List of attack aircraft

This is a list of attack aircraft.

Attack aircraft are military aircraft used to attack targets on the ground with greater precision than strategic bombers. Modern attack aircraft may be expected to function in high threat environments where enemy air defences preclude the use of strategic bombers. Categories overlap depending on how the specific aircraft is used, along with that of fighters, fighter-bombers, and sometimes even trainers which have often been used for the role, particularly when they were obsolete in their original role. The use of the term attack is primarily an American term as other countries have described identical aircraft variously as light bombers, army cooperation aircraft, close support aircraft and as reconnaissance aircraft though the last term is often used for aircraft not used for such roles. This list is limited to those fixed-wing aircraft that have been built, and does not include projects, might have beens, and napkinwaffe. Dates after each entry are of first flight.

Before 1930

aircraftorigin1st flight# built
AEG DJ.IGermany19181+
AEG J.IGermany1917609
Airco DH.5UK1916552
Albatros J.IGermany1917240
Albatros J.IIGermany1918??
Armstrong Whitworth AtlasUK1925478
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8UK19161,650
Blackburn RiponUK192692
Boeing GA-1US192010
Breguet 19France19222,700 c.
Bristol F.2 FighterUK19165,329
Curtiss FalconUS1924488
Douglas XA-2US19261
Fairey FawnUK192375
Fokker C.VNetherlands1924955
Halberstadt CL.IIGermany1917900
Halberstadt CL.IVGermany1918??
Hannover CL.IIGermany1917439
Hannover CL.IIIGermany1917617
Hawker HartUK19281,004
Junkers CL.IGermany191751
Junkers J.IGermany1917227
Kawasaki Army Type 88 Reconnaissance AircraftJapan19271,117
Martin BMUS192935
Mitsubishi B2MJapan1929206
Polikarpov U-2USSR192725,000 c.
Polikarpov R-5USSR19287,000 c.
Potez 15France1921687
Potez 25France19244,000 c.
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8UK19164,077
Sopwith CamelUK19165,490
Sopwith Camel TF.1 (Trench Fighter)UK19181?
Sopwith SalamanderUK1918497
Salmson 4 AB.2France191812
Vickers VildebeestUK1928209
Vought O2U CorsairUS1926580
Westland WapitiUK1927585

1930s

aircraftorigin1st flight# built
Aero A.100Czechoslovakia193344
Aero A.101Czechoslovakia193450+
Aichi D1AJapan1934590
Aichi D3AJapan19381,486
Arado Ar 66Germany1932?
Bell P-39 AiracobraUS19389,584
Blackburn SharkUK1933269
Blackburn SkuaUK1937192
Breda Ba.64Italy193442
Breda Ba.65Italy1935218
Breda Ba.88Italy1936149
Breguet 693France1938230 c.
Brewster SBA/Naval Aircraft Factory SBNUS193631
Bristol BeaufighterUK19395,928
Bristol BeaufortUK19382,129
Bristol BlenheimUK19354,422
CAC WirrawayAustralia1937755
Caproni A.P.1Italy1934?
Curtiss A-8US193113
Curtiss A-12 ShrikeUS193346
Curtiss XA-14US19351
Curtiss A-18 ShrikeUS193713
Curtiss SBC HelldiverUS1935257
Douglas A-20 HavocUS19397,478
EKW C-36Switzerland1939175
Fairey AlbacoreUK1938800
Fairey BattleUK19362,185
Fairey GordonUK1931186
Fairey SwordfishUK19342,391
Fieseler Fi 167Germany193814
Fokker C.XNetherlands193471
Fokker XA-7US19311
Great Lakes BGUS193361
Hawker AudaxUK1931700+
Hawker HardyUK193448
Hawker HectorUK1936179
Hawker HurricaneUK193514,583
Heinkel He 45Germany1931512
Heinkel He 46Germany1931500 c.
Heinkel He 50Germany193178
Heinkel 51CGermany1933100
Henschel Hs 123Germany1935250 c.
Henschel Hs 129Germany1939865
IAR 37, 38 and 39Romania1937380
IAR 80 & 81Romania1939346
Ilyushin Il-2 SturmovikUSSR193936,183
Junkers Ju 87Germany19356,500 c.
Kawasaki Ki-3Japan1933243
Kawasaki Ki-32Japan1937854
Latécoère 298France1936121
Letov Š-328Czechoslovakia1933412
Lockheed HudsonUS19382,941
Lockheed P-38 LightningUS193910,037
Loire-Nieuport LN.401France193868
Martin 167 MarylandUS1939450
Messerschmitt Bf 110Germany19366,170
Mitsubishi B5MJapan1937125
Mitsubishi Ki-30Japan1937704
Mitsubishi Ki-51Japan19392,385
Nakajima B5NJapan19371,150 c.
Nakajima Ki-4Japan1933516
Neman R-10USSR1936500+
North American NA-44US19381
Northrop A-17US1935411
Northrop BTUS193555
Northrop Gamma 2C & 2EUS193352 c.
Petlyakov Pe-2USSR193911,427
Polikarpov R-ZUSSR19351,031
PZL.23 KaraśPoland1934253
Savoia-Marchetti SM.85Italy193634
SET 7Romania1931123
Sukhoi Su-2USSR1937910
Tachikawa Ki-36Japan19381,334
Vickers VincentUK1932197
Vought SBU CorsairUS1933125
Vought SB2U VindicatorUS1936260
Vultee V-11, V-12 and A-19US1935224
Westland LysanderUK19361,786
Westland WallaceUK1931172
Westland WhirlwindUK1938116
Yokosuka B4YJapan1935205

1940s, 1950s and 1960s

aircraftorigin1st flight# built
Aermacchi AM.3Italy196746?
Aermacchi MB-326Italy1957650
Aermacchi SF.260Italy1964860+
Aero L-29 DelfínCzechoslovakia19593,500
Aero L-39 AlbatrosCzechoslovakia1968592
Bell P-63 KingcobraUS19423,303
Blackburn BuccaneerUK1958211
Blackburn FirebrandUK1942223
Blackburn FirecrestUK19473
Breguet VulturFrance19512
CAC WoomeraAustralia19412
Canadair CL-41G TebuanCanada196620
Cessna A-37 DragonflyUS1963577
DAR 10Bulgaria19412
Dassault Étendard IVFrance195890
Dassault Super MystèreFrance1955180
Dassault Mirage F1France1966720+
Dassault Mystère IVFrance1952411
Dassault OuraganFrance1949362
de Havilland MosquitoUK19407,781
de Havilland VenomUK19491,431
Douglas A-1 SkyraiderUS19453,180
Douglas A-3 SkywarriorUS1952282
Douglas A-4 SkyhawkUS19542,960
Douglas A-26 InvaderUS19422,452
Douglas AC-47 SpookyUS196553
Douglas SBD DauntlessUS19405,936
English Electric CanberraUK1949949
Fairchild AC-119US196852
Fairey FireflyUK19411,702
Fiat G.91Italy1956770
FMA IA 58 PucaráArgentina1969150–160
Focke-Wulf Fw190F/GGermany??
Folland GnatUK1955360
General Dynamics F-111 AardvarkUS1964563
Grumman A-6 IntruderUS1960693
Grumman F7F TigercatUS1943364
Grumman F8F BearcatUS19441,265
Grumman F9F PantherUS19471,382
Grumman OV-1 MohawkUS1959380
Grumman TBF AvengerUS19419,839
HAL HF-24 MarutIndia1961147
Hawker HunterUK19511,972
Hawker Sea HawkUK1947542
Hawker Siddeley HarrierUK1967278
Hawker TyphoonUK19403,317
Helio StallionUS196420
Hispano HA-200Spain1955212
Ilyushin Il-10 & Avia B-33USSR19446,166
IMAM Ro.57bisItaly194250-75
Kawasaki Ki-102Japan1944238
Lockheed AC-130US196647
Lockheed F-80 Shooting StarUS19441,715
Malmö MFI-9Sweden195817
Martin AM MaulerUS1944151
Martin B-26 MarauderUS19405,288
Martin B-57 CanberraUS1953403
Martin BaltimoreUS19411,575
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19USSR19532,172
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21USSR??
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23USSR19675,047
Nakajima B6NJapan19411,268
Nanchang Q-5China19651,300 c.
North American A-2 SavageUS1948143
North American A-5 VigilanteUS1958156
North American A-27US194010
North American A-36 ApacheUS1942500
North American B-25 MitchellUS19409,984
North American FJ-4B FuryUS1956222
North American NA-72US194030
North American P-51 MustangUS194015,000+
North American Rockwell OV-10 BroncoUS1965360
North American T-28 TrojanUS19491,948
North American T-6 TexanUS1940?
Northrop F-5US19592,246
Pilatus PC-6 PorterSwitzerland1959562
Pilatus PC-7Switzerland1966450+
Republic P-47 ThunderboltUS194115,660
Republic F-84 ThunderjetUS19467,524
Republic F-105 ThunderchiefUS1955833
Saab 17Sweden1940323
Saab 29 TunnanSweden1948661
Saab 32 LansenSweden1952450
Saab 35 DrakenSweden1955651
Saab 37 ViggenSweden1967329
SEPECAT JaguarUK & France1968543
SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019Italy196986
Soko 522Yugoslavia1955110 c.
Soko G-2 GalebYugoslavia1961248
Soko J-20 KragujYugoslavia196285
Soko J-21 JastrebYugoslavia1965121
Sud Aviation VautourFrance1952149
Sukhoi Su-6USSR19413
Sukhoi Su-7BUSSR19551,847
Sukhoi Su-17/20/22USSR19662,867
Sukhoi Su-24USSR19671,400
Tupolev Tu-2USSR19412,257
Vought A-7 Corsair IIUS19651,569
Vought F4U CorsairUS194012,571
Vultee VengeanceUS19411,931
Westland WyvernUK1946127
Yokosuka D4YJapan19402,038

1970s, 1980s and 1990s

aircraftorigin1st flight# built
Aermacchi MB-339Italy1976213+
Aero L-59 Super AlbatrosCzechoslovakia198671
Aero L-159 AlcaCzech Republic199772
AIDC AT-3Taiwan198063
AMX International AMXItaly & Brazil1984200 c.
BAE Hawk 200UK198662
BAE Harrier IIUK1985143
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super HornetUS1995500
Chengdu J-10China1998270
Dassault-Breguet Super ÉtendardFrance197485
Dassault Mirage 2000France1978601
Dassault/Dornier Alpha JetFrance & Germany1973480
Embraer EMB 312 TucanoBrazil1980664
Eurofighter TyphoonUK, Germany, Italy & Spain1994406
Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt IIUS1972716
FMA IA 63 PampaArgentina198427
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting FalconUS19744,540+
Grumman F-14 TomcatUS1970712
HAL AjeetIndia197689
IAR-93 VulturRomania197488
IAR-99 SoimRomania198520
Lockheed F-117 NighthawkUS198164
Lockheed Martin F-22 RaptorUS1997195
McDonnell Douglas F-15 EagleUS19721,189
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike EagleUS1986420
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 HornetUS19781,480
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27USSR19701,075
Mikoyan MiG-29KUSSR199845
Mitsubishi F-1Japan197577
Mitsubishi F-2Japan199594
Panavia TornadoUK, Germany & Italy1974774
Saab JAS 39 GripenSweden1988247 c.
Saab SupporterSweden1971462
Soko J-22 OraoYugoslavia1974250-300
Sukhoi Su-25USSR19751,024
Sukhoi Su-27USSR1977809
Sukhoi Su-30USSR1989509+
Sukhoi Su-34USSR199050
Xian JH-7China1998240
Zlín Z-143 (modified by Tamil Tigers)Czech Republic19922

21st century

aircraftorigin1st flight# built
CAC/PAC JF-17 ThunderChina/Pakistan200354
Chengdu J-20China20116
Dassault RafaleFrance1986130
Embraer EMB 314 Super TucanoBrazil1999180+
HAL TejasIndia200114
HESA AzarakhshIran2001?6-9
HESA SaeqehIran20048
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIUS2006115
Sukhoi Su-30MKIRussia/India 2000200
Sukhoi Su-35Russia200834
Sukhoi PAK FARussia20105
KAI TA-50 Golden EagleSouth Korea200222
Textron AirLand ScorpionUS2013 1

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