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
|
GUARDIAN ANGEL FOR THE B17 BOMBERS The P51 Mustang was one of the most effective planes of World War Two. The P51 Mustang gave the bombers of US 8th Air Force the fighter cover it so desperately needed over occupied Europe and, therefore, greatly assisted the bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in World War Two. In May 1944, the P51-D was introduced. This plane was fitted with fuel drop tanks that gave it far greater mileage in the air. When these tanks were empty, they could be dropped so that the plane had the full use of its aerodynamics. This extra fuel gave the Mustang an ability to escort the US 8th Air Force bomber formations to just about any target in Western Europe. Such cover was vital to the Americans as they were participating in daylight raids primarily over Germany and were thus exposed to attacks by the Luftwaffe. Before the Mustang, American bombers flew in a box formation and relied on the fire power of the many guns car...
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