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2nd Generation Active and Formerly Active Fighter Aircraft


Aircraft
Primary
Builder
Number
built
First
flight
Service
life
Douglas F4D Skyray
United States
422
1951
1956–1964
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
United States
1,000
1953
1956–1979
North American F-100 Super Sabre
United States
2,294
1953
1954–1988
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19
Soviet Union
2,172
1953
1955–present
Grumman F-11 Tiger
United States
200
1954
1956–1969
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
United States
2,578
1954
1958–2004
McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
United States
807
1954
1957–1984
English Electric Lightning
United Kingdom
337
1954
1959–1988
Vought F-8 Crusader
United States
1,219
1955
1957–1999
Republic F-105 Thunderchief
United States
833
1955
1958–1984
Folland Gnat
United Kingdom
449
1955
1959–1991
Dassault Super Mystère
France
180
1955
1957–1977
Saab 35 Draken
Sweden
651
1955
1960–2005
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Soviet Union
11,496
1955
1959–present
Sukhoi Su-7
Soviet Union
1,847
1955
1959–1990
Convair F-106 Delta Dart
United States
342
1956
1959–1988
Supermarine Scimitar
United Kingdom
76
1956
1957–1969
Dassault Mirage III
France
1,422
1956
1961–present
Fiat G.91
Italy
770
1956
1958–1995
Sukhoi Su-9
Soviet Union
1,150
1956
1959-1970s
Dassault Étendard IV
France
90
1958
1962–1991
Shenyang J-6
People's Republic of China
3,000
1958
1961–2002
F-5 Freedom Fighter
United States
2,246
1959
1962-1998
HAL HF-24 Marut
India
147
1961
1964–1985
Chengdu J-7
People's Republic of China
2,400
1966
1960s–present
Dassault Mirage 5
France
582
1967
1961–present
IAI Nesher
Israel
61
1971
1972–2012

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