Cold War Fighter Jets
With over 100 years of service air force fighter jets have met.
Cold war fighter jets. West germany airbus a310 boeing 707 canadair challenger convair c 131 samaritan de havilland heron 2d dornier do ds 10 dornier do 27 a b dornier do 28a 1 d skyservant dornier do 228 201 dornier do 29 dornier do 32 e dornier do 34 douglas a 26 invader only used for target towing douglas c 47. 1960s experimental vtol aircraft. There are a total of 388 cold war us. Sukhoi su 47s 37 berkut 1 firkin.
Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1 to z. Though they were designed and built in the cold war the f 15 and f 16 remain the backbone of the air forces fighter fleet. This speedy little plane was capable of flying at mach 23 1525mph and was one of the first to employ a delta wing design which was inspired by nazi designs from world war ii. The mig 21 is known largely as fodder for the other great fighters of the cold war and for having an abysmal kill ratio.
Though americas aerial warfare beginnings were humble the air force now has the worlds best fighters. The cold war proved itself a very real war with lives lost evolving technologies and punchescounter punches. Business insider the surest way to secure the skies over a battlefield is with fighter aircraft and nobody knows that better than the us air force. There are a total of 806 cold war aircraft 1947 1991 entries in the military factory.
This list of military aircraft of the united states includes prototype pre production and operational types. A few of the most versatile fighter jets from the cold war are up for auction and ready to flywith some. For aircraft in service see the list of active united states military aircraftprototypes are normally prefixed with x and are often unnamed note that these are not the same as the experimental x planes which are not generally expected to go into production while pre production. 1 1931 fighter armed with recoilless 76 mm cannons.
Aircraft 1947 1991 entries in the military factory. F 22 raptor and f 35 lightning ii two f 22s and two f 35s. The fishbed in nato terminology has served as a convenient victim in. Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator.
1 reconnaissancestrikeinterceptor cancelled.