This List of carrier-based aircraft covers fixed-wing aircraft designed for

aircraft carrier An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a ...

flight deck operation and excludes aircraft intended for use from seaplane tenders, submarines and dirigibles. Helicopters includes only those regularly operated from aircraft carriers and not those normally flown from other types of surface ships or land bases.

List of aircraft operated from aircraft carriers

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Aichi B7A The was a large and powerful carrier-borne torpedo-dive bomber produced by Aichi Kokuki for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Second World War. Built in only small numbers and deprived of the aircraft carriers it was intended ...

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Aichi D1A The Aichi D1A or Navy Type 94/96 Carrier Bomber ( Allied reporting name "Susie") was a Japanese carrier-based dive bomber of the 1930s. A single-engine, two-seat biplane based on the Heinkel He 50, the D1A was produced by Aichi for the Imperia ...

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Airspeed Fleet Shadower The Airspeed AS.39 Fleet Shadower was a British long-range patrol aircraft design that did not go beyond the prototype stage. A similar aircraft, the General Aircraft Fleet Shadower, was also built to the extent of prototypes. While the concept o ...

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Arado Ar 195 The Arado Ar 195 was a single-engine prototype carrier-based torpedo bomber, built by the German firm Arado for service on the , during World War II. Design and development A derivative of the Ar 95, fitted with an arrestor hook and catapul ...

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Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16 The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.16 (or A.W.XVI) was a British single-engine biplane fighter aircraft designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. A number were sold to the Chinese ''Kwangsi'' Air Force. Development The A.W.16 was developed ...

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Arsenal VG 90 The Arsenal VG 90 was a French carrier-based jet-engined interceptor developed in the late 1940s. It was intended to compete for an Aéronavale (French Naval Aviation) contract and first flew in 1949. It set a speed record for a French aircr ...

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Avro Avocet The Avro Type 584 Avocet was a British single-engined naval fighter prototype, designed and built by Avro. While the Avocet was not built in numbers, one of the prototypes was used as a seaplane trainer for the Royal Air Force's (RAF) High ...

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Avro Bison The Avro 555 Bison was a British single-engined fleet spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Avro. Development and design The Bison was designed to meet British Specification 3/21 for a carrier-based fleet spotter and reconnaissance aircraf ...

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Avro Buffalo The Avro 571 Buffalo was a prototype British carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane, designed and built by Avro in the 1920s. It was not selected for service, the Blackburn Ripon being ordered instead. Design and development The Avro 571 Buff ...

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Beardmore W.B.IV The Beardmore W.B.IV was a British single-engine biplane ship-based fighter of World War I developed by Beardmore.Taylor 1990, p.57. Only one was built. Development and design The W.B.IV was designed to meet Admiralty Specification N.1A for a ...

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Beardmore W.B.V The Beardmore W.B.V was a prototype British single-engine shipborne biplane fighter of World War I developed by Beardmore.Taylor 1990, p.57. It was not successful, only two being completed. Development and design At the same time as developing ...

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Beardmore W.B.VI The Beardmore W.B.VI was a British single-engined folding wing torpedo bomber biplane of World War I developed by Beardmore Beardmore can refer to: *Andrew Beardmore, better known as Andy Moor, English trance DJ, producer and remixer *Bob Be ...

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Berliner-Joyce F2J The Berliner-Joyce XF2J was the company's second biplane fighter for the United States Navy. The XF2J was ordered on 30 June 1931 and although designated as a two-seat fighter, it was used as an observation aircraft. Design and development The ...

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Berliner-Joyce OJ The Berliner-Joyce OJ was an American biplane observation floatplane developed by the Berliner-Joyce Aircraft for the United States Navy during the early 1930s. Design and development The origins of the OJ stemmed from a 1929 Bureau of Aeronauti ...

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Berliner-Joyce XF3J The Berliner-Joyce XF3J was an American biplane fighter, built by Berliner-Joyce Aircraft. It was submitted to the United States Navy for their request for a single-seat carrier-based fighter powered by a Wright R-1510-26 engine. Development ...

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Berliner-Joyce XFJ The Berliner-Joyce XFJ was a United States prototype biplane fighter aircraft that first flew in May 1930. Designed by Berliner-Joyce Aircraft for the United States Navy, its lower wing, placed below the fuselage and just two feet above the groun ...

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Blackburn Airedale The Blackburn R.2 Airedale was a single-engine three-seat monoplane deck-landing aircraft for land and sea reconnaissance, built in the UK in 1924. Only two were built. Development The Airedale was designed by F.A.Bumpus to Air Ministry speci ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Blackburn B-3, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Blackburn B-54 The Blackburn B-54 and B-88 were prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). They shared a conventional monoplane design with a mid-mounted ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , ASW, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Blackburn Baffin, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Blackburn Blackburd The Blackburn Blackburd was a British prototype single-engine torpedo bomber developed by Blackburn Aircraft in 1918 as a replacement for the Sopwith Cuckoo. It was unsuccessful, only three being built. Design and development In January 1918, ...

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Blackburn Blackburn The Blackburn R-1 Blackburn was a 1920s British single-engine fleet spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft. History The Blackburn was developed to meet a naval requirement ( Specification 3/21) for a carrier-based reconnai ...

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Blackburn Buccaneer The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). Designed and initially produced by Blackburn Aircraft at Brough, it was later officially known as the Hawker Siddeley Buccanee ...

, , UK, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Blackburn Dart, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Blackburn Firebrand, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter/torpedo bomber , , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Blackburn Firecrest The Blackburn B.48 Firecrest, given the SBAC designation YA.1, was a single-engine naval strike fighter built by Blackburn Aircraft for service with the British Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. It was a development of the troubled ...

