Fighter Planes by Alphabet

Fighter Planes: Reshaping the Battlefield
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As the aircraft industry grew, more and more companies arose with each passing year. Many have come and gone, but some have stood the test of time for decades. Others have merged together, and some have taken over the construction of aircraft that were previously manufactured by others. This page sorts my twenty-five fighters alphabetically by the names of the companies that developed them.
Companies A-F . Companies G-K . Companies L-M . Companies N-Z

Companies A-F
	Name: B-17 "Flying Fortress" Company: Boeing Used by: United States, Britain First flown: 1935 Role: Heavy Bomber Max Speed: 287 m.p.h.	Name: B-29 "Superfortress" Company: Boeing Used by: United States, Britain, Australia First flown: 1942 Role: Heavy Bomber Max Speed: 357 m.p.h.	Name: P-40 "Warhawk" Company: Curtiss Used by: United States, Britain, Australia First flown: 1938 Role: Attack Fighter Max Speed: 360 m.p.h.
	Name: Mosquito Company: de Havilland Used by: Britain, Canada, United States First flown: 1940 Role: Fighter/Bomber Max Speed: 415 m.p.h.	Name: A-4M "Skyhawk" Company: Douglas Used by: United States First flown:1970 Role: Attack Fighter Max Speed: 670 m.p.h.	Name: A-10A "Thunderbolt II" Company: Fairchild-Republic Used by: United States First flown: 1977 Role: Fighter/Bomber Max Speed: 518 m.p.h.
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Companies G-K
	Name: EF-111A "Raven" Company: General Dynamics Used by: United States First flown: 1977 Role: Electronic Warfare Max Speed: 1412 m.p.h.	Name: F8F "Bearcat" Company: Grumman Used by: United States, Britain, France First flown: 1944 Role: Attack Fighter Max Speed: 434 m.p.h.	Name: F-14 "Tomcat" Company: Grumman Used by: United States, Iran First flown: 1970 Role: Interceptor, Multi-Role Fighter Max Speed: 1544 m.p.h.
	Name: X-29A Company: Grumman Used by: United States First flown: 1984 Role: Prototype Fighter Max Speed: 1200 m.p.h.	Name: Hurricane Company: Hawker Used by: Britain First flown: 1935 Role: Attack Fighter Max Speed: 340 m.p.h.	Name: AV-8A "Harrier" Company: Hawker-Siddley Used by: United States, Britain First flown: 1967 Role: VTOL (Vertical Takeoff & Landing) Fighter Max Speed: 735 m.p.h.
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Companies L-M
	Name: SR-71 'Blackbird' Company: Lockheed Used by: United States First flown: 1964 Role: Stealth Recon Max Speed: 2200 m.p.h.	Name: F-16 "Fighting Falcon" Company: Lockheed Martin Used by: United States, Turkey, Israel, Egypt First flown: 1974 Role: Multi-Role Fighter Max Speed: 1521 m.p.h.	Name: F-22 "Raptor" Company: Lockheed Martin / Boeing Used by: United States First flown: 1997 Role: Stealth Air Superiority Fighter Max Speed: 1599 m.p.h.
	Name: F-15A "Eagle" Company: McDonnel Douglas Used by: United States, Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia First flown: 1972 Role: Air Superiority Fighter Max Speed: 1600 m.p.h.	Name: F/A-18 "Hornet" Company: McDonnel Douglas / Boeing Used by: United States, Australia, Spain First flown: 1978 Role: Multi-Role Fighter Max Speed: 1190 m.p.h.	Name: BF-109 Company: Messerschmitt Used by: Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania First flown: 1935 Role: Attack Fighter Max Speed: 398 m.p.h.
	Name: MiG-17 Company: Mikoyan-Gurevich Used by: Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Poland First flown: 1950 Role: Attack Fighter Max Speed: 711 m.p.h.
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Companies N-Z
	Name: B-25 "Mitchell" Company: North American Used by: United States First flown: 1940 Role: Medium Bomber Max Speed: 285 m.p.h.	Name: F-20 "Tigershark" Company: Northrop Used by: United States First flown: 1982 Role: Attack Fighter Max Speed: 1557 m.p.h.	Name: YF-23 "Black Widow II" Company: Northrop / McDonnell Douglas Used by: United States First flown: 1990 Role: Stealth Fighter Max Speed: 1650 m.p.h.
	Name: Spitfire Company: Supermarine Used by: Britain First flown: 1936 Role: Attack Fighter Max Speed: 378 m.p.h.	Name: F4U "Corsair" Company: Vought Used by: United States, Britain First flown: 1940 Role: Carrier Fighter Max Speed: 405 m.p.h.	Name: Lysander Company: Westland Used by: Britain, Canada, Egypt, United States First flown: 1936 Role: Co-Op Fighter Max Speed: 212 m.p.h.
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