter Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. 1974 1978 4,604 (As of June 2018)
    YF-17 Cobra Prototype fighter aircraft Northrop The YF-17 was the culmination of several Northrop designs, beginning with the N-102 Fang; continuing through the F-5 family. 1974 Never 2
    F-15E Strike Eagle Multirole strike fighter
    • McDonnell Douglas(1985–1997)
    • Boeing Defense, Space & Security(1997–present)
    		 Evolution of the F-15 Eagle 1986 1988

    1989 (IOC)

    		525
    F-15EX Eagle II Multirole strike fighter Boeing Defense, Space & Security Upgrade of the F-15 Eagle/F-15E 2021[73][78]
    NF-15B STOL/MTD Technology demonstrator and research aircraft McDonnell Douglas Modified F-15 built for STOL. 1988 1991 1
    F-16XL Experimental fighter General Dynamics Entered the United States Air Force's (USAF) Enhanced Tactical Fighter(ETF) competition in 1981 and lost to the F-15E Strike Eagle. The two prototypes were shelved until turned over to NASA for additional aeronautical research in 1988. Both aircraft were fully retired in 2009 and stored at Edwards Air Force Base. 1982 Never 2[79]
    YF-22 Stealth fighter/technology demonstrator Lockheed / Boeing / General Dynamics Competed against the YF-23 in the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program. Further developed into the F-22. 1990 Never 2
    YF-23 Stealth fighter/ technology demonstrator Northrop/McDonnell Douglas Competed against the YF-22 in the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program. Unofficially nicknamed Black Widow II.[80][81] 1990 Never 2
    X-62 (NF-16D) VISTA Experimental
    • General Dynamics (later Lockheed Martin)
    • Calspan
    		 VISTA stands for Variable stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft.[82] 1992 Never 1
    F-22 Raptor Air superiority fighter The aircraft was designed as an air superiority fighter, but also incorporates ground attack, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence capabilities. 1997[83][84] 2005[84][85] 187 + 8 test Aircraft
    FB-22 Stealth bomber Lockheed Martin Proposal cancelled, developed from the F-22. Never Never 0
    F-35A Lightning II Multirole fighter Lockheed Martin From the Lockheed Martin X-35, which in 2001 beat the Boeing X-32 to win the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. 2006[34][86] 2016 (USAF) 1,000+[87] (in total)
    [edit]
    This list includes aircraft operated by the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard.
    Name Role Manufacturer Notes Year of

    first flight

    		Introduction Number built
    VE-7 "Bluebird" Fighter/trainer Lewis & Vought Corporation First United States Navy fighter aircraft. Used as a racer and trainer. In 1922, a VE-7 became the first airplane to take off from an American aircraft carrier.[2] 1917[2] Unknown 128[2]
    VE-9 Lewis & Vought Corporation 2 converted from VE-7 for U.S. Army; 22 built for the U.S. Army, 17 built for the U.S. Navy. Unknown Unknown 24 (US Army)

    17 (USN)

