military aircraft

A military aircraft is a powered flying vehicle specifically designed, equipped, and operated by armed forces to conduct combat, support, reconnaissance, or training missions in defense and warfare operations.

Aliases (50)

• jet aircraft ×17
• bomber aircraft ×9
• ground-attack aircraft ×9
• military trainer aircraft ×9
• British military aircraft ×6
• anti-submarine warfare aircraft ×6
• maritime patrol aircraft ×6
• airborne early warning and control aircraft ×5
• attack helicopter ×5
• light attack aircraft ×5
• attack aircraft ×4
• carrier-based dive bomber ×4
• fighter-bomber aircraft ×4
• carrier-based aircraft ×3
• long-range bomber ×3
• British aircraft ×2
• World War I aircraft ×2
• World War I military aircraft ×2
• air-sea rescue aircraft ×2
• carrier-capable aircraft ×2
• close air support aircraft ×2
• jet bomber ×2
• military aircraft category ×2
• military transport helicopter ×2
• tactical airlifter ×2
• tactical transport aircraft ×2
• AWACS aircraft ×1
• Canadian military aircraft variant ×1
• Cold War aircraft ×1
• First World War military aircraft ×1
• Harrier family aircraft ×1
• Imperial Japanese Army aircraft ×1
• U.S. Air Force aircraft ×1
• United States military aircraft ×1
• all‑weather aircraft ×1
• anti-submarine warfare helicopter ×1
• army cooperation aircraft ×1
• carrier-based attack aircraft ×1
• carrier-based strike fighter aircraft ×1
• fixed-wing aircraft ×1
• forward air control aircraft ×1
• ground‑attack aircraft ×1
• heavy bomber aircraft ×1
• liaison aircraft ×1
• military aircraft type ×1
• military training aircraft ×1
• modernized multirole combat aircraft ×1
• presidential transport aircraft ×1
• search-and-rescue aircraft ×1
• strike aircraft ×1

Instances (258)