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Blackburn Nautilus The Blackburn 2F.1 Nautilus was a British single-engine two-seat biplane spotter/ fighter built in 1929. Only one was completed. Development The company designation, 2F.1, meant that the Nautilus was Blackburn's first two-seat fighter, though ...

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Blackburn Shark The Blackburn Shark was a carrier-borne torpedo bomber designed and built by the British aviation manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was originally known as the Blackburn T.S.R., standing for ''torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance'', in reference to ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Blackburn Skua, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter/dive bomber, , , , Production, , , , Munson, p.169 , - ,

Blackburn Sprat The Blackburn T.R.1 Sprat was a British single-engine two-seat biplane trainer, built in 1926 for advanced training, deck-landing and seaplane experience. Just one was built. Development The Sprat was designed to Air Ministry Specification 5 ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Blackburn Swift, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Boeing CH-47 Chinook The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Ch ...

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Boeing F4B The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product ...

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Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight The Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is a medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines. It was designed by Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol following Vertol's acquisition by Boeing. Development of th ...

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Boeing XF6B The Boeing XF6B-1 / XBFB-1 was Boeing's last biplane design for the United States Navy. Only the one prototype, ''Model 236'', was ever built; although first flying in early 1933, it rammed into a crash barrier in 1936 and the design was not pur ...

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Boeing XF8B The Boeing XF8B (Model 400) was a single-engine aircraft developed by Boeing during World War II to provide the United States Navy with a long-range shipboard fighter aircraft. The XF8B was intended for operation against the Japanese home islan ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Boulton Paul Sea Balliol, , UK, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , Breguet Alizé, , France, , Propeller, , ASW, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

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Brewster Buffalo The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications ...

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Brewster SB2A Buccaneer The Brewster SB2A Buccaneer was a single-engined mid-wing monoplane scout/bomber aircraft built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Navy between 1942 and 1944. It was also supplied to the Unit ...

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British Aerospace P.125 The British Aerospace P.125 was a British supersonic STOVL multirole combat aircraft being developed in the 1980s. The project was cancelled in the 1990s. The existence of the project was revealed by BAE Systems in 2006. Development The B ...

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British Aerospace Sea Harrier The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval STOVL, short take-off and vertical landing/VTOL, vertical take-off and landing jet fighter, Aerial reconnaissance, reconnaissance and attack aircraft. It is the second member of the Harrier jump je ...

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Britten-Norman Islander The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a British light utility aircraft and regional airliner designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. Still in production, the Islander is one of the best-selling commercial air ...

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Caudron Luciole The Caudron C.270 ''Luciole'' ("Firefly") was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced in France in the 1930s, derived from the C.230. Design and construction It was a conventional biplane with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal s ...

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Cessna O-1E Bird Dog The Cessna L-19/O-1 Bird Dog is a liaison and observation aircraft. It was the first all-metal fixed-wing aircraft ordered for and by the United States Army following the Army Air Forces' separation from it in 1947. The Bird Dog had a lengthy ...

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VNAF The South Vietnam Air Force, officially the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF; vi, Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa, KLVNCH; french: Force aérienne vietnamienne, FAVN) (sometimes referred to as the Vietnam Air Force or VNAF) was the aer ...

landing on during Fall of Saigon.
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Consolidated XB2Y The Consolidated XB2Y was an American prototype single-engined dive bomber of the 1930s. It was intended to meet a United States Navy requirement for a carrier-based dive bomber, but was unsuccessful, only a single example being built. Design a ...

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Curtiss BF2C Goshawk The Curtiss BF2C Goshawk (Model 67) was a United States 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 f ...

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Curtiss F11C Goshawk The Curtiss F11C Goshawk was an American naval biplane fighter aircraft that saw limited success. It was part of a long line of Curtiss Hawk airplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the American military. Design and develo ...

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Curtiss F7C Seahawk The Curtiss F7C Seahawk was a carrier-capable biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy Marine Corps in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Design and development Curtiss' Model 43 was their first aircraft designed expressly for the Navy, ...

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Curtiss P-36 Hawk The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, is an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. A contemporary of the Hawker Hurricane and Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was one of the first of a new generation ...

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Curtiss XBT2C The Curtiss XBT2C was a prototype two-seat, single-engined dive bomber, dive/torpedo bomber developed during World War II for the United States Navy. Derived from the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber, it was an unsuccessful competitor to mee ...

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Curtiss XBTC The Curtiss XBTC was a prototype single-seat, single-engined torpedo/ dive bomber developed during World War II for the United States Navy. Four aircraft were ordered, powered by two different engines, but the two aircraft to be fitted with th ...

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Curtiss XF14C The Curtiss XF14C was an American naval fighter aircraft. It was developed by Curtiss-Wright in response to a request by the United States Navy in 1941 to produce a new shipboard high-performance fighter aircraft. Design and development In 19 ...

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Curtiss XSB3C The Curtiss XSB3C was a proposed development by Curtiss-Wright of the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber, submitted to meet a U.S. Navy requirement for a new dive bomber to replace the SB2C in service. Considered inferior to the competing Dougl ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Dive bomber, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Dassault Étendard IV, , France, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Dassault Rafale M, , France, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard, , France, , Jet, , Fighter-bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, , Canada, , Propeller, , Transport, , , , Temporary, , , ,

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de Havilland Canada L-20 Beaver The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined high-wing propeller-driven short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft developed and manufactured by de Havilland Canada. It has been primarily operated as a bush plane and has been used f ...

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Lebanon crisis The 1958 Lebanon crisis (also known as the Lebanese Civil War of 1958) was a political crisis in Lebanon caused by political and religious tensions in the country that included a United States military intervention. The intervention lasted for aro ...

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de Havilland Sea Hornet The de Havilland DH.103 Hornet, developed by de Havilland, was a fighter aircraft driven by two piston engines. It further exploited the wooden construction techniques that had been pioneered by the de Havilland Mosquito. Development of ...

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de Havilland Sea Mosquito The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", or " ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber/trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , de Havilland Sea Vampire, , UK, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

de Havilland Sea Venom The de Havilland Sea Venom is a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Venom. It served with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and with the Royal Australian Navy. The French Navy operated the Aquilon, develo ...

, , UK, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , de Havilland Sea Vixen, , UK, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Dewoitine D.1ter The Dewoitine D.1 was a French single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1920s, built by the French industrial company Dewoitine. Development The D.1 was the first airplane designed by Emile Dewoitine after he established his own company. The D.1 wa ...

, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Dewoitine D.373 & 376, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Douglas A-3 Skywarrior, , US, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.451 , - , Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, , US, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Douglas A2D Skyshark, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Douglas AD Skyraider The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly known as the AD Skyraider) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s. The Skyraider had an unusually long career, remaining in front-line service well into the Jet Age ...

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Douglas BTD Destroyer The Douglas BTD Destroyer is an American dive/torpedo bomber developed for the United States Navy during World War II. A small number had been delivered before the end of the war, but none saw combat. Development On 20 June 1941, the United ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Douglas DT, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Douglas F3D Skynight The Douglas F3D Skyknight (later designated F-10 Skyknight) is an American twin-engined, mid-wing jet fighter aircraft manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company in El Segundo, California. The F3D was designed as a carrier-based all-weather ...

, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.452 , - , Douglas F4D Skyray, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Douglas F5D Skylancer The Douglas F5D Skylancer is 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, the design was soon modified to take full advantage of the extra thrust of th ...

, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Douglas F6D Missileer, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Douglas R4D-5, , US, , Propeller, , Transport, , , , Temporary, , , ,

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flights from , - , Douglas SBD Dauntless, , US, , Propeller, , Dive bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Douglas T2D The Douglas T2D was an American twin-engined torpedo bomber contracted by the military, and required to be usable on wheels or floats, and operating from aircraft carriers. It was the first twin-engined aircraft to be operated from an aircraft ca ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Douglas TBD Devastator, , US, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.446 , - ,

Douglas XT3D The Douglas XT3D was an American three-seat torpedo bomber biplane developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company to meet a United States Navy requirement. Development The XT3D torpedo bomber (BuNo 8730) was first flown in 1931, it has been describe ...

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Eberhart F2G __NOTOC__ The Eberhart XFG was an American single-seat experimental ship-borne biplane fighter aircraft developed for the United States Navy in 1927 by the Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company. The sole prototype was rebuilt into the XF2G wit ...

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Eberhart FG __NOTOC__ The Eberhart XFG was an American single-seat experimental ship-borne biplane fighter aircraft developed for the United States Navy in 1927 by the Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company. The sole prototype was rebuilt into the XF2G with ...

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Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS365 Dauphin (''Dolphin''), also formerly known as the Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin 2, is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters. It was originally developed ...

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Fairey Barracuda The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber designed by Fairey Aviation. It was the first aircraft of this type operated by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA) to be fabricated entirely from metal. The Barracuda ...

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Fairey Fleetwing The Fairey Fleetwing was a British two-seat, single-engine biplane designed to an Air Ministry contract for carrier-based reconnaissance operations in the late 1920s. Only one was built. Development The Fairey Fleetwing was Fairey's response t ...

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Fairey Flycatcher The Fairey Flycatcher was a British single-seat biplane carrier-borne fighter aircraft made by Fairey Aviation Company which served from 1923 to 1934. It was produced with a conventional undercarriage for carrier use, although this could be exc ...

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Fieseler Fi 167 The Fieseler Fi 167 was a 1930s German biplane torpedo and reconnaissance bomber designed for use from the Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carriers under construction from 1936 to 1942. Development In early 1937, the ''Reichsluftfahrtministerium ...

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Fouga CM.175 Zéphyr The Fouga Zéphyr (company designation CM.175) was a 1950s French two-seat carrier-capable jet trainer for the French Navy. It was developed from the land-based CM.170 Magister. It was replaced in 1994. Design and development The French Na ...

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General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...

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Gloster Gambet The Nakajima A1N, or Navy Type 3 Aircraft carrier, Carrier Fighter aircraft, Fighter, was a Japanese carrier-based fighter of the late-1920s and early-1930s. It was a License-built, licensed copy of the United Kingdom, British Gloster Gamecock#Va ...

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Gloster Gladiator II The Gloster Gladiator is a British biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) (as the Sea Gladiator variant) and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. Developed privat ...

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Gloster Gnatsnapper The Gloster SS.35 Gnatsnapper was a British naval biplane fighter design of the late 1920s. Two prototypes were built but the type did not enter production. Design and development The Gnatsnapper was a submission to Air Ministry specification ...

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Gloster Nightjar The Nightjar was a British carrier-based fighter aircraft of the early 1920s. It was a modification of the earlier Nieuport Nighthawk fighter produced by Gloster after the Nieuport & General company, which designed the Nighthawk, closed down. ...

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Gloster Sea Gladiator The Gloster Gladiator is a British biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) (as the Sea Gladiator variant) and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. Developed private ...

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Gourdou-Leseurre GL.22 The Gourdou-Leseurre GL.2 (originally, the Gourdou-Leseurre Type B) was a French fighter aircraft which made its maiden flight in 1918. Design and development The GL.2 was a development of the Gourdou-Leseurre Type A which had shown pleasing pe ...

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Béarn The Béarn (; ; oc, Bearn or ''Biarn''; eu, Bearno or ''Biarno''; or ''Bearnia'') is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Bas ...

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Great Lakes BG The Great Lakes BG was an American carrier-based dive bomber of the 1930s. Designed and built by the Great Lakes Aircraft Company of Cleveland, Ohio, 61 were used by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps from 1934 to 1940. De ...

