List of United States bomber aircraft

This is a list of United States bomber aircraft

1915-1935

Name of Bomber	Country of origin	Year of first flight	Status	Number built	Photo
Bellanca 77-140 medium bomber	United States	1934	retired 1942	4
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber	United States	1935	retired 1959	12,731
Consolidated P2Y patrol flying boat	United States	1929	retired 1941	78
Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol flying boat/amphibian	United States	1935	retired 1980s	4,051 ca.
Curtiss A-3/A-4 Falcon attack/light bomber	United States	1924	retired 1937	155
Curtiss A-8 attack/light bomber	United States	1931	retired 1939	13
Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack/light bomber	United States	1933	retired 1942	46
Curtiss XA-14 attack/light bomber	United States	1935	retired prototype	1
Curtiss A-18 Shrike attack/light bomber	United States	1935	retired 1943	13
Curtiss B-2 Condor heavy bomber	United States	1929	retired 1934	13
Curtiss BF2C Goshawk fighter-bomber	United States	1933	retired 1949	166
Curtiss Model H patrol flying boat	United States	1917	retired	478
Curtiss HS patrol flying boat	United States	1917	retired	1,178
Curtiss F5L patrol flying boat	United States	1918	retired	227
Curtiss CS torpedo bomber	United States	1923	retired	83
Curtiss SBC Helldiver dive bomber	United States	1935	retired 1943	257
Curtiss T-32 Condor II bomber/transport	United States	1933	retired	45
Douglas DT torpedo bomber	United States	1921	retired	90
Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber	United States	1935	retired 1946	350
Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber	United States	1935	retired 1944	130
Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber	United States	1931	retired prototype	8
Fokker XB-8 heavy bomber	United States	1929	retired prototype	7
Great Lakes BG dive bomber	United States	1933	retired 1941	61
Huff-Daland XB-1 heavy bomber	United States	1927	retired prototype	1
Keystone B-3 light bomber	United States	1929	retired 1940	36
Keystone B-4 heavy bomber	United States	1930	retired	30
Keystone B-5 heavy bomber	United States	1929	retired	30
Keystone B-6 heavy bomber	United States	1931	retired	44
Martin B-10 & related heavy bomber	United States	1932	retired 1949	342
Martin MBT/MT	United States	1918	retired	20
Martin NBS-1 night bomber	United States	1920	retired 1929	130
Martin T3M torpedo bomber	United States	1926	retired 1932	124
Martin T4M torpedo bomber	United States	1927	retired 1938	155
Northrop A-17 attack bomber	United States	1935	retired 1944	411
Northrop BT dive bomber	United States	1935	retired 1941	55

1936-1945

Name of Bomber	Country of origin	Year of first flight	Retired/Status	Number built	Photo
Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly medium/attack bomber	United States	1944	retired prototype	2
Boeing B-29 Superfortress/Washington heavy bomber	United States	1942	retired 1960	3,970
Boeing Model 306 heavy bomber	United States	n/a	abandoned 1935 project	0
Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber	United States	1937	retired prototype	1
Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress heavy bomber	United States	1943	retired prototype	1
Boeing XB-39 Superfortress heavy bomber	United States	1944	retired prototype	1
Boeing XF8B fighter bomber	United States	1944	retired prototype	3
Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger maritime patrol bomber	United States	1942	retired prototype	1
Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber	United States	1941	retired 1944	771
Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber	United States	1939	retired 1968	18,482[notes 1]
Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber	United States	1942	retired 1945	118
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber	United States	1943	retired 1962	739
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado maritime patrol flying boat	United States	1937	retired 1945	217[notes 1]
Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor maritime patrol flying boat	United States	1939	retired prototype	1
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver/A-25 Shrike dive bomber	United States	1940	retired 1959	7,140
Curtiss XBTC torpedo bomber	United States	1945	retired prototype	2
Curtiss XSB3C dive bomber	United States	n/a	abandoned 1941 project	0
Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft	United States	1945	retired 1985	3,180
Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bomber	United States	1939	retired 1949	7,478[notes 2]
Douglas A-26 Invader medium bomber	United States	1942	retired 1980	2,452
Douglas XB-19 heavy bomber	United States	1941	retired prototype	1
Douglas XB-22 medium bomber	United States	n/a	abandoned project	0
Douglas B-23 Dragon medium bomber	United States	1939	retired	38[notes 1]
Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber	United States	1940	retired 1959	5,936
Douglas BTD Destroyer torpedo bomber/dive bomber	United States	1943	retired 1945	30
Douglas XTB2D Skypirate torpedo bomber	United States	1945	retired prototype	2
Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber	United States	1941	retired 1966	9,839
Grumman AF Guardian anti-submarine aircraft	United States	1945	retired 1955	389[notes 3]
Grumman XTB2F torpedo bomber	United States	n/a	abandoned 1944 project	0
Hall XPTBH torpedo bomber	United States	1937	retired prototype	1
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK torpedo/dive bomber - prototype	United States	1945	retired prototype	5
Lockheed Hudson medium bomber/maritime patrol	United States	1938	retired 1948	2,941
Lockheed P2V Neptune maritime patrol	United States	1945	retired 1984	1,132
Lockheed Ventura/Harpoon medium bomber/maritime patrol	United States	1941	retired 1974	3,010
Lockheed XB-30 heavy bomber - project	United States	n/a	abandoned project	0
Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber	United States	1940	retired 1946	5,288
Martin Baltimore medium bomber	United States	1941	retired 1949	1,575
Martin PBM Mariner maritime patrol	United States	1939	retired 1964	1,285
Martin Maryland medium bomber/reconnaissance bomber	United States	1939	retired 1945	450
Martin AM Mauler attack aircraft	United States	1944	retired 1953	151
Martin XB-27 heavy bomber	United States	n/a	abandoned project	0
Martin XB-33 Super Marauder heavy bomber	United States	n/a	abandoned project	0
Naval Aircraft Factory SBN dive bomber	United States	1936	retired 1942	31
North American A-27 attack	United States	1940	retired 1941	10
North American T-6 Texan light attack	United States	1940	retired	15,495[notes 4]
North American XB-21 medium bomber	United States	1936	retired prototype	1
North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber	United States	1940	retired 1979	9,984
North American XB-28 medium bomber	United States	1942	retired prototype	2
Northrop N-3PB patrol bomber	United States	1940	retired 1943	24
Republic P-47 fighter-bomber	United States	1941	retired 1966	15,678[notes 2]
Vought F4U Corsair fighter-bomber	United States	1940	retired 1979	12,571
Vought SB2U Vindicator/Chesapeake dive bomber	United States	1936	retired 1945	260
Vought TBU/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf torpedo bomber	United States	1941	retired 1948	180
Vultee Vengeance dive bomber	United States	1941	retired 1945	1,528

1946-current

Name of Bomber	Country of origin	Year of first flight	Retired/Status	Number built	Photo
Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber	United States	1947	retired 1977	2,032
Boeing B-50 Superfortress strategic bomber	United States	1947	retired 1965	370
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber	United States	1952	operational	744
Boeing XB-54 strategic bomber	United States	n/a	abandoned 1948 project	0
Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol	United States	2009	operational	15+
Boeing XB-56 strategic bomber	United States	n/a	abandoned 1950 project	0
Boeing XB-59 strategic bomber	United States	n/a	abandoned 1952 project	0
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly light attack aircraft	United States	1963	operational	577
Convair B-36 heavy bomber	United States	1946	retired 1959	384
Convair B-58 Hustler strategic bomber	United States	1956	retired 1970	116
Convair XB-46 heavy bomber	United States	1947	retired prototype	1
Convair YB-60 heavy bomber	United States	1952	retired prototype	2
Douglas A2D Skyshark attack aircraft	United States	1950	retired prototype	8
Douglas A-3 Skywarrior strategic bomber	United States	1956	retired 1991	282
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft	United States	1954	operational	2,960
Douglas B-66 Destroyer tactical bomber	United States	1954	retired 1973	72
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft	United States	1972	operational	716
General Dynamics F-111 fighter-bomber	United States	1967	retired 2010	563
Grumman A-6 Intruder attack aircraft	United States	1960	retired 1997	693
Grumman F9F Panther fighter-bomber	United States	1947	retired 1969	1,382
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk light attack	United States	1959	operational	380
Grumman S-2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft	United States	1952	operational	1,284
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft	United States	1981	retired 2008	64
Lockheed P-3 Orion/CP-140 Aurora/Arcturus maritime patrol	United States	1959	operational	757
Lockheed S-3 Viking anti-submarine aircraft	United States	1972	operational	188
Martin B-57 Canberra reconnaissance bomber	United States	1953	retired	403[notes 5]
Martin P4M Mercator maritime patrol	United States	1946	retired 1960	21
Martin P5M Marlin maritime patrol	United States	1948	retired 1967	285
Martin P6M SeaMaster strategic bomber	United States	1955	retired 1959	12
Martin XB-48 medium bomber	United States	1947	retired prototype	2
Martin XB-51 attack bomber	United States	1949	retired prototype	2
McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II attack aircraft	United States	n/a	abandoned 1983 project	0
McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft	United States	1978	operational	323
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter-bomber	United States	1958	operational	5,195[notes 2]
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter/attack aircraft	United States	1978	operational	1,480
North American A-5 Vigilante reconnaissance bomber	United States	1958	retired 1980	156
North American AJ/A-2 Savage nuclear attack bomber	United States	1948	retired 1964	143
North American B-45 Tornado reconnaissance bomber	United States	1947	retired 1959	143
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco light attack	United States	1965	operational	370
North American T-28 Trojan light attack	United States	1949	retired 1994	1,948
North American XA2J Super Savage bomber	United States	1952	retired prototype	1
North American XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber prototype	United States	1964	retired prototype	2
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber	United States	1989	operational	21
Northrop YA-9 attack aircraft	United States	1972	retired prototype	2
Northrop YB-35 heavy bomber	United States	1946	retired prototype	4
Northrop YB-49 heavy bomber	United States	1947	retired prototype	4
Piper PA-48 Enforcer counter-insurgency/attack aircraft	United States	1971	retired prototype	4
Republic F-84 Thunderjet fighter-bomber	United States	1946	retired 1973	7,524
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak fighter-bomber	United States	1954	retired 1991	3,428
Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber	United States	1955	retired 1984	833
Rockwell B-1 Lancer strategic bomber	United States	1974	operational	104

References

1. Production figure includes aircraft used as transports
2. Production figure includes fighters or other non-bomber variants
3. Production figure includes AEW variant
4. Production figure includes trainers
5. Production figure includes reconnaissance variants

Bibliography

• Andrade, John M. (1979). U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials Since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 978-0-904597-22-6.
• Fahey, James C. (1946). U.S. Army Aircraft 1908–1946.
• Michael J.H. Taylor, ed. (1991). Jane's American Fighting Aircraft of the 20th Century. New York, NY: Mallard Press. ISBN 978-0-7924-5627-8.

See also

• List of military aircraft of the United States
• List of bomber aircraft