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OCR: Bombers Caproni CA-4 Italy 1915 161(100) 39.7m 14.6₥ 5-seat triplane (130'0") (48'0") Handley Britain 1916 156(97) 30.5m 19.2m Heavy night Page 0-400 (100'0") (62'10") biplane bomber Voisin 13 France 1916 146(91) 30.0m 17.5m 4-engine (98'5") (57'5") night bomber Gotha G. IV Germany 1917 140(87) 23.7m 12.5m Twin "pusher" (77'8") (41'0") engine biplane bomber Vickers F.B.27 Britain 1917 145(90) 20.5m 13.3m Vimy (67'2") (43'7") Heavy bomber Fairey Britain 1935 224(139) 13.9m 11.1m Carrier-borne Swordfish (45'6") (36'4") torpedo Mk.I bomber Junkers Germany 1938 373(232) Ju87B-1 (453) 11.1m Single-engine (36'5") inverted gull- Stuka wing dive bomber Junkers Germany 1939 460(286) 18.3m 14.4m High-speed Ju88A-1 (59'11") (47'1") all-purpose medium bomber Consolidated U.S. 1940 488(303) 33.5m 20.2m 4-engine B-24D (110'0") (66'4") long-range Liberator bomber Vickers Britain 1940 378(235) 26.3m 19.7m Long-range Wellington (86'2") (64'7") bomber B.Mk. 1C command monoplane Heinkel Germany 1940 416(258) 22.6₥ 16.6₥ Low-wing He 111K5a (74'1") (54'5") monoplane Dornier Germany 194 440(273) 18.0m 16.3m Advanced Do17z (59'0") (53'6") monoplane Boeing B-17D U.S 1941 523(325) 31.6₥ 20.7m Heavily Flying Fortress (103'9") (67'11") armed 4-engine bomber Handley Page Britain 1941 426(265) 30.1m 21.4m Night Halifax B. (98'10") (70'1") bomber Mk.Il Ser. 1 de Havilland Britain 1941 612(380) 16.5m 12.4m Fast, unarmed, D.H. 98 Mosquito (54'2") (40'10") all-wood twin- B.Mk. IV Avro Lancaster Britain 462(287) 31.1m 21.2m engine bomber 1941 Night B. Mk.l (102'0") (69'6") bomber Boeing B-29 U.S. 1943 576(358) 43.1m 30.2m Long-range Superfortress (141'3") (99'0") bomber ; dropped atomic bombs Convair B-36D U.S 1946 693(439) 70.5 m 49.1m Intercontinental Peacemaker (230'0") (162'1") nuclear bomber Boeing B-47B U.S. 1951 1,014(630) 35.4m 32.7m Swept-wing jet Stratojet (116'0") (107'2") aircraft Tupolev Tu-95 USSR 1955 869(540) 51.1m 54.1m Heavy Bear (167'8") (177'6") bomber Boeing U.S. 1958 1,062(660) 56.4m 8.0m SAC bomber B-52G/H (185'0") (157'7") for delivery Stratofortress of nuclear bombs Convair U.S 1958 Mach 1.7 17.4m 29.6m Multiengine B-58 Hustler (57'0") (97'0") supersonic bomber English Britain 1958 832(517) 19.5m 20.0m RAF's first jet Electric (64'0") (65'6") bomber Canberra B()MK.8 Tupolev USSR 1969 Mach 2.5 34.45m 40.23₥ Advanced Tu V-G (130'0") (132'0") supersonic Backfire bomber Rockwell U.S. 1974 Mach 2.0 41.7m 45.8m Supersonic International (136'8") (150'2") low-level B-1 21.03m advanced bomber Northrup U.S 1988 n.a. 52.43₥ Radar-evading B-2A (172'0") (69'0") "stealth bomber Tupolev Tu-160 USSR 1988 Mach 1.9 55.7m 54m Supersonic Blackjack (182'9") (177'0") strategic bomber Fighters Nieuport XVII France 1916 175(109) 8.2m 6.0m Single-engine (26'10") (19'7") biplane Sopwith Britain 1917 185(115) 8.5m 5.7m Single-engine F.I. Camel (28'0") (18'9") biplane SPAD XIII France 1917 224(139) 8.1m 6.2m Single-engine (26'6") (20'4") biplane Fokker Germany 1918 188(117) 8.9m 7.0m Single-engine D-VI (29'3") (23'0") biplane Boeing U.S. 1933 377(234) 8.5m 7.3m First all-metal P-26A (28'0") (23'10") single-engine monoplane Hawker Britain 1937 539(335) 12.2m 9.6₥ Hurricane (40'0") Single-engine (31'5") monoplane Mk.I Supermarine Britain 1937 591(367) 11.3m 91m Single-engine Spitfire (36'10") (229'11") monoplane F.Mk.I Messerschmitt Germany 1939 570(354) 9.9m 8.6m Single-engine Bf 109E-1 (32'4") (28'4") monoplane Messerschmitt Germany 1939 562(349) 16.3m 12.1m Twin-engine long- Bf 110C-4 (53'5") (39'9") range aircraft Ilyushin 11-2 USSR 1940 423(263) 14.6₥ 11.6m Single-engine Shturmovik (47'11") (38'1") ground-attack Mitsubishi A6 Japan 1940 533(331) monoplane 12.0m 9.1m Single-engine M2 Model 21 (39'4") (29'9") interceptor and Zero-Sen Kamikaze aircraft Focke-Wwulf Germany 1941 626(389) 10.5m' 8.8m Single-engine Fw 190A-2 (34'6") (28'11") monoplane Curtiss U.S. 1941 570(354) 11.4m 9.6m Single-engine P40E Warhawk (37'4") (31'4") monoplane Lockheed P-38 J.S. 1941 628(390) 15.9m 11.5m Long-range Lightning (52'0") (37'10") twin-engine escort aircraft Mikoyan- USSR 1941 576(357) 11.4m 9.5m Single-seat Gurevich (37'5") (31'3") fighter-bomber MiG-3 North 1948 1,086(675) 11.3m 11.4m First USAF American (37'1") (37'6") single-seat swept- F-86A Sabre wing interceptor Mikoyan- USSR 1949 1,101(684) Im 11.1m Early single- Gurevich (33'1") (36'3") engine jet aircraft MiG-15 Mikoyan- USSR 1956 Mach 2.0 7.6m 16.8m Widely used Gurevich (24'11") (55'1") single-seat MIG-21F multirole aircraft North American U.S. 1956 1,390(864) 11.8m 14.3m Single-engine F-100D (38'9") (47'0") supersonic Super Sabre fighter McDonnell U.S. 1961 Mach 2.6 11.7m 17.8m Twin-engine F4B (38'5") (58'3") long-range all- Phantom weather interceptor Mikoyan- USSR 1967 Mach 3.2 12.2m 21.0m Advanced Gurevich (40'0") (68'11") fighter- MiG 25 Foxbat interceptor Dassault France 1967 Mach 2.2 8.2m 15.6₥ Widely used Mirage 5 (27'0") (51'0") ground-attack aircraft Hawker Britain 1969 1,186(737) 13.9m V/STOL tactical Siddeley (45'6") strike aircraft Harrier G.R.Mk.1 McDonnell- 1974 Mach 2.5 13.1m 19.4m Advanced single- Douglas (42'10") (63'9") seat fighter F15A Eagle Fairchild 1975 722(449) 17.5m 16.2m Close-support A-10 (57'5") (53'1") fighter Thunderbolt General U.S. 1976 Mach 2+ 9.4m 14.5m Lightweight Dynamics (31'0") (47'7") supersonic F-16 fighter Panavia Britain/ 1979 Mach 2.2 13.91m 20.08m Jointly dev. Tornado Italy / (45'7.5") (54'10.75") twin-engine IDS Germany multirole strike/ interceptor Lockheed U.S. 1982 Mach 13.02m 20.08m Radar-evading F-117A (43'4") (65'11") twin-engine Stealth Fighter ground-attack aircraft McDonnell- U.S 1985 Mach 1.8+ 11.8m 17.1m Advanced strike Douglas (37'6") (56'0") fighter F/A-18A Transports and Others Junkers Germany 1934 270(168) 29.3m 18.9m Major Luftwaffe Ju-52 (96'0") (62'0") transport Lockheed U.S. 1955 795(494) 24.4m 15.1m High-altitude U2A (80'0") (49'7") reconnaissance and research aircraft Boeing U.S 1957 857(532) 39.9m 41.6m Jet-powered KC-135A (130'10") (1363") fuel carrier Stratotanker for midair refueling Mil Mi-8 USSR 1961 250(155) 21.3m 25.3m Turbine-powered (V-8) (69'10") (82'11") transport (rotor) helicopter Lockheed U.S. 1962 555(345) 9.9m 29.8m Medium transport C-130E (32'7") (97'9") Hercules Lockheed U.S. 1964 Mach 3 16.9m 32.7m Supersonic SR-7 (55'7") (107'0") strategic reconnaissance aircraft Bell U.S. 1967 353(219) 13.4m 16.2m Armed attack AH-1G (44'0") (53'0") helicopter Cobra (rotor) used in Vietnam Antonov USSR 1967 741(460) 64.5m 57.8m Heavy transport An-22 (211'4") (189'7") Fairchild U.S. 1975 722(499) 17.5m 16.2m Close-support A-10 (57'5") (53'") fighter Thunderbolt Hughes U.S. 1976 296(184) 5.23₥ 14.68m Advanced Apache (17'2") (48'2") antitank attack AH-64A helicopter McDonnell U.S 1980 908(564) 50.4m 55.3m Tanker/cargo KC10-A (165'4") (1817") transport Lockheed U.S. 1984 919(571) 67.9m 70.3m Heavy C5-B (222'8") (230'7") logistics Galaxy transport