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Great Lakes XTBG The Great Lakes XTBG-1 was an American prototype torpedo bomber, intended for service in the United States Navy as part of that service's plan to modernise its aerial striking force in the mid-1930s. The XTBG-1 was outperformed by the competing ...

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Grumman EA-6B Prowler The Northrop Grumman (formerly Grumman) EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine, four-seat, mid-wing electronic-warfare aircraft derived from the A-6 Intruder airframe. The EA-6A was the initial electronic warfare version of the A-6 used by the United S ...

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Grumman F-11 Tiger The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based United States Navy fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s. Originally designated the F11F Tiger in April 1955 under the pre-1962 Navy designation system, i ...

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Grumman FF The Grumman FF "Fifi" (company designation G-5) was an American biplane fighter aircraft operated by the United States Navy during the 1930s.Eden and Moeng 2002, p. 762. It was the first carrier aircraft with retractable landing gear.Winchester ...

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Grumman F8F Bearcat The Grumman F8F Bearcat is an American single-engine carrier-based fighter aircraft introduced in late World War II. It served during the mid-20th century in the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the air forces of other n ...

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Grumman G-118 __NOTOC__ The Grumman G-118 (sometimes called the XF12F, though this was never officialButtler p. 126) was a design for an all-weather missile-armed interceptor aircraft for use on US Navy aircraft carriers. Originally conceived as an uprated F1 ...

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Grumman J2F Duck The Grumman J2F Duck (company designation G-15) is an American single-engine amphibious biplane. It was used by each major branch of the U.S. armed forces from the mid-1930s until just after World War II, primarily for utility and air-sea resc ...

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Grumman S-2 Tracker The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker was of conventiona ...

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Grumman SF The Grumman FF "Fifi" (company designation G-5) was an American biplane fighter aircraft operated by the United States Navy during the 1930s.Eden and Moeng 2002, p. 762. It was the first carrier aircraft with retractable landing gear.Winchester ...

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Grumman XF10F Jaguar The Grumman XF10F Jaguar was a prototype swing-wing fighter aircraft offered to the United States Navy in the early 1950s. Although it never entered service, its research paved the way toward the later General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark, General Dyn ...

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Grumman XF5F Skyrocket The Grumman XF5F Skyrocket was a prototype twin-engined shipboard fighter interceptor. The United States Navy ordered one prototype, model number G-34, from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation on 30 June 1938; its designation was XF5F-1. T ...

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Grumman XSBF The Grumman XSBF, also known by the company designation G-14, was an American biplane scout bomber developed by Grumman Aircraft for the United States Navy during the 1930s. Derived from Grumman's successful " Fifi" fighter, the aircraft was d ...

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Grumman XTB2F The Grumman TB2F was a cancelled twin-engined torpedo bomber project, intended as Grumman's successor to the successful TBF Avenger. However, only a mockup was ever constructed. In 1944, during World War II, the ''Midway'' class aircraft carr ...

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Grumman XTSF The Grumman XTSF was a proposed twin-engine torpedo scout aircraft, designed by Grumman for the United States Navy towards the end of World War II. Based on the design of the Grumman F7F Tigercat fighter, but enlarged and with the addition of a ...

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Hall XFH The Hall XFH was an American fighter aircraft built by the Hall Aluminum Company. It was the first fighter with a semi-monocoque metal fuselage. Development The XFH was designed in 1927 by Charles Hall. It was a single-bay biplane with N-struts ...

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Handley Page H.P.46 The Handley Page H.P.46 was a two-seat, single-engined biplane built to an Air Ministry specification for a carrier-based torpedo bomber. With an advanced combination of high lift, slow flying controls it was beset by handling problems and ma ...

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Handley Page Hanley The Handley Page Hanley was a British torpedo bomber aircraft of the 1920s. A single-engine, single-seat biplane intended to operate from the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers, it was not successful, with only three aircraft being built. Design ...

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Handley Page Hendon The Handley Page Hendon was a British torpedo bomber of the 1920s. A two-seat development of Handley Page's earlier single-seat Hanley, the Hendon was a single-engine biplane. While six aircraft were purchased by the British Air Ministry for ...

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Handley Page HP.14 The Handley Page HP.14, also designated Handley Page R/200 was a prototype British naval reconnaissance aircraft of World War I, capable of operating from the decks of the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers or as a floatplane. Only three were built ...

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Handley Page HPS-1 The Handley Page Type S, or HPS-1 was a prototype British carrier-based fighter developed for the United States Navy in the early 1920s. A low-wing monoplane, it was unsuccessful, only two being built and flown. Development and design In 1921 ...

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Hanriot HD.1 The Hanriot HD.1 was a French World War I single-seat fighter aircraft. Rejected for service with French squadrons in favour of the SPAD S.VII, the type was supplied to the Belgian Army′s (Belgian Military Aviation) and the (Military Aviatio ...

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Hanriot HD.3 The Hanriot HD.3 C.2 was a two-seat fighter aircraft produced in France during World War I. Design and development Similar in appearance to a scaled-up HD.1, the Hanriot HD.3 was a conventional, single-bay biplane with staggered wings of equal ...

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Hanriot HD.20 The Hanriot HD.20 was a French single seat shipboard fighter aircraft prototype completed in 1923. Only one was built. Design and development The Hanriot HD.20 was an all-metal two bay biplane, though the inner bay was relatively narrow. Outwa ...

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Hawker Hedgehog The Hawker Hedgehog was a three-seat reconnaissance biplane, to be used for naval scouting, produced to meet List of Air Ministry specifications, Air Ministry Specification 37/22. It was designed in 1923, and had its first flight the next year, ...

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Hawker Nimrod The Hawker Nimrod is a British carrier-based single-engine, single-seat biplane fighter aircraft built in the early 1930s by Hawker Aircraft. Design and development In 1926 the Air Ministry specification N.21/26 was intended to produce a suc ...

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Hawker Sea Hurricane The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. Some versions were built in Canada by the Canada Car and Foundry Co Ltd British variants Hurricane Mk I ; Hurricane Mk I ( ...

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Hawker Siddeley P.139B The Hawker Siddeley P.139B was a proposed airborne early warning aircraft intended to operate from aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy. The P.139B formed part of the a major equipment procurement plan for the RN in the 1960s intended to give the ...

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Heinkel HD 23 The Heinkel HD 23 was a carrier-borne fighter biplane designed in Germany at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in the 1920s, for export to Japan. Two examples were delivered to Aichi is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. ...

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Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK The Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK was an American dive and torpedo bomber developed by Kaiser-Fleetwings for the United States Navy starting in 1944. After only five examples had been built, with the first two being flying prototypes; the contract was ...

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Kaman SH-2 Seasprite The Kaman SH-2 Seasprite is a ship-based helicopter originally developed and produced by American manufacturer Kaman Aircraft Corporation. It has been typically used as a compact and fast-moving rotorcraft for utility and anti-submarine warfar ...

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Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite The Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite is an American ship-based helicopter with anti-submarine, anti-surface threat capability, including over-the-horizon targeting. This aircraft extends and increases shipboard sensor and weapon capabilities agains ...

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Kamov Ka-20 The Kamov Ka-20 ( NATO reporting name Harp) was a Soviet twin-engined prototype helicopter designed and built by Kamov that led to the Ka-25 family of helicopters, it was developed, during the rise of the cold war to counter American Naval Off ...

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Kamov Ka-25 The Kamov Ka-25 (NATO reporting name "Hormone") is a naval helicopter, developed for the Soviet Navy in the USSR from 1958. Design and development In the late 1950s there was an urgent demand for anti-submarine helicopters for deployment on n ...

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Kawanishi K-11 The Kawanishi K-11 was a 1920s Japanese single-seat carrier fighter designed and built by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company to meet an Imperial Japanese Navy requirement. The type did not enter service and only two prototypes were built. Developm ...

, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Kokusai Ki-76, , Japan, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Latécoère 299, , France, , Propeller, , Torpedo/dive bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Les Mureaux 1 C.1 Express-Marin, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Levasseur PL.10, 101 & 107, , France, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Levasseur PL.14, , France, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Levasseur PL.2 The Levasseur PL.2 was a French biplane torpedo bomber designed by Pierre Levasseur for the French Navy. Design and development The second design of Pierre Levasseur was the PL.2, a single-seat unequal-span biplane inspired by designs from Bl ...

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Levasseur PL.5 __NOTOC__ The Levasseur PL.5 was a carrier-based fighter produced in France in the late 1920s, in response to the 1924 AMBC.2 (two seat carrier based fighter) specification issued by the ''Service Technique de l'Aéronautique'' (STAé). It was a ...

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Lévy-Biche LB.2 The Levy Biche LB.2 was a single seat France, French sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed to be used from aircraft carriers. With a watertight fuselage, jettisonable wheeled Landing gear, undercarriage and small under-wing floats, it could surviv ...

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Lockheed T2V SeaStar The Lockheed T2V SeaStar, later called the T-1 SeaStar, is a carrier-capable jet trainer for the United States Navy that entered service in May 1957. Developed from the Lockheed T-33 (itself derived from the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star), it ...

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Lockheed U-2C The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "''Dragon Lady''", is an American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day ...

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French nuclear tests France executed nuclear weapons tests in the areas of Reggane and In Ekker in Algeria and the Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls in French Polynesia, from 13 February 1960 through 27 January 1996. These totaled 210 tests with 210 device explosions, ...

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Lockheed U-2R The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "''Dragon Lady''", is an American single- jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides d ...

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Mann Egerton Type H The Mann Egerton Type H, also known as the Mann Egerton H.2, was a British ship-borne fighter aircraft of the 1910s. Development The Type H was the first original design by Mann Egerton, and was designed by J W Carr to Air Ministry specificati ...

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Martin T3M The Martin T3M was an American torpedo bomber of the 1920s. A single-engined three-seat biplane, it became a standard torpedo bomber of the U.S. Navy, operating from both land bases and from aircraft carriers from 1926 to 1932. Development an ...

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McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) T-45 Goshawk is a highly modified version of the British BAE Systems Hawk land-based training jet aircraft. Manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems), the T-45 is u ...

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McDonnell-Douglas AV-8B Harrier II The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier family, capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL). The aircraft is primaril ...

, , US, , Jet, , Bomber, , –1985, , Production, , , , , - , McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, , US, , Jet, , Fighter-bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Messerschmitt Bf 109T-1 Due to the Messerschmitt Bf 109's versatility and time in service with the German and foreign air forces, numerous variants were produced in Germany to serve for over eight years with the Luftwaffe. Additional variants were produced abroad tot ...

, , Germany, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Mikoyan MiG-29K, , USSR, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Mitsubishi 1MF The Mitsubishi 1MF was a Japanese carrier fighter aircraft of the 1920s. Designed for the Mitsubishi Aircraft Company by the British aircraft designer Herbert Smith, the 1MF, also known as the Navy Type 10 Carrier Fighter was operated by the ...

, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Mitsubishi 1MF9 The Mitsubishi 1MF9 or Mitsubishi Experimental Taka-type Carrier Fighter was a prototype Japanese fighter aircraft of the 1920s. It was a single-engined, single-seat biplane intended to operate from the Imperial Japanese Navy's aircraft carriers, ...

, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi 1MT, , Japan, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Mitsubishi 2MR The Mitsubishi 2MR was a Japanese carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft of the 1920s, also known as the Navy Type 10 Carrier Reconnaissance Aircraft or the C1M in the Navy's short designation scheme.Mitsubishi 3MT5 The Mitsubishi 3MT5 was a Japanese bomber of the 1930s. It was a twin-engined biplane that was intended to operate from Japanese aircraft carriers, but proved to be unsuitable for carrier use, and the eleven aircraft built were instead used as ...

, , Japan, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi A5M, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi A6M Zero, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi A7M, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Mitsubishi B1M, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Mitsubishi B2M The Mitsubishi B2M was a Japanese carrier-based torpedo bomber of the 1920s and 1930s. It was built by Mitsubishi to a design by Blackburn Aircraft of Britain and was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Design and development In 1927, the ...

, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Mitsubishi B5M, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Morane-Saulnier MS.226, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Morane-Saulnier MS.474 The Morane-Saulnier Vanneau (en: plover) is a two-seat basic trainer built in France by Morane-Saulnier and ordered by the French Air Force. Development Designed in Vichy France the MS.470 prototype first flew on , successful testing leading to ...

Vanneau IV, , France, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquet The Fieseler Fi 156 ''Storch'' (, " stork") was a German liaison aircraft built by Fieseler before and during World War II. Production continued in other countries into the 1950s for the private market. It was notable for its excellent short fi ...

, , France, , Propeller, , Transport, , –1949, , Temporary, , , , Operated from ''Arromanches'' during the First Indochina War , - , Nakajima A1N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Nakajima A2N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , ca., , , - , Nakajima A4N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Nakajima B3N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Nakajima B4N is a Japanese name. It is also sometimes romanized as Nakashima and sometimes written as . It may refer to: Places * Nakashima District, Aichi, former district in Japan, now part of Inazawa, Aichi. * Nakajima, Ehime, former town in Japan * Nakaj ...

, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Nakajima B5N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Nakajima B6N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Nakajima C3N The Nakajima C3N-1 (also designated Type 97 Carrier Reconnaissance Aircraft) was a prototype Japanese carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s. A single-engine monoplane with a fixed undercarriage, although only two examples were built ...

, , Japan, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Nakajima C6N, , Japan, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Naval Aircraft Factory SBN The Naval Aircraft Factory SBN was a United States three-seat mid-wing monoplane scout bomber/torpedo aircraft designed by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation and built under license by the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Naval Aircraft Factory TS The Naval Aircraft Factory TS-1 was an early biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy, serving from 1922 to 1929. Development While the Vought VE-7s were serving the Navy well in the early 1920s, they were not originally designed a ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

NHIndustries NH90 The NHIndustries NH90 is a medium-sized, twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter. It was developed in response to NATO requirements for a battlefield helicopter which would also be capable of being operated in naval environments. The NH90 ...

, , NATO, , Helicopter, , , , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Nieuport 21 The Nieuport 21 (or Nieuport XXI C.1 in contemporary sources) was a French single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft used during World War I. The aircraft was used by the French, Russian, British and American air forces. After the war, the Nie ...

, , France, , Propeller, , Trials, , –1920, , Temporary, , , , , - ,

Nieuport-Delage NiD 32 The Nieuport-Delage NiD 32 was a French single-seater fighter produced by Nieuport during the period between the two World Wars. The aircraft was designed in response to a request from the French Navy for an aircraft capable of launching from a ...

, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Nieuport-Delage NiD 43 The Nieuport-Delage NiD 43 was a single-engine, two-seat biplane fighter aircraft designed and built for shipboard use in France in 1924. Design and development The NiD 43 was designed to meet a naval requirement for a two-seat shipborne fighter ...

, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Nord 1500 Noréclair The Nord 1500 Noréclair was a prototype French twin-engined dive bomber and anti-submarine warfare aircraft built at the end of the Second World War. It would have carried both torpedoes, missiles, and bombs. The aircraft was built in respons ...

, , France, , Propeller, , ASW/bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Nord 2200 The Nord 2200 was a French carrier-based, jet-engined interceptor developed in the late 1940s. It was intended to compete for an Aéronavale (French Naval Aviation) contract, but was not selected for production after a 1950 accident badly da ...

, , France, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

North American A-5 Vigilante The North American A-5 Vigilante was an American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation (NAA) for the United States Navy. Prior to 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations, it was designated t ...

, , US, , Jet, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American AJ Savage, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

North American B-25B Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in e ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Temporary, , , , Doolittle Raid launched from , - , North American ETF-51D Mustang, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

North American FJ-1 Fury The North American FJ-1 Fury was the first operational jet aircraft in United States Navy service, and was developed by North American Aviation as the NA-135.North American FJ-2/-3 Fury, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American FJ-4 Fury, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American L-17 (Navion), , US, , Propeller, , Transport, , , , Temporary, , , , Korean War Courier/VIP transport , - , North American PBJ-1H, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , 1 modified for carrier use , - , North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, , US, , Propeller, , Trials, , , 1985, , Temporary, , , , and , - ,

North American T-2 Buckeye The North American T-2 Buckeye was the United States Navy's intermediate training aircraft, intended to introduce U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps student naval aviators and student naval flight officers to jets. It entered service in 1959, begi ...

, , US, , Jet, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American T-28 Trojan, , US, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , North American SNJ-3C/-4C/-5C, , US, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Production, , +, , , - , North American XA2J Super Savage, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Northrop BT The Northrop BT was an American two-seat, single-engine monoplane dive bomber built by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Navy. At the time, Northrop was a subsidiary of the Douglas Aircraft Company. While unsuccessful in its own rig ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Parnall Panther The Parnall Panther was a British carrier based spotter and reconnaissance aircraft designed and developed by Parnall and Sons in the latter years of World War I, continuing in service until 1926. A total of 150 Panthers were built by Bristol A ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Parnall Perch The Parnall Perch was a single-engined, side-by-side-seat aircraft designed in the UK to meet an Air Ministry specification for a general-purpose trainer. Only one Perch was constructed, and no contract was ever awarded with this specification. ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Trainer, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Parnall Pike, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Parnall Pipit, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Parnall Plover The Parnall Plover was a British single-seat naval fighter aircraft of the 1920s. Designed and built by George Parnall & Co. for use on Royal Navy aircraft carriers, it was ordered into small-scale production but after extensive evaluation, t ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Parnall Puffin, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter/reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Percival Vega Gull The Percival Vega Gull was a 1930s British, four-seater touring aircraft built by Percival Aircraft Limited. It was a single-engine, low-wing (Folding), wood-and-fabric monoplane with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Design and development B ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Transport, , /1937, , Temporary, , , , Flown on (by

Edgar Percival Edgar Wikner Percival (23 February 1897 – 21 January 1984) was a noted Australian aircraft designer and pilot whose aircraft were distinguished by speed and grace. Percival went on to set up the Percival Aircraft Company, a British aircraft ...

) and later off and on from , - ,

Piasecki H-21 The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee is an American helicopter, the fourth of a line of tandem rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter (later Boeing Vertol). Commonly called "the flying banana", it was a multi-mission helicop ...

, , US, , Helicopter, , , , , , Production, , +, , , - , Piasecki HRP Rescuer, , US, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Piasecki HUP Retriever, , US, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Piper L-4 Grasshopper The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance. The Cub is P ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Temporary, , +, , From LST for WW2 landings , - , Reggiane Re.2001 OR, , Italy, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was a successful high-altitude fighter and it also served as the foremost American fighter-bombe ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Temporary, , , , P-47s being ferried by flown off to defend ship off

Saipan Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States in the western Pa ...

, - , Rockwell XFV-12, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , n/a, , Prototype, , , , Failed to achieve flight , - ,

Ryan FR Fireball The Ryan FR Fireball was an American mixed-power ( piston and jet-powered) fighter aircraft designed by Ryan Aeronautical for the United States Navy during World War II. It was the Navy's first aircraft with a jet engine. Only 66 aircraft we ...

, , US, , Propeller/Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Saro P.531 The Saro P.531 (or Saunders-Roe P.531) is a British all-metal five-seat helicopter designed and built by Saunders-Roe, Saunders-Roe Limited (Saro). Development Design of the P.531Jackson 1974, p 295 and 329 was started in November 1957 as a p ...

, , UK, , Helicopter, , , , , , Prototype, , , , Produced as Westland Wasp , - , SEPECAT Jaguar M, , France, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Seversky XFN-1, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Shenyang J-15, , PRC, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Shenyang FC-31, , PRC, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Short Gurnard The Short Gurnard was a single-engined two-seat biplane naval fighter, built in the United Kingdom to an Air Ministry specification in 1929. It failed to win production orders and only two flew. Design and development The duralumin-framed S ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Short Seamew, , UK, , Propeller, , ASW, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Short Shirl The Short N.1B Shirl was a British single-seat biplane, intended to carry heavy torpedoes from early aircraft carriers late in World War I. It met its specifications but planned production was ended with the Armistice of 1918. The design was d ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, , US, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , +, , , - , Sikorsky HNS (R-4), , US, , Helicopter, , Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Sikorsky HO2S The Sikorsky H-5 (initially designated R-5 and also known as S-48, S-51 and by company designation VS-327Fitzsimons, Bernard, (general editor). ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 20, ...

(R-5/H-5), , US, , Helicopter, , Transport, , , , Production, , +, , , - , Sikorsky HO4S (S-55), , US, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sikorsky Hoverfly II (R-6), , US, , Helicopter, , Transport/trainer, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sikorsky HR2S/CH-37, , US, , Helicopter, , Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sikorsky HSS Seabat (S-58), , US, , Helicopter, , ASW/Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, , US, , Helicopter, , ASW/SAR/Transport, , , , Production, , ca., , , - , Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk, , US, , Helicopter, , ASW/SAR/Transport, , , , Production, , +, , , - ,

Sikorsky XHJS The Sikorsky XHJS-1 (manufacturer designation S-53), was developed by Sikorsky Aircraft Sikorsky Aircraft is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut. It was established by aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky in 1923 and ...

, , US, , Helicopter, , Transport, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Slingsby T.20 The Slingsby T.20 was a British glider designed and built by Slingsby that first flew in 1944.Simons, Martin. ''Slingsby Sailplanes''. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1996. . Design and development The Type 20 was probably the least well known Slingsby p ...

, , UK, , Glider, , Trials, , , , Temporary, , , , Flight deck turbulence trials from & , - ,

SNCAC NC.1070 The SNCAC NC.1070 was a piston engined attack and torpedo bomber designed and built in France shortly after World War II. The second prototype, the NC1071, was the first French multi-jet turbine powered aircraft. Design and development Built s ...

, , France, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , SNCAC NC.1080, , France, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , SNCASE (Sud-Est) Aquilon, , France, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , SNCASO SO.8000 Narval, , France, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Sopwith 2F.1 Ship's Camel, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Zeppelin interceptors flown from towed barges. , - , Sopwith Camel, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Zeppelin interceptors flown from towed barges. , - ,

Sopwith Cuckoo The Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo was a British biplane torpedo bomber used by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), and its successor organization, the Royal Air Force (RAF). The T.1 was the first landplane specifically designed for carrier operations, bu ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Sopwith Pup and Ship's Pup, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Production total is for all variants. , - , Sopwith Ship's Strutter, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Stinson L-5 Sentinel The Stinson L-5 Sentinel is a World War II-era liaison aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces, U.S. Army Ground Forces, U.S. Marine Corps and the British Royal Air Force. It was produced by the Stinson Division of the Vultee Aircr ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Temporary, , , , Used Brodie device from and LSTs , - , Stinson OY Sentinel, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Temporary, , +, , Korean War , - , Sukhoi Su-25UTG & UBP, , USSR, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Production, , ~, , , - , Sukhoi Su-33, , USSR, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , ~, , , - , Supermarine Attacker, , UK, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Supermarine Scimitar, , UK, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Supermarine Seafang The Supermarine Seafang was a British Rolls-Royce Griffon–engined fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine to Air Ministry specification N.5/45. It was based on the Spiteful, which was a development of Supermarine's famous Spitfire aircraft ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Supermarine Seafire The Supermarine Seafire is a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. It was analogous in concept to the Hawker Sea Hurricane, a navalised version of the Spitfire's stablemate, the Hawker Hurri ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Supermarine Type 322, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo/dive bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Supermarine Walrus The Supermarine Walrus (originally designated the Supermarine Seagull V) was a British single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell and manufactured by Supermarine at Woolston, Southampton. The Walrus f ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Taylorcraft Auster, , UK, , Propeller, , Trials, , –1946, , Temporary, , +, , , and , - ,

Vickers Type 141 Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells. The company went public in 18 ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Vickers Type 177, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Vickers Type 207 The Vickers Type 207 was a single-engined two-seat biplane designed as a shipborne torpedo bomber to an early 1930s specification. Structurally innovative, only one was built. Development The Vickers Type 207 was often known as the Vickers M.1 ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Torpedo bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Vickers Vanellus, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Vickers Viking The Vickers Viking was a British single-engine amphibious aircraft designed for military use shortly after World War I. Later versions of the aircraft were known as the Vickers Vulture and Vickers Vanellus. Design and development Researc ...

III & IV, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Vickers Vireo The Vickers Vireo was an experimental low wing all-metal monoplane built to explore both all-metal service aircraft and the use of catapult launched ship board fighters. Only one was built. Development The Vickers-Wibault construction method ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Villiers II, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought A-7 Corsair, , US, , Jet, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Vought F-8 Crusader The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft built by Vought for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps (replacing the Vought F7U Cutlass), and for the Frenc ...

, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , Pawlowski, 1971, p.432 , - , Vought F4U/FG/F3A Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Vought F6U Pirate The Vought F6U Pirate was the Vought company's first jet fighter, designed for the United States Navy during the mid-1940s. Although pioneering the use of turbojet power as the first naval fighter with an afterburner and composite material const ...

, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought F7U Cutlass, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Vought FU __NOTOC__ The Vought FU was a biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy in service during the late 1920s. Design and development Pleased with the company's VE-7, in 1926 the Navy gave Vought a $459,709 contract for 20 convertible land/ ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought Model 1600, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - , Vought O2U Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought O3U/SU Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought XO4U Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Vought SB2U Vindicator, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought SBU Corsair, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought VE-7, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Vought XF5U, , US, , Propeller, , Fighter, , n/a, , Prototype, , 1, , Failed to achieve flight , - ,

Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.Tillman 1990 Though based in spirit on the F8U-1 a ...

, , US, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Vought XS2U The Vought XS2U was a design for an all-weather, carrier-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. A twin-engine, twin-tailed, mid-wing, propeller-driven design with tricycle landing gear, it lost to the Grumman S2F Tracker in the United States ...

, , US, , Propeller, , ASW, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - ,

Vought XSB3U The Vought XSB3U was an American biplane scout bomber developed by Vought-Sikorsky for the United States Navy during the 1930s. Developed as an alternative to the SB2U Vindicator monoplane, the aircraft proved unsatisfactory to the Navy in comp ...

, , US, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Prototype, , , , , - ,

Westland Dragonfly The Westland WS-51 Dragonfly helicopter was built by Westland Aircraft and was an Anglicised licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-51. Design and development On 19 January 1947 an agreement was signed between Westland Aircraft a ...

, , UK, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland Lynx, , UK, , Helicopter, , ASW/Transport, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Westland PV-3 The Westland PV-3 was a British two-seat torpedo bomber of the 1930s built by Westland Aircraft Works. The aircraft was a private venture development and based on the Westland Wapiti. It never entered production. The aircraft is best known as o ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Westland Sea King, , UK, , Helicopter, , ASW/Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Westland Walrus The Westland Walrus was a British spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Westland Aircraft. Design and development In 1919 the Royal Navy had an urgent need for a three-seat spotter/reconnaissance aircraft. To save money, the Airco DH.9A was ...

, , UK, , Propeller, , Reconnaissance, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland Wasp, , UK, , Helicopter, , ASW, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland Wessex, , UK, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Westland Whirlwind Westland or Westlands may refer to: Places *Westlands, an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi, Kenya * Westlands, Staffordshire, a suburban area and ward in Newcastle-under-Lyme *Westland, a peninsula of the Shetland Mainland near Vaila, ...

, , UK, , Helicopter, , Transport/SAR, , , , Production, , , , , - , Westland Wyvern, , UK, , Propeller, , Bomber, , , , Production, , , , , - ,

Wibault 74 The Wibault company or ''Société des Avions Michel Wibault'' was a French aircraft manufacturing company. Its workshops were located in Boulogne-Billancourt, Billancourt, in the Paris area. History The Wibault company was established in 1919 ...

, , France, , Propeller, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Yakovlev Yak-38, , USSR, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Production, , , , , - , Yakovlev Yak-41, , USSR, , Jet, , Fighter, , , , Prototype, , , , , - , Yakovlev Yak-43, , USSR, , Jet, , Fighter, , n/a, , Project, , 0, , , - ,

Yakovlev Yak-44 The Yakovlev Yak-44 (russian: link=yes, Як-44) was a proposed twin-turboprop Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft, resembling the United States Navy's E-2 Hawkeye, intended for use with the Soviet Navy's ''Ulyanovsk'' class supercarriers. ...

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