    HA Fighter/mail plane Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company 1918 Unknown 6
    18T Kirkham Two-seated fighter triplane Curtiss Engineering Corporation Intended to protect bombing aircraft over France. 1918 1919 Unknown
    M-8 Monoplane fighter Loening Aeronautical Engineering 1918 Never 55
    MB-3 Fighter Thomas-Morse Aircraft  & Boeing 1919 1919 265
    TS Naval fighter Naval Aircraft Factory & Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Unknown 1922 46
    XF10C Carrier fighter-bomber Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company O2C-2 re-engined with a R-1510 engine, temporarily designated XS3C-1 Unknown Unknown Unknown
    F6C Hawk Carrier-borne/land-based fighter Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Unknown 1925 75
    Model 83 Boeing One prototype with spreader-bar landing gear and 425 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340-8 engine, later designated XF4B-1 for Navy evaluation. 1
    Model 89 Boeing One prototype with split-axle undercarriage and provision for a 500 lb bomb on ventral rack, later designated XF4B-1 for Navy evaluation. 1
    FU Fighter Vought ??? 1927 20
    FB Carrier fighter Boeing Conflicting designation with PW-8 (XP-4). 1923 1923 158
    F3B Carrier-based fighter-bomber Boeing Production version, the F3B-1, was designated Model 77. 1928 1928 74
    XF6B / XBFB Carrier-based fighter-bomber Boeing Boeing's last Biplane design for the United States Navy. 1933 Never 1
    F2B Carrier fighter (FB series) Boeing Grounded after just 4.5 hours of flight testing. 1926 1928 33
    NF-1 Fighter prototype Seversky Single-seat fighter prototype for U.S. Navy evaluation 1
    F7C Seahawk Fighter Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company 1927 Never 17
    XFG & XF2G Fighter Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company 1927 Never 1
    F8C Falcon/Helldiver Carrier fighter-bomber Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Part of the Curtiss Falcon family. Four F8C-1 built in 1928 1928 Unknown 153
    P-12/F4B Biplane Fighter Boeing 1928[4] 1930 586
    XF2U Fighter Vought 1929[88] Never 1
    XF5B Prototype monoplane fighter Boeing Essentially a monoplane version of the Boeing P-12, differing in having the lower wing omitted and in having all-metal construction as well as altered ailerons. The XP-15 had a split-axle undercarriage and a tail wheel. 1930 Never 2
    XFJ Naval fighter Berliner-Joyce 1931 Never ?
    XFD Fighter Douglas Aircraft Company A victim of changing requirements, no production was undertaken. 1933 Never 1
    XF2J Two-seat carrier-based fighter Berliner-Joyce 1933 Never 1
    XFT Fighter Northrop Corporation 1933 Never 1
    XF7B Fighter Attempt to produce a more advanced version of the P-26. Although slight gains were made in performance, the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Navy did not order the aircraft. 1934 Never 4
    XFL Fighter Loening Aeronautical Engineering Won a 1933 competition, but Loening was busy building other aircraft, so the contract was canceled. Never Never 0
    BF2C Goshawk Carrier-based Fighter and fighter-bomber Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company 1930s naval biplane aircraft that saw limited success and was part of a long line of Hawk Series airplanes made by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the American military, and for export as the Model 68 Hawk III. ??? 1933 166
    F9C Sparrowhawk Parasite fighter Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company A specialized aircraft part of the conceptualized plan for Airborne Aircraftt Carriers. Carried by the United States Navy airships USS Akron and Macon. 1931 1931 7+[citation needed]
    FF Naval fighter Grumman First carrier aircraft with retractable landing gear. The FF-1 was Grumman's first complete aircraft design for the US Navy. Considered highly successful and setting a standard for Grumman Aircraft.[89] 1931 1933 85
    F11C Goshawk Carrier-based fighter and fighter-bomber Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Naval biplane fighter aircraft that saw limited success 1932 1932 30
    XF12C-1 Prototype parasol-wing fighter Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Powered by a 625 hp (466 kW) R-1510-92 radial, later converted into biplane as the XS4C-1. 1933 Never 1
    F2F Naval fighter Grumman Designed for both carrier- and land-based operation, it served as a standard for the United States Navy between 1936 and 1940. 1933 1935 55
    XF3U Fighter Vought 1933 Never 1
    XF3J Carrier fighter. Berliner-Joyce 1934 Never 1
    XF13C Fighter Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company 1934 Never 3
    SBC Helldiver Dive bomber Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company 1935 1938 257
    F3F Naval fighter Grumman Last biplane to be delivered to any American military air arm 1935 1936 147
    F2A Buffalo Fighter Brewster Aeronautical Corporation Won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the U.S. Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft. Although superior to the Grumman F3F biplane it replaced, and early F4Fs, the Buffalo was largely obsolete when the United States entered the war, being unstable and overweight, especially when compared to the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero. 1937 1939 509
    F4F Wildcat Carrier-based fighter aircraft Grumman First used by the British in the North Atlantic, the Wildcat was the only effective fighter available to the United States Navy & Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during the early part of the Second World War.[90][91] The Brewster Buffalo was withdrawn in favor of the Wildcat and replaced as aircraft became available. 1937[90] 1940[91] 7,885[90]
    F4U Corsair Carrier-based fighter-bomber Chance Vought Early problems with carrier landings and logistics led to it being eclipsed by the Grumman F6F Hellcat. 1940 1942 12,571
    XF5F Skyrocket Naval fighter Grumman 1940 Never 1
    XFL Airabonita Carrier-based interceptor aircraft Bell Developed from the P-39 Airacobra 1940 Never 1
    F6F Hellcat Naval fighter Grumman Designed to replace the F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero; it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second half of the Pacific War. It prevailed over its faster competitor, the Vought F4U Corsair, which initially had problems with visibility and carrier landings. 1942 1943[92] 12,275
    YF2L-1 Airacomet Fighter/Jet trainer Bell Aircraft First jet produced in the United States.[26][25] 1942 Unknown 66
    F7F Tigercat Heavy fighter Grumman Saw action as a night fighter and attack aircraft during the Korean War. The aircraft was only used in combat once, when Marine Corps night fighter squadron VMF(N)-513 flying F7F-3Ns saw action in the early stages of the Korean War, shooting down two Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes. 1943[93][94] 1944[93][94] 364[94]
    XF5U Fighter Vought Cancelled in 1947 1943 Never 2
    XF8B Fighter Boeing 1944 Never 3
    P-80 (F-80) Shooting Star Jet fighter Lockheed Corporation America's first successful turbojet-powered fighter.[25] 1944[25][35] 1945 1,715[36]
    F8F Bearcat Fighter Grumman Grumman Aircraft's last piston-engined fighter aircraft. 1944[95][96] 1945[95][96][97] 1,265[96]
    FR Fireball Fighter Ryan Aeronautical Navy's first aircraft with a jet engine. 1944 1945 71
    FH Phantom Carrier-based fighter[34] McDonnell Aircraft 1945 1947[34] 62[34]
    F2G Corsair Carrier-based fighter aircraft Goodyear Aircraft Developed from the Vought F4U Corsair. 1945 1945 10 + 1 Prototype
    FH Phantom Carrier-based fighter aircraft McDonnell Aircraft 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.[100]

