Attackers
Name: BF-109
Company: Messerschmitt
Used by: Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania
First flown: 1935
Role: Attack Fighter
Max Speed: 398 m.p.h.
Name: Hurricane
Company: Hawker
Used by: Britain
First flown: 1935
Role: Attack Fighter
Max Speed: 340 m.p.h.
Name: Spitfire
Company: Supermarine
Used by: Britain
First flown: 1936
Role: Attack Fighter
Max Speed: 378 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: F8F "Bearcat"
Company: Grumman
Used by: United States, Britain, France
First flown: 1944
Role: Attack Fighter
Max Speed: 434 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.
Name: A-4M "Skyhawk"
Company: Douglas
Used by: United States
First flown: 1970
Role: Attack Fighter
Max Speed: 670 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.
Bombers
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-25 "Mitchell"
Company: North American
Used by: United States
First flown: 1940
Role: Medium Bomber
Max Speed: 285 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: B-29 "Superfortress"
Company: Boeing
Used by: United States, Britain, Australia
First flown: 1942
Role: Heavy Bomber
Max Speed: 357 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.
Multi-Role
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: 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/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.
Stealth
Name: SR-71 'Blackbird'
Company: Lockheed
Used by: United States
First flown: 1964
Role: Stealth Recon
Max Speed: 2200 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: 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.
Others
Name: Lysander
Company: Westland
Used by: Britain, Canada, Egypt, United States
First flown: 1936
Role: Co-Op Fighter
Max Speed: 212 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: 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.
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: EF-111A "Raven"
Company: General Dynamics
Used by: United States
First flown: 1977
Role: Electronic Warfare
Max Speed: 1412 m.p.h.
Name: X-29A
Company: Grumman
Used by: United States
First flown: 1984
Role: Prototype Fighter
Max Speed: 1200 m.p.h.