Combat Aircraft
Overview
Comprehensive database of combat aircraft. This specialized collection includes detailed technical specifications such as speed, range, payload capacity, and armament options for combat aircraft aviation platforms, along with complete operational history and current and past operators worldwide.
| Country | Model | Manufacturer | Produced | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇷 | IA 58 Pucará |  |
FMA | 110 |
Argentinian counter-insurgency aircraft, notorious for its use during the Falklands War in the early 1980s. |
| 🇧🇷 🇮🇹 | AMX |  |
Alenia/Aermacchi/Embraer | 200 |
Italian-Brazilian ground-attack aircraft, notable for its deployments during the Kosovo War and ongoing use in the Brazilian Air Force. |
| 🇨🇦 | CF-100 Canuck |  |
Avro | 692 |
Canadian interceptor jet from the Cold War period, notable for NATO and NORAD deployments. |
| 🇨🇦 | CF-105 Arrow |  |
Avro | 5 |
Canadian interceptor fighter, developed during the Cold War, cancelled before operational deployment. |
| 🇨🇳 | J-10 Vigorous Dragon |  |
Chengdu | 602 |
Chinese multirole fighter jet, active in the 21st century, used extensively by the PLA Air Force and Navy. |
| 🇨🇳 | J-11 Responsive Dragon |  |
Shenyang | 442 |
Chinese modernized variant of the Soviet Su-27 Flanker twin-engine combat aircraft. |
| 🇨🇳 | J-15 Flying Shark |  |
Shenyang | 76 |
Chinese carrier-based twin-engine multirole fighter, developed from the Su-33, in use by the Chinese Naval Air Force. |
| 🇨🇳 | J-16 Qianlong |  |
Shenyang | 365 |
Chinese multirole strike fighter, developed from the Shenyang J-11, used by the Chinese Air Force since 2015. |
| 🇨🇳 | J-20 Mighty Dragon |  |
Chengdu | 300 |
China's first stealthy, twin-engine fifth-generation multirole fighter jet |
| 🇨🇳 | J-7 Fishcan |  |
Chengdu | 2400 |
Chinese jet fighter, notable for usage in the late Cold War era, widely deployed in the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. |
| Country | Model | Manufacturer | Produced | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 | J-8 Finback |  |
Shenyang | 408 |
Chinese interceptor, operational from the Cold War era, predominantly deployed for aerial warfare by the People's Liberation Army Air Force. |
| 🇨🇳 🇵🇰 | JF-17 Thunder |  |
CAC / PAC | 144 |
Jointly developed by China and Pakistan, the combat aircraft has seen deployment in multiple military operations since 2007. |
| 🇨🇳 | JH-7 Flounder |  |
Xian | 270 |
Chinese fighter-bomber, developed during the Cold War era, extensively utilized in training, maritime strike and air-intercept roles. |
| 🇨🇳 🇵🇰 | JL-8 |  |
Hongdu | 500 |
Chinese jet trainer, developed in the late 20th century, regularly deployed for pilot training and light attack roles. |
| 🇨🇳 | Q-5 / A-5 Fantan |  |
Nanchang | 1300 |
Chinese ground-attack aircraft, notable for service in the Cold War period, often utilized in Pakistani and North Korean operations. |
| 🇨🇳 | MiG-15 Fagot |  |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | 17310 |
Soviet jet fighter-bomber, famous for its role in the Korean War, widely deployed for air superiority and interception missions. |
| 🇨🇳 | MiG-17 Fresco |  |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | 10649 |
Soviet jet fighter, renowned for significant roles during the Vietnam War, utilized for interception and ground-attack missions. |
| 🇨🇳 | MiG-19 Farmer |  |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | 2172 |
Soviet fighter jet, operational during the Cold War, notably used in various conflicts like the Vietnam and Indo-Pakistan Wars. |
| 🇨🇳 | MiG-21 Fishbed |  |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | 11496 |
Soviet supersonic jet fighter, renowned for extensive service during the Cold War, prevalent in various international conflicts. |
| 🇨🇳 | MiG-23 Flogger |  |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | 5047 |
Soviet third-generation jet fighter, notable for its service during the Cold War, often deployed in interceptor and ground-attack roles. |
| Country | Model | Manufacturer | Produced | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 | MiG-25 Foxbat |  |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | 1186 |
Soviet interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft, operational during the Cold War, renowned for its high-speed performance. |
| 🇨🇳 | MiG-27 Flogger |  |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | 1075 |
Soviet ground-attack aircraft, prominent for its use in the Afghan War, optimized for air-to-ground operations. |
| 🇨🇳 | MiG-29 Fulcrum |  |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | 1600 |
Soviet twin-engine fighter jet, notable in late Cold War clashes, widely exported and integral to various aerial engagements globally. |
| 🇨🇳 | MiG-29K Fulcrum-D |  |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | 81 |
Soviet multirole fighter, famously employed by Indian Navy in the late 20th century for carrier-based operations. |
| 🇨🇳 | MiG-31 Foxhound |  |
Mikoyan-Gurevitch | 519 |
Soviet interceptor jet, famed for its Cold War period deployment, primarily used for high-speed, high-altitude defensive missions. |
| 🇨🇳 | Su-15 Flagon |  |
Sukhoi | 1290 |
Soviet interceptor jet, notable for its Cold War service, involved notably in significant incidents such as Korean Air Lines Flight 007. |
| 🇨🇳 | Su-17 Fitter |  |
Sukhoi | 2867 |
Soviet-era fighter-bomber, extensively deployed in varied conflicts worldwide, known for its variable-sweep wing design and robust operational capacity. |
| 🇨🇳 | Su-24 Fencer |  |
Sukhoi | 1400 |
Soviet strike/bomber, distinctively recