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This is a list of United States bomber aircraft

1915-1935

Name of Bomber Country
of origin		 Year of
first flight		 Retired/Status Number
built		 Photo
Curtiss Model H patrol flying boat  United States 1917 retired 478
Curtiss HS patrol flying boat  United States 1917 retired 1,178
Curtiss F5L patrol flying boat  United States 1918 retired 227
Martin MBT/MT  United States 1918 retired 20
Bellanca 77-140 medium bomber  United States 1934 retired 1942 4
Consolidated P2Y patrol flying boat  United States 1929 retired 1941 78
Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol flying boat/amphibian  United States 1935 retired 1980s 4,051 ca.
Curtiss A-3/A-4 Falcon attack/light bomber  United States 1924 retired 1937 155
Curtiss A-8 attack/light bomber  United States 1931 retired 1939 13
Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack/light bomber  United States 1933 retired 1942 46
Curtiss XA-14 attack/light bomber  United States 1935 retired prototype 1
Curtiss A-18 Shrike attack/light bomber  United States 1935 retired 1943 13
Curtiss B-2 Condor heavy bomber  United States 1929 retired 1934 13
Curtiss BF2C Goshawk fighter-bomber  United States 1933 retired 1949 166
Curtiss CS torpedo bomber  United States 1923 retired 83
Curtiss SBC Helldiver dive bomber  United States 1935 retired 1943 257
Curtiss T-32 Condor II bomber/transport  United States 1933 retired 45
Douglas DT torpedo bomber  United States 1921 retired 90
Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber  United States 1935 retired 1946 350
Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber  United States 1935 retired 1944 130
Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber  United States 1931 retired prototype 8
Fokker XB-8 heavy bomber  United States 1929 retired prototype 7
Great Lakes BG dive bomber  United States 1933 retired 1941 61
Huff-Daland XB-1 heavy bomber  United States 1927 retired prototype 1
Keystone B-3 light bomber  United States 1929 retired 1940 36
Keystone B-4 heavy bomber  United States 1930 retired 30
Keystone B-5 heavy bomber  United States 1929 retired 30
Keystone B-6 heavy bomber  United States 1931 retired 44
Martin B-10 & related heavy bomber  United States 1932 retired 1949 342
Martin NBS-1 night bomber  United States 1920 retired 1929 130
Martin T3M torpedo bomber  United States 1926 retired 1932 124
Martin T4M torpedo bomber  United States 1927 retired 1938 155
Northrop A-17 light bomber  United States 1935 retired 1958 446
Northrop BT dive bomber  United States 1935 retired 1941 55

1936-1945

Name of Bomber Country
of origin		 Year of
first flight		 Retired/Status Number
built		 Photo
Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly medium/attack bomber  United States 1944 retired prototype 2
Boeing B-29 Superfortress/Washington heavy bomber  United States 1942 retired 1960 3,970
Boeing Model 306 heavy bomber  United States n/a abandoned 1935 project 0 [[File:|100px]]
Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber  United States 1937 retired prototype 1
Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress heavy bomber  United States 1943 retired prototype 1
Boeing XB-39 Superfortress heavy bomber  United States 1944 retired prototype 1
Boeing XF8B fighter bomber  United States 1944 retired prototype 3
Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger maritime patrol bomber  United States 1942 retired prototype 1
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber  United States 1941 retired 1944 771
Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber  United States 1939 retired 1968 18,482[notes 1]
Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber  United States 1942 retired 1945 118
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber  United States 1943 retired 1962 739
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado maritime patrol flying boat  United States 1937 retired 1945 217[notes 1]
Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor maritime patrol flying boat  United States 1939 retired prototype 1
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver/A-25 Shrike dive bomber  United States 1940 retired 1959 7,140
Curtiss XBTC torpedo bomber  United States 1945 retired prototype 2
Curtiss XSB3C dive bomber  United States n/a abandoned 1941 project 0 [[File:|100px]]
Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft  United States 1945 retired 1985 3,180
Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bomber  United States 1939 retired 1949 7,478[notes 2]
Douglas A-26 Invader medium bomber  United States 1942 retired 1980 2,452
Douglas XB-19 heavy bomber  United States 1941 retired prototype 1
Douglas XB-22 medium bomber  United States n/a abandoned project 0 [[File:|100px]]
Douglas B-23 Dragon medium bomber  United States 1939 retired 38[notes 1]
Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber  United States 1940 retired 1959 5,936
Douglas BTD Destroyer torpedo bomber/dive bomber  United States 1943 retired 1945 30
Douglas XTB2D Skypirate torpedo bomber  United States 1945 retired prototype 2
Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber  United States 1941 retired 1966 9,839 File:TBF Avenger in Flight.jpg
Grumman AF Guardian anti-submarine aircraft  United States 1945 retired 1955 389[notes 3]
Grumman XTB2F torpedo bomber  United States n/a abandoned 1944 project 0
Hall XPTBH torpedo bomber  United States 1937 retired prototype 1
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK torpedo/dive bomber - prototype  United States 1945 retired prototype 5
Lockheed Hudson medium bomber/maritime patrol  United States 1938 retired 1948 2,941
Lockheed P2V Neptune maritime patrol  United States 1945 retired 1984 1,132
Lockheed Ventura/Harpoon medium bomber/maritime patrol  United States 1941 retired 1974 3,010
Lockheed XB-30 heavy bomber - project  United States n/a abandoned project 0
Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber  United States 1940 retired 1946 5,288
Martin Baltimore medium bomber  United States 1941 retired 1949 1,575
Martin PBM Mariner maritime patrol  United States 1939 retired 1964 1,285
Martin Maryland medium bomber/reconnaissance bomber  United States 1939 retired 1945 450
Martin AM Mauler attack aircraft  United States 1944 retired 1953 151
Martin XB-27 heavy bomber  United States n/a abandoned project 0 [[File:|100px]]
Martin XB-33 Super Marauder heavy bomber  United States n/a abandoned project 0 [[File:|100px]]
Naval Aircraft Factory SBN dive bomber  United States 1936 retired 1942 31
North American A-27 attack  United States 1940 retired 1941 10
North American T-6 Texan light attack  United States 1940 retired 15,495[notes 4]
North American XB-21 medium bomber  United States 1936 retired prototype 1
North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber  United States 1940 retired 1979 9,984
North American XB-28 medium bomber  United States 1942 retired prototype 2
Northrop N-3PB patrol bomber  United States 1940 retired 1943 24
Republic P-47 fighter-bomber  United States 1941 retired 1966 15,678[notes 2]
Vought F4U Corsair fighter-bomber  United States 1940 retired 1979 12,571
Vought SB2U Vindicator/Chesapeake dive bomber  United States 1936 retired 1945 260
Vought TBU/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf torpedo bomber  United States 1941 retired 1948 180 File:TBY Sea Wolf.jpg
Vultee Vengeance dive bomber  United States 1941 retired 1945 1,528

1946-current

Name of Bomber Country
of origin		 Year of
first flight		 Retired/Status Number
built		 Photo
Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber  United States 1947 retired 1977 2,032
Boeing B-50 Superfortress strategic bomber  United States 1947 retired 1965 370
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber  United States 1952 operational 744
Boeing XB-54 strategic bomber  United States n/a abandoned 1948 project 0 [[File:|100px]]
Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol  United States 2009 operational 15+
Boeing XB-56 strategic bomber  United States n/a abandoned 1950 project 0
Boeing XB-59 strategic bomber  United States n/a abandoned 1952 project 0
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly light attack aircraft  United States 1963 operational 577
Convair B-36 heavy bomber  United States 1946 retired 1959 384
Convair B-58 Hustler strategic bomber  United States 1956 retired 1970 116
Convair XB-46 heavy bomber  United States 1947 retired prototype 1
Convair YB-60 heavy bomber  United States 1952 retired prototype 2
Douglas A2D Skyshark attack aircraft  United States 1950 retired prototype 8
Douglas A-3 Skywarrior strategic bomber  United States 1956 retired 1991 282
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft  United States 1954 operational 2,960
Douglas B-66 Destroyer tactical bomber  United States 1954 retired 1973 72
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft  United States 1972 operational 716
General Dynamics F-111 fighter-bomber  United States 1967 retired 2010 563
Grumman A-6 Intruder attack aircraft  United States 1960 retired 1997 693
Grumman F9F Panther fighter-bomber  United States 1947 retired 1969 1,382
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk light attack  United States 1959 operational 380
Grumman S-2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft  United States 1952 operational 1,284
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft  United States 1981 retired 2008 64
Lockheed P-3 Orion/CP-140 Aurora/Arcturus maritime patrol  United States 1959 operational 757
Lockheed S-3 Viking anti-submarine aircraft  United States 1972 operational 188
Martin B-57 Canberra reconnaissance bomber  United States 1953 retired 403[notes 5]
Martin P4M Mercator maritime patrol  United States 1946 retired 1960 21
Martin P5M Marlin maritime patrol  United States 1948 retired 1967 285
Martin P6M SeaMaster strategic bomber  United States 1955 retired 1959 12
Martin XB-48 medium bomber  United States 1947 retired prototype 2
Martin XB-51 attack bomber  United States 1949 retired prototype 2
McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II attack aircraft  United States n/a abandoned 1983 project 0
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft  United States 1978 operational 323
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter-bomber  United States 1958 operational 5,195[notes 2]
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter/attack aircraft  United States 1978 operational 1,480
North American A-5 Vigilante reconnaissance bomber  United States 1958 retired 1980 156
North American AJ/A-2 Savage nuclear attack bomber  United States 1948 retired 1964 143
North American B-45 Tornado reconnaissance bomber  United States 1947 retired 1959 143
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco light attack  United States 1965 operational 370
North American T-28 Trojan light attack  United States 1949 retired 1994 1,948
North American XA2J Super Savage bomber  United States 1952 retired prototype 1
North American XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber prototype  United States 1964 retired prototype 2
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber  United States 1989 operational 21
Northrop YA-9 attack aircraft  United States 1972 retired prototype 2
Northrop YB-35 heavy bomber  United States 1946 retired prototype 4
Northrop YB-49 heavy bomber  United States 1947 retired prototype 4
Piper PA-48 Enforcer counter-insurgency/attack aircraft  United States 1971 retired prototype 4
Republic F-84 Thunderjet fighter-bomber  United States 1946 retired 1973 7,524
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak fighter-bomber  United States 1954 retired 1991 3,428
Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber  United States 1955 retired 1984 833
Rockwell B-1 Lancer strategic bomber  United States 1974 operational 104

References

  1. ^ a b c Production figure includes aircraft used as transports
  2. ^ a b c Production figure includes fighters or other non-bomber variants
  3. ^ Production figure includes AEW variant
  4. ^ Production figure includes trainers
  5. ^ Production figure includes reconnaissance variants

Bibliography

  • Andrade, John M. (1979). U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials Since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 978-0-904597-22-6.
  • Fahey, James C. (1946). U.S. Army Aircraft 1908–1946.
  • Michael J.H. Taylor, ed. (1991). Jane's American Fighting Aircraft of the 20th Century. New York, NY: Mallard Press. ISBN 978-0-7924-5627-8.
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