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Active United States military aircraft is a list of military aircraft that are used by the United States military. For aircraft no longer in-service see the list of military aircraft of the United States.
Air Force[edit]
Aircraft | Manufacturer | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service[1][2][3] | Total | Notes |
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F-16 Fighting Falcon | General Dynamics | USA | Jet | Multirole | 1978 | 790 | 4600 | |
F-15C Eagle | McDonnell Douglas | USA | Jet | Air superiority fighter | 1976 | 266 | 1500 | 26 D variants are used for training |
F-15E Strike Eagle | McDonnell Douglas | USA | Jet | Multirole | 1988 | 219[4] | ||
F-22 Raptor | Lockheed Martin | USA | Jet | Air superiority fighter | 2005 | 194 | Stealth capable aircraft | |
F-35A Lightning II | Lockheed Martin | USA | Jet | Multirole | 2016 | 184 | Stealth capable aircraft | |
A-10 Thunderbolt II | Fairchild Republic | USA | Jet | CAS / Attack | 1977 | 287 | ||
AC-130 | Lockheed | USA | Turboprop | CAS / Attack | 1966 | 20 | Being Replaced by AC-130J | |
AC-130J | Lockheed | USA | Turboprop | CAS / Attack | 2017 | 11 | AC-130U replacement | |
B-1B Lancer | Rockwell | USA | Jet | Bomber | 1986 | 59 | employs variable-sweep wing design | |
B-2A Spirit | Northrop Grumman | USA | Jet | Bomber | 1997 | 19 | Stealth capable aircraft | |
B-52H Stratofortress | Boeing | USA | Jet | Bomber | 1955 | 74 | ||
C-5 Galaxy | Lockheed | USA | Jet | Strategic airlifter | 1970 | 52 | ||
C-12 | Beechcraft | USA | Turboprop | Transport | 55 | 32 aircraft are used for reconnaissance | ||
C-17A Globemaster III | McDonnell Douglas later Boeing | USA | Jet | Strategic airlifter | 1995 | 222 | Were produced by McDonnell-Douglas prior to the merger with Boeing. | |
C-20H | Gulfstream | USA | Jet | VIP transport | 1983 | 1 | ||
C-21A | Learjet | USA | Jet | VIP transport | 1985 | 18 | ||
RC-26B Metroliner | Fairchild | USA | Turboprop | Reconnaissance | 1989 | 11 | Used by Air National Guard for Drug Interdiction and Disaster Reconnaissance | |
C-32 | Boeing | USA | Jet | VIP transport | 1998 | 6 | ||
C-37 | Gulfstream | USA | Turbofan | VIP transport | 1998 | 11 | ||
C-40 Clipper | Boeing | USA | Jet | VIP transport | 2001 | 11 | ||
C-130H Hercules | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Tactical airlifter | 1956 | 192 | ||
C-130J Super Hercules | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Tactical airlifter | 1996 | 132 | ||
CN-235 | CASA | Spain | Turboprop | Reconnaissance | 1988 | 5 | Flown with the 427th Special Operations Squadron | |
C-146A Wolfhound[5] | Fairchild-Dornier | Germany | Turboprop | Transport | 2011 | 20 | Flown with the 524th Special Operations Squadron[6] | |
E-3 Sentry | Boeing | USA | Jet | AWACS | 1977 | 31 | ||
E-4 | Boeing | USA | Jet | Command and control | 1973 | 4 | assigned to the 595th Command and Control Group | |
E-8C Joint STARS | Northrop Grumman | USA | Jet | Command and control | 1996 | 16 | ||
E-9A Widget | Bombardier Aerospace | Canada | Turboprop | Surveillance | 1984 | 3 | ||
E-11A[7] | Northrop Grumman | USA / Canada | Jet | Command and control / BACN | 2005 | 4[1] | ||
EC-130H Compass Call | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Radar jamming / PSYOP | 1982 | 12 | ||
EC-130J Commando Solo III | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Radar jamming / PSYOP | 1978 | 7 | ||
QF-16A Fighting Falcon | General Dynamics | USA | Jet | target drone | 1978 | 12 | Currently being converted from previous retired airframes. | |
HC-130J Combat King II | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Search and rescue | 32 | |||
KC-10 Extender | McDonnell Douglas | USA | Jet | Aerial refueling | 1981 | 59 | ||
KC-46 Pegasus | Boeing | USA | Jet | Aerial refueling | 2019 | 23 | 38 on order | |
KC-135 Stratotanker | Boeing | USA | Jet | Aerial refueling | 1957 | 396 | ||
LC-130H Hercules | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Cargo aircraft | 1954 | 10 | Assigned to 109th Airlift Wing | |
MC-130H Combat Talon II | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Multi-mission/Special Operations | 1966 | 16 | ||
OC-135B Open Skies | Boeing | USA | Jet | Observation | 1993 | 2 | used as part of Treaty on Open Skies | |
RC-135S | Boeing | USA | Jet | Reconnaissance | 1972 | 3 | ||
RC-135U/V/W | Boeing | USA | Jet | ELINT / surveillance | 1972 | 22 | ||
T-1A Jayhawk | Raytheon | USA | Jet | Trainer | 1992 | 176 | Multi-engine trainer | |
T-6A Texan II | Raytheon/Beechcraft | USA | Turboprop | Trainer | 2001 | 446 | ||
T-38 Talon | Northrop | USA | Jet | Trainer | 1961 | 505 | ||
T-53A | Cirrus | USA | Propeller | Basic trainer | 1995 | 25 | ||
U-2 | Lockheed | USA | Jet | Reconnaissance | 1957 | 26 | ||
TU-2S | Lockheed | USA | Jet | Conversion trainer | 1957 | 4 | ||
U-28A | Pilatus | Switzerland | Turboprop | Utility | 1991 | 35 | 23 used for reconnaissance | |
U-27A | Cessna | USA | Turboprop | Utility | 1984 | 2 | ||
VC-25A | Boeing | USA | Jet | VIP Transport | 1990 | 2 | Presidential Transport, operated by 89th Airlift Wing[8] | |
WC-130J Hercules | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Weather reconnaissance | 1996 | 10 | Assigned to 403d Wing | |
WC-135 | Boeing | USA | Jet | Atmospheric research | 1993 | 2 | ||
HH-60G Pave Hawk | Sikorsky | USA | Helicopter | CSAR | 2016 | 106 | ||
UH-1N Twin Huey | Bell | USA | Helicopter | Utility | 1969 | 65 | ||
TH-1H Iroquois | Bell | USA | Helicopter | Trainer | 1959 | 40 | ||
C-145A Skytruck | PZL Mielec | Poland | Turboprop | Utility | 2007 | 5 | Assigned to the 6th Special Operations Squadron[9] | |
UV-18B Twin Otter | De Havilland Canada | Canada | Turboprop | Utility | 1988 | 1 | STOL capable aircraft | |
CV-22B Osprey | Bell, Boeing | USA | Tiltrotor | CSAR / transport | 2006 | 50 | ||
RQ-4B Global Hawk | Northrop Grumman | USA | UAV/High Altitude Recon | Patrol | 2001 | 37 | ||
MQ-9A Reaper | General Atomics | USA | UAV | Multi-mission[10] | 2006 | 251 | ||
RQ-170 Sentinel | Lockheed Martin | USA | UAV | Multi-Mission | 2007 | |||
RQ-20 Puma | AeroVironment | USA | UAV | Patrol | 2008 | 1000 |
Army[edit]
Type | Manufacturer | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service[11] | Total | Notes |
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ARTEMIS | Bombardier | Canada | Jet | Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance | 2020 | 2[12] | 2 | modified CL-650; N488CR c/n 6140, N9191 c/n 5312 |
C-12J | Beechcraft | USA | Turboprop | Transport | 3[13] | |||
C-12 Huron | Beechcraft | USA | Turboprop | Cargo/Transport | 93 | C-12C, C-12D and C-12F | ||
C-41 Aviocar | CASA | Spain | Turboprop | Cargo/Transport | 5 | |||
C-26E Metroliner | Fairchild | USA | Turboprop | Range Support | 12 | |||
C-27J Spartan | Alenia Aeronautica | USA Italy |
Turboprop | Cargo aircraft | 7 | Former Air Force aircraft used by Army Special Operations Command for training. | ||
C-31A Troopship | Fokker | Netherlands | Turboprop | Cargo/Transport | 2 | Used for the Golden Knights Gold Team and Black Team | ||
C-20H | Gulfstream | USA | Jet | VIP Transport | 1 | |||
EO-5 | de Havilland Canada | Canada | Turboprop | Electronic Warfare, Reconnaissance |
10 | 3 x EO-5C, 7 x RC-7. Previously designated as RC-7B | ||
RC-12 Huron | Beechcraft | USA | Turboprop | Reconnaissance | 83 | RC-12D, RC-12H and RC-12K | ||
UC-35 | Cessna | USA | Jet | Utility aircraft | 27 | 20 x UC-35A, 7 x UC-35B | ||
C-37 | Gulfstream | USA | Jet | VIP Transport | 3 | 1 x C-37B (G550)(04-1778), 2 x C-37A (G500)(02-1863, 05-1944) | ||
RO-6A | de Havilland Canada | Canada | Turboprop | Patrol | 6 | Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance | ||
UV-18C | de Havilland Canada | Canada | Turboprop | Cargo/Transport | 3 | Used for the Golden Knights Gold Team | ||
MH/AH-6M Little Bird | MD Helicopter | USA | Helicopter | Attack | 1980 | 47 | ||
AH-64 Apache Longbow, Guardian | Boeing | USA | Helicopter | Attack | 1986 | 792 | AH-64D and AH-64E. 25 on order as of December 2015. | |
CH-47 Chinook | Boeing | USA | Helicopter | Transport | 1962 | 442 | 394 x CH-47D, 48 x CH-47F. 464 new CH-47F to be delivered | |
EH-60A Black Hawk | Sikorsky | USA | Helicopter | Electronic-warfare | 1979 | 64 | ||
MH-47 Chinook | Boeing | USA | Helicopter | Multi-mission | 1962 | 61 | 11 x MH-47D, 23 x MH-47E, 27 x MH-47G | |
MH-60 Black Hawk | Sikorsky | USA | Helicopter | Multi-mission | 58 | 23 x MH-60K, 35 x MH-60L. | ||
TH-67 Creek | Bell | USA Canada |
Helicopter | Trainer | 88 | To be retired by 2020.[14] | ||
UH-60 Black Hawk | Sikorsky | USA | Helicopter | Utility | 1,443 | 751 x UH-60A, 592 x UH-60L, 100 x UH-60M. 1227 UH-60M planned.[15] | ||
UH-72A Lakota | Eurocopter | USA Germany |
Helicopter | Utility | 341 | 13 on order as of December 2015. | ||
MQ-1C Gray Eagle | General Atomics | USA | UAV | 2009 | 75[16] | 133 planned[17] | ||
Prioria Robotics Maveric | Prioria Robotics | USA | UAV | 36 | [18] | |||
CQ-10 Snowgoose | MMIST | Canada | UAV | Transport | 2005 | 15 | 49 planned. Parafoil and autogyro variants. | |
RQ-7B Shadow | AAI Corporation | USA | UAV | 450 | 68 on order.[19] | |||
RQ-11 Raven | AeroVironment | USA | UAV | |||||
Switchblade | AeroVironment | USA | UAV | Attack | ||||
RQ-20 Puma | AeroVironment | USA | UAV | Patrol |
Coast Guard[edit]
Type | Manufacturer | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service[20] | Total | Notes |
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HC-27J Spartan | Alenia Aeronautica | USA Italy |
Turboprop | Search and rescue | 14 | Former Air Force aircraft, acquired in return for the release of seven HC-130H aircraft to the United States Forest Service for use as aerial tankers. | ||
C-37A | Gulfstream | USA | Jet | VIP transport | 1 | VIP transport for high-ranking members of the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Coast Guard. | ||
C-37B | Gulfstream | USA | Jet | VIP transport | 1 | VIP transport for high-ranking members of the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Coast Guard. | ||
HC-130H Hercules | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Search and rescue | 14 | Most have been removed from service and are being replaced by HC-130J aircraft. Seven were turned over to the United States Forest Service to be converted to aerial firefighting tankers. | ||
HC-130J Hercules | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Search and rescue | 12 | More on order, currently being manufactured to replace HC-130H. | ||
HC-144A Ocean Sentry | Airbus | USA Spain |
Turboprop | Search and rescue | 2009 | 15 | ||
HC-144B Minotaur | Airbus | USA Spain |
Turboprop | Search and rescue | 3 | Minotaur upgrade of HC-144A aircraft includes advanced navigation and search and rescue equipment. | ||
MH-60T Jayhawk | Sikorsky | USA | Helicopter | Medium Range Recovery (MRR) | 42 | will remain in service until 2027 | ||
MH-65D Dolphin | Eurocopter | USA France |
Helicopter | Short Range Recovery (SRR) | 95 | |||
MH-65E Dolphin | Eurocopter | USA France |
Helicopter | Short Range Recovery (SRR) | 3 | Upgraded version of MH-65D with advanced avionics and search and rescue equipment |
Marine Corps[edit]
Type | Manufacturer | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service[21][22] | Total | Notes |
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C-20G | Gulfstream | USA | Jet | Cargo/Transport aircraft | 2 | 2 | will be upgraded to C-20 ER | |