    		1946[21] 1947[34]/1948[21] 30 + 3 Prototypes
    F6U Pirate Fighter Chance Vought Vought's first jet fighter, 1946 Never 33
    XF2R Dark Shark Fighter Ryan Aeronautical Combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion. 1946 Never 1
    F-9 (F9F) Panther Carrier-based fighter-bomber Grumman First jet-powered fighter aircraft operated by the United States Navy and Grumman's first jet fighter. Development commenced in the final months of World War II to harness the recent innovation of the jet engine 1947 1949[34] 1,385[34]
    F-2 (F2H) Banshee Carrier-based fighter McDonnell Aircraft The only jet-powered fighter to ever be deployed by the Royal Canadian Navy. 1947 1948[34] 895[34]
    F7U Cutlass Naval multirole fighter Chance Vought First tailless production fighter in the United States as well as United States Navy's first jet equipped with swept wings and the first to be designed with afterburners. 1948 1951 320
    F-10 (F3D) Skyknight Fighter Douglas Aircraft Company Designed in response to a requirement issued by the United States Navy in 1945 for a jet-powered, radar-equipped, carrier-based night fighter. 1948 1951 265
    F-1 (FJ-2/3) Fury Fighter North American Aviation Developed as a navalised F-86. 1951[citation needed] 1954[citation needed] 741[citation needed]
    F-6 (F4D) Skyray Fighter aircraft Douglas Aircraft Company The last fighter produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company prior to its merge with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas. 1951 1956 422
    F-3 (F3H) Demon Carrier-based all-weather interceptor McDonnell Aircraft The first swept wing jet fighter and the only single-engined carrier-based fighter McDonnell produced. Provided the basis for the F-4 Phantom.[101] 1951[101] 1956[101] 519[101]
    F-9 (F9F-6/7/9) Cougar Fighter Grumman 1951 1952 1,988
    XF10F Jaguar Prototype swing-wing fighter aircraft Grumman Although it never entered service, its research paved the way towards the General Dynamics F-111 and Grumman's F-14 Tomcat. 1952 Never 1
    F-7 (F2Y) Sea Dart Seaplane fighter Convair The program was canceled after a series of unsatisfactory results and a tragic accident in which test pilot Charles E. Richbourg was killed when the Sea Dart disintegrated in midair.[102] 1953[103] Never 5[102][103]
    F-1E/F (FJ-4) Fury Fighter North American Aviation 1954 Unknown 374
    XFV Tailsitting Experimental VTOL fighter aircraft Lockheed Corporation 1954 Never 1
    XFY Pogo Experimental VTOL fighter aircraft Convair Cold War-era vehicle. 1954 Never 1
    F-11 (F11F) Tiger Fighter Grumman Work on what would become the Tiger commended in 1952 as a design study, internally designated G-98, to improve the F9F-6/7 Cougar. 1954[104][105] 1956[106] 204[105]
    F-8 (F8U) Crusader Fighter Vought 1955 1957 1,219
    F5D Skylancer Fighter aircraft Douglas Aircraft Company A development of the F4D Skyray jet fighter for the United States Navy. Starting out as the F4D-2N, an all-weather version of the Skyray. 1956 Never 4
    F11F-1F/F-11B Super Tiger Fighter Grumman Company Designation Grumman(G)-98J 1956[106] Never 2[104][107]
    XF8U-3 Crusader III Fighter Chance Vought 1958 Never 5
    F-110 Spectre Redesignated and renamed to F-4 Phantom II in 1962
    F-4 Phantom II Interceptor, fighter-bomber McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

    McDonnell Douglas

    		Used extensively during Vietnam.The F-4, like other interceptors of its time, was initially designed without an internal cannon. Later models incorporated an M61 Vulcan. It set 15 world records for in-flight performance, including an absolute speed record and an absolute altitude record. 1958[65][66] 1960/1961 (USN)[67][68][108] 5,195[67][65][69]
    F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger II Light fighter Northrop Corporation Popular export aircraft 1959 1964[109][110] 2,603
    F-111B Interceptor General Dynamics and Grumman Planned as a follow-on to the F-4 Phantom II for the United States Navy (USN). 1965 Never 7
    CL-1400 Lockheed Corporation Proposed CL-1200 for the Navy. Never Never 0
    XF3L / D-188A VTOL fighter Bell Aircraft Corporation Cancelled 1961 Never Never 0 (1 Mock-up)
    F6D Missileer Fleet defense fighter Douglas Aircraft Company Designed in response to a 1959 United States Navy requirement. Never Never 0
    XFV-12 VTOL fighter Rockwell International Intended to combine the speed and armament of the F-4 Phantom II with V/STOL capabilities. Unknown Never 1
    F-14 Tomcat Interceptor; air superiority; multirole Grumman Developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.[111] 1970[112][111][113] 1974[111] 712[111]
    F/A-18 Hornet Multirole fighter McDonnell Douglas (1974–1997)

    Northrop (1974–1994) Boeing (1997–2000)

    		Used extensively by the U.S Navy 1978 1983 1,480
    F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Carrier-based multirole fighter McDonnell Douglas(1995–1997)

    Boeing Defense, Space & Security(1997–present)

    		1995 1999

    2001 (IOC)

    		≥632 as of April 2020
    F-35 Lightning II Multirole fighter Lockheed Martin From the Lockheed Martin X-35, which in 2001 beat the Boeing X-32 to win the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.

    USMC use F-35B; USN use F-35C.

    		2006 (F-35B) 2015 (USMC)[114]

    (F-35C) 2019 (USN)[115]

    		1,000+[87] (in total)
    F/A-XX Program/project None Built for as part of Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program Not yet Not yet Not yet

    Foreign-built fighters

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    Name Role Origini Manufacturer Notes Year of

    first flight

    		Introduction Number built
    R.11 Heavy fighter  France Caudron 1916 1918 370
    S.E.5 Single-seat fighter  United Kingdom Royal Aircraft Factory 1916 1917 5,205
    Camel Biplane fighter  United Kingdom Sopwith Aviation Company 1916 1917 5,490
    D.VII Fighter Fokker-Flugzeugwerke 1918 Unknown ~3,300
    D.VIII Fighter Fokker-Flugzeugwerke 1918 ~381
    PW-5 Fighter Fokker-Flugzeugwerke 1921 1922 22
    F-21 Kfir Fighter-bomber, multirole fighter  Israel Israel Aircraft Industries 1973 1976 220+
    YF-110B  Soviet Union Mikoyan-Gurevich Captured MiG-21F-13 under Have Doughnut.[116]
    YF-110C  China Chengdu Aircraft Corporation/Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation Captured J-7B.[116]
    YF-110D  Soviet Union Mikoyan-Gurevich Captured MiG-21MF under Have Doughnut.[116]
    YF-110E/L/M Captured aircraft of unknown type under Have Phoenix.[116]
    YF-112C/D Sukhoi East German Su-22M4.[116]
    YF-113A Mikoyan-Gurevich Captured MiG-17F under Have Drill.[116]
    YF-113B Mikoyan-Gurevich Captured MiG-23BN.[116]
    YF-113C Shenyang Captured J-5 under Have Privilege, later reused for unknown type under Have Phoenix.[116]
    YF-113D Mikoyan-Gurevich Captured MiG-23MS.[116]
    YF-113G Possible USAF black project.[116]
    YF-113H Captured aircraft of unknown type under Have Phoenix.[116]

    Export-only fighters

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    Name Role Manufacturer Notes Year of

    first flight

    		Introduction Number built
    Model 100A/D/E/F Civil application and experimental Boeing Model 100E exported to Siamese Air Force, two built, one later transferred to the Japanese Navy 1929 Unknown 9
    Hawk III Fighter-bomber Curtiss Export version of BF2C-1 137
    Hawk IV
    		 Fighter-bomber Curtiss Export version of BF2C-1 1
    Model 218 Boeing Prototype of the P-12E/F4B-3 variant, after evaluation sold to the Chinese Air Force.
    Model 256 Boeing Export version of the F4B-4 for Brazilian Navy 14
    Model 267 Boeing Export version for Brazil with an F4B-3 fuselage and P-12E wings. 9
    P-400 Export fighter Bell Export model of the P-39, uses a 20mm Hispano cannon rather than the 37mm. Unknown Unknown Unknown
    CW-21 Fighter Curtiss-Wright Corporation 1938 1939 62
    F-86K Fighter North American Aviation NATO version of F-86D
    CF-104 Starfighter Interceptor aircraft, fighter-bomber Canadair Modified version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft built in Canada by Canadair under licence 1961 1962 200
    F-104S Starfighter Interceptor Aeritalia Licensed production Italian version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. 1966 1969 246
    F-111C Fighter-bomber & reconnaissance aircraft General Dynamics Nicknamed the "Pig." An export variant for Australia. 1968 1973 28
    F-111K Tactical Strike

    Low-Level Interdiction

    Reconnaissance

    		General Dynamics The project was initiated in 1965 following the cancellation of the BAC TSR-2 strike aircraft, producing an aircraft for the specific needs of the United Kingdom. Never Never 0
    CF-5/CF-116/NF-5 Freedom Fighter Fighter-bomber Canadair Canadian licensed-built Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter. In service with the Royal Netherlands Air Force as the NF-5. 1968 1968[citation needed] 240
    F-15J/DJ Air superiority fighter Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

    McDonnell Douglas

    		Licensed built F-15 for Japan. 1980[117] 1982[117] 213[117]
    F-15I Ra'am F-15E Strike Eagle for Israel
    F-15K Slam Eagle Derivative of the Strike Eagle for the Republic of Korea Air Force
    F-15S Derivative of the Strike Eagle for the Royal Saudi Air Force
    F-15SA Advanced version of the F-15S.[118]

    Saudi Advanced.[119]

    		84[118]
    F-15SG (F-15T) Derivative of the Strike Eagle for the Republic of Singapore Air Force.
    F-15QA Qatar Advanced.[120]
    F-15IA Israel Advanced. Based on the F-15EX
    F-15H Hellas. Proposed variant for the Hellenic AF.
    F-15GA German Advanced.

    Proposed variant for the Luftwaffe. Chose F-35s and Eurofighter Typhoons instead.

    F-16I Sufa For Israel
    F-16IN For the Indian MRCA competition for the Indian Air Force, Lockheed Martin offered the F-16IN Super Viper.
    F-35I Adir For Israel

    Experimental fighters not for military service

    [edit]

    Does not include those with a predesignated service had the aircraft been implemented. For example, the F2Y Sea Dart is not listed below as it was intended for naval service.

    Name Role Manufacturer Notes Year of

    first flight

    		Introduction Number built
    Pigeon-Fraser Pursuit/fighter George N. Albree First pursuit aircraft project for the United States Government. 1917 Never 3
    TM-23 Biplane fighter[121] Thomas-Morse Aircraft 1924 Never 1
    HT-2 Speed Scout Experimental observation fighter seaplane Burgess Company 1917? Never 8
    Model S Fighter Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Curtiss' first attempt at a fast and maneuverable single-seat fighter. First triplane in service in the United States 1917
    Orenco D Fighter Orenco/Curtiss Aircraft First fighter type of completely indigenous design (as opposed to foreign types or American-built versions of foreign types) to enter US military service 1919 Unknown 54
    YP-27 Proposal Consolidated Aircraft Proposed variant of Y1P-25 Never Never 0
    Y1P-28 Proposal Consolidated Aircraft Proposed variant of Y1P-25 Never Never 0
    XP-33 Proposal Proposed version; unbuilt 0
    MB-9 Fighter Thomas-Morse Aircraft Quickly abandoned project 1922 Never 1
    XFH Fighter Hall Aluminum Company First fighter with a semi-monocoque metal fuselage. 1929 Never 1
    XP-18 Proposed monoplane biplane fighter Curtiss Ordered in 1930. Cancelled before any were built. Never Never 0
    XP-19 Proposed monoplane biplane fighter Curtiss Design was cancelled before any were built. Never Never 0
    XP-52/XP-59 Cancelled fighter project Bell Aircraft Corporation When the project was canceled the designation XP-59A was used as a cover for a secret jet fighter prototype, which would enter production as the P-59 Airacomet. Never Never 0
    XP-56 Black Bullet Fighter Northrop Corporation 1943 Never 2
    XP-58 Chain Lightning Heavy fighter Lockheed Plagued by technical problems with its engines that led to the project's cancellation. 1944 1
    XP-68 Tornado Fighter Vultee Aircraft World War II-era high-altitude interceptor aircraft. Cancelled project. Never Never 0
    XP-72 Fighter-interceptor Republic Aviation Development of the P-47 Thunderbolt. 1944 Never 2
    XF-91 Thunderceptor Prototype interceptor Republic Aviation 1949[122] Never 2
    F-20/F-5G Tigershark Fighter aircraft Northrop Corporation An evolution of the F-5 1982 Never 3
    AFTI/F-111A Aardvark Research aircraft General Dynamics/Boeing 1985 1985 1
    CL-288 Conceptual Interceptor aircraft Lockheed Corporation Never Never 0
    X-32 JSF Experimental stealth fighter Boeing Beaten by the Lockheed Martin X-35 in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. 2000 Never 1
    X-35 JSF Concept demonstrator aircraft (CDA) & experimental stealth fighter Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Further developed into the F-35 Lightning II in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.[123][124] 2000[124][125] Never[124] 2
    F-19 Speculative designation. Possibly classified.

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