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Warplane List (World War 2 to Recent)

INTRO Aircraft Type Nation Speed Range Weight Bombs
1936 Me-109e Ftr Ger 355 350 3.6 0.3
1936 A5M Claude Ftr IJN 273 746 1.7 0.0
1937 Hurricane I Ftr UK 316 460 3.8 0.5
1938 P-36 Ftr USAAF 300 825 6.0 0.2
1938 Spitfire II Ftr UK 360 480 3.2 0.0
1940 B-17 Bmb USAAF 280 2,000 29.7 0.8
1940 P-40 Ftr USAAF 378 240 4.0 0.3
1940 A6M Zero Ftr IJN 354 976 2.7 2.7
1941 Halifax Bmb UK 280 1,200 30.0 6.0
1941 P-39 Ftr USAAF 385 675 3.8 0.3
1941 P-38E Ftr USAAF 395 975 7.0 0.0
1941 Wildcat-4 Ftr USN 274 770 3.6 0.1
1941 FW-190 Ftr Ger 408 490 4.9 1.8
1942 F4U Ftr USN 470 1,100 6.4 1.0
1942 Lancaster Bmb UK 275 1,600 30.8 6.4
1942 P-47 Ftr USAAF 428 590 8.8 1.0
1943 Spitfire IX Ftr UK 404 434 3.6 0.2
1943 Wildcat FM2 Ftr USN 306 900 3.7 0.2
1943 F6F Ftr USN 370 945 6.5 0.9
1943 P-51B Ftr USAAF 437 1,300 4.4 0.9
1944 Me-262 Ftr Ger 539 650 7.0 1.0
1944 P-38J Ftr USAAF 414 2,600 9.8 1.4
1944 P-51D Ftr USAAF 437 950 4.5 0.9
1948 MIG-15 Ftr USSR 668 1,155 5.7 0.0
1949 F-86 Ftr USAF 687 925 9.4 1.0
1956 MIG-21 Ftr USSR 1,200 600 9.0 0.5
1958 F-104 Ftr USAF 1,400 775 14.0 1.8
1961 F-4B Ftr USN 1,485 400 24.8 7.2
1967 F-4E Ftr USAF 1,430 595 27.9 7.2
1970 MIG-23 Ftr USSR 1,400 600 14.0 1.0
1974 F-15A Ftr USAF 1,650 500 29.9 6.8
1979 F-16 Ftr USAF 1,400 575 14.0 6.0
1984 MIG-29 Ftr USSR 1,500 590 17.0 0.0
2001 F-22 Ftr USAF 1,600 500 35.0 10.0

Notes for the above table.

Intro—The year this aircraft was first put into service. Generally, the more recent the aircraft, the more capable it is.

Aircraft—The name the aircraft was known by.

Type—What the aircraft is primarily used for. Ftr is fighter (fighting other aircraft), Bmb is bomber, aircraft that primarily drop bombs on ground targets.

Nation—Where the aircraft was designed. USAAF is U.S. Army Air Force, USN is U.S. Navy, UK is United Kingdom, IJN is Imperial Japanese Navy, Ger is Germany, USSR is Soviet
Union,

Speed—The top speed of the aircraft, in miles per hour, one of several measures of the aircraft's ability to defend itself.

Range—How many miles from its base an aircraft can operate, another rough measure of an aircraft's performance, especially for bombers.

Weight—In tons, fully loaded for combat. Gives you an idea of the size of the aircraft (bigger is heavier) and how much it cost (cost per pound for aircraft doesn't change that much in the same historical period).

Bombs—In tons, the usual full load. Shows the relative destructive power of bombers, and the ability of fighters to do double duty as fighter-bombers.

Several things are obvious, and expected, in the chart. Aircraft got faster and heavier over time. In the first five years of World War II, from 1939 to 1944, the speed of fighters increased by over a hundred miles an hour and the average weight of the fighters nearly doubled. Heavy bombers pretty much disappeared, except in the American air force. But fighters and fighter bombers were enormously popular. The Russian MiG-21 in particular became a prestige item for many poor nations, who were able to obtain these sleek looking fighters cheap, or for free, from the Soviet Union. But in general, the U.S. warplanes were much smoother articles than their Russian counterparts. While aircraft like the MiG-15 looked impressive on paper, they were unstable and difficult to fly in combat. U.S. pilots chewed them up in large numbers.
No other Russian fighters since have done much better, although the current generation (MiG-29) is well thought of.

  

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