F/A-18A Hornet | McDonnell Douglas | USA | Jet | Carrier-based Fighter | 36 Active, 7 Training, 12 Stored | 55 | Scheduled to be replaced by F-35B/C Lightning II by 2019 | |
F/A-18B Hornet | McDonnell Douglas | USA | Jet | Carrier-based Trainer | 4 Training, 3 Stored | 7 | Scheduled to be replaced by F-35B/C Lightning II by 2019. | |
F/A-18C Hornet | McDonnell Douglas | USA | Jet | Carrier-based Fighter | 60 Active, 12 Training, 47 Stored | 119 | Scheduled to begin replacement by F-35B/C Lightning II starting 2019. | |
F/A-18D Hornet | McDonnell Douglas | USA | Jet | Carrier-based Strike | 48 Active, 20 Training, 24 Stored | 92 | Scheduled to begin replacement by F-35B/C Lightning II starting 2023. | |
F-35B Lightning II | Lockheed Martin | USA | Jet | Carrier-based Fighter | 32 Active, 25 Training | 57 | V/STOL variant. Planned total of 353 F-35Bs and 67 F-35Cs (CTOL) to replace various aircraft.[23] | |
F-5N Tiger II | Northrop | USA | Jet | Aggressor | 12 | Scheduled to maintain service till 2026. | ||
KC-130T Hercules | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Tanker | 12 | To be replaced by KC-130J | ||
KC-130J Super Hercules | Lockheed Martin | USA | Turboprop | Tanker | 52 | |||
UC-12W Huron | Beechcraft | USA | Turboprop | Utility | 8 | 8 | Scheduled to replace the UC-12F/M Huron by 2024. | |
UC-12M Huron | Beechcraft | USA | Turboprop | Utility | 2 | 2 | Scheduled to be replaced by UC-12W Huron by 2024. | |
UC-12F Huron | Beechcraft | USA | Turboprop | Utility | 4 | 4 | Scheduled to be replaced by UC-12W Huron by 2024. | |
UC-35D Citation | Cessna | USA | Jet | Utility | 10 Active | 10 | To be replaced/upgraded to UC-35 ER. | |
UC-35C Citation | Cessna | USA | Jet | Utility | 2 Active | 2 | To be replaced/upgraded to UC-35 ER. | |
AH-1W SuperCobra | Bell | USA | Helicopter | Attack | 1986 | 55 | To be upgraded to or replaced by AH-1Z Viper. | |
AH-1Z Viper | Bell | USA | Helicopter | Attack | 2010 | 90 | 189 planned in total | |
CH-53E Super Stallion | Sikorsky | USA | Helicopter | Cargo/Transport | 96 Active, 6 Reserve, 10 Training | 142 | To be replaced by CH-53K King Stallion, in flight testing - 2015. | |
UH-1Y Venom | Bell | USA | Helicopter | Utility | 122 | 160 | ||
VH-3D Sea King | Sikorsky | USA | Helicopter | Marine One VIP Transport | 11 | To be replaced by Sikorsky VH-92A | ||
VH-60N Whitehawk | Sikorsky | USA | Helicopter | Marine One VIP Transport | 8 | To be replaced by Sikorsky VH-92A | ||
AV-8B/+ Harrier II | McDonnell Douglas | US / UK | Jet | Attack/Trainer | 80 Active, 13 training, 4 test aircraft | 97 | VTOL. To be replaced by F-35B[24] | |
MV-22B Osprey | Bell Boeing | USA | Powered lift | Multi-mission | 236 | 300 | VTOL. 360 on order | |
K-MAX | Kaman | USA | UAV | Cargo and transport | 1 | Helicopter with twin intermeshing rotors. UAV variant of manned type. | ||
RQ-7B Shadow | AAI Corporation | USA | UAV | Reconnaissance | 50 | |||
RQ-11 Raven | AeroVironment | USA | UAV | Reconnaissance | ||||
MQ-27 | Boeing | USA | UAV | Reconnaissance | ||||
Switchblade | AeroVironment | USA | UAV | Attack | ||||
RQ-20 Puma | AeroVironment | USA | UAV | Reconnaissance | ||||
RQ-21A Blackjack | Boeing Insitu | USA | UAV | Reconnaissance | ||||
MQ-8B Fire Scout | Northrop Grumman | USA | UAV | Multi-Mission | 2009 | 27[25] | Helicopter. | |
Type | Manufacturer | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
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See also[edit]
- List of U.S. DoD aircraft designations
- List of military aircraft of the United States
- Future military aircraft of the United States
- UAVs in the U.S. military
References[edit]
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External links[edit]
- United States Army 2010 Weapons System Handbook (PDF file, 41.6 MB) includes pages describing US manned and unmanned aircraft.