• Junkers Ju 87
• Short 184 ("torpedo bomber seaplane")
• CP-140 Aurora ("maritime patrol aircraft")
• Enola Gay ("bomber aircraft")
• CC-295 Kingfisher ("search-and-rescue aircraft")
• Pilatus PC-21 ("military trainer aircraft")
• Lockheed C-130 Hercules ("tactical airlifter")
• E-3F Sentry AWACS ("airborne early warning and control aircraft")
• Messerschmitt Me 262 ("fighter-bomber aircraft")
• Arado Ar 234 ("jet bomber")
• Heinkel He 177 ("long-range bomber")
• Aichi D3A dive bombers ("carrier-based dive bomber")
• Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers ("carrier-based attack aircraft")
• AV-8B Harrier II ("ground-attack aircraft")
• B-29 Superfortress
• Bockscar ("bomber aircraft")
• Bell X-5 ("jet aircraft")
• BAE Systems Hawk T1
• Grob G 120 ("training aircraft")
• Sopwith Camel ("British military aircraft")
• Folland Gnat T.1
• Sopwith Pup
• Northrop X-4 Bantam ("jet aircraft")
• Sopwith Triplane ("British military aircraft")
• Northrop X-21 ("jet aircraft")
• Airco DH.4
• Lancaster
• Handley Page O/100
• Handley Page O/400 ("heavy bomber aircraft")
• CH-147F Chinook ("military transport helicopter")
• Hawker Typhoon ("fighter-bomber aircraft")
• CH-148 Cyclone ("anti-submarine warfare helicopter")
• CT-156 Harvard II ("military trainer aircraft")
• Voyager KC2
• Boeing AH-64 Apache ("attack helicopter")
• Macchi C.205 Veltro
• Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
• Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello
• Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 Marsupiale ("bomber aircraft")
• Cant Z.1007 Alcione
• Cant Z.506 Airone
• Messerschmitt Bf 109
• Fiat BR.20 Cicogna
• Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
• Caproni Ca.313
• Caproni Ca.135
• Savoia-Marchetti SM.84
• Boeing P-8 Poseidon ("maritime patrol aircraft")
• PZL-130 Orlik ("military training aircraft")
• M-346 Master ("light attack aircraft")
• Avro Lancaster
• Su-22 ("ground-attack aircraft")
• de Havilland Mosquito ("twin‑engine military aircraft")
• Handley Page Halifax
• Lockheed U-2
• CASA C-295 ("tactical transport aircraft")
• Vickers Wellington
• Mi-24 ("attack helicopter")
• Fairey Battle
• Mi-8 ("military transport helicopter")
• Boulton Paul Defiant ("British military aircraft")
• AH-6 Little Bird ("attack helicopter")
• MQ-1C Gray Eagle
• Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King ("presidential transport aircraft")
• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
• Consolidated B-24 Liberator
• Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter ("attack helicopter")
• F/A-18 Hornet ("attack aircraft")
• Panavia Tornado GR4 ("strike aircraft")
• Avro Shackleton ("maritime patrol aircraft")
• F-4 Phantom II (modernized variants) ("modernized multirole combat aircraft")
• Heinkel He 111
• Fairey Firefly ("anti-submarine warfare aircraft")
• SR-71 Blackbird
• General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
• Blackburn Firebrand ("British military aircraft")
• United States Navy aircraft ("military aircraft category")
• Sea Harrier fighter aircraft ("jet aircraft")
• Raytheon Sentinel R1
• Supermarine Seafang ("British military aircraft")
• Martin-Baker MB 5 ("British aircraft")
• Super Étendard aircraft ("carrier-based strike fighter aircraft")
• Nakajima Ki-27
• SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 ("military trainer aircraft")
• Vulcan bomber
• Mitsubishi Ki-21
• Supermarine Walrus ("air-sea rescue aircraft")
• Tachikawa Ki-36
• Supermarine Seafire
• Lockheed P-2 Neptune ("maritime patrol aircraft")
• Supermarine Swift
• Kokusai Ki-76
• Supermarine Scimitar
• Douglas A-26 Invader ("ground-attack aircraft")
• North American F-100 Super Sabre ("fighter-bomber aircraft")
• Short Stirling
• McDonnell F-101 Voodoo ("jet aircraft")
• Republic F-84 Thunderjet
• Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
• Avro Manchester
• Cessna O-2 Skymaster
• North American F-86 Sabre
• North American T-28 Trojan ("military trainer aircraft")
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
• Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor ("military trainer aircraft")
• Hawker Hart
• Convair T-29 ("military trainer aircraft")
• Ikarus IK-2
• Breguet 19
• Zmaj Fizir FP-2 ("military trainer aircraft")
• Hawker Fury
• Dornier Do 217
• Hawker Hunter ("jet aircraft")
• Hawker Sea Hawk ("British military aircraft")
• Tupolev Tu-4 bomber
• Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
• Hawker P.1127 ("jet aircraft")
• Tupolev Tu-20 / Tu-95 strategic bomber
• Tupolev Tu-22 bomber ("bomber aircraft")
• Allied strategic bombers ("military aircraft category")
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
• Potez 25
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
• North American B-25B Mitchell
• Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 ("First World War military aircraft")
• Sukhoi Su-7 ("fighter-bomber aircraft")
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 ("World War I military aircraft")
• Sukhoi Su-24
• Airco DH.2 ("World War I military aircraft")
• Sukhoi Su-25 ("close air support aircraft")
• Phénix
• Bristol F.2 Fighter
• Dassault Mirage III
• Ilyushin Il-2 ("ground-attack aircraft")
• Douglas SBD Dauntless ("carrier-based aircraft")
• Douglas TBD Devastator ("carrier-based aircraft")
• 44-86292
• Nimrod MR2 ("maritime patrol aircraft")
• B-2 Spirit
• Grumman TBF Avenger ("carrier-based aircraft")
• B-1B Lancer ("long-range bomber")
• Junkers Ju 52 aircraft ("bomber aircraft")
• Arado Ar 196 seaplane
• Gloster Meteor
• Saab 340 AEW&C ("airborne early warning and control aircraft")
• Saab 2000 AEW&C ("airborne early warning and control aircraft")
• Lockheed P-3 Orion ("maritime patrol aircraft")
• Strikemaster
• Saab 35 Draken ("jet aircraft")
• A-4 Skyhawk ("attack aircraft")
• Voyager
• Saab 37 Viggen ("attack aircraft")
• Saab 32 Lansen
• Dornier Do 17
• M-346 trainer aircraft ("light attack aircraft")
• Saab 105 ("military trainer aircraft")
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
• WM-21 Sólyom
• MÁVAG Héja
• Sentry ("airborne early warning and control aircraft")
• C-27J Spartan aircraft ("tactical airlifter")
• E-3 Sentry ("airborne early warning and control aircraft")
• White Knight ("jet aircraft")
• Val ("carrier-based dive bomber")
• RAF Tristar ("military aircraft type")
• Panavia Tornado
• Eurocopter EC665 Tiger (ARH) ("attack helicopter")
• Aichi D1A ("carrier-based dive bomber")
• Messerschmitt Me 210 ("ground‑attack aircraft")
• Fiat CR.32
• Alpha Jet ("light attack aircraft")
• Boeing T-7A Red Hawk ("military trainer aircraft")
• Yokosuka D4Y ("carrier-based dive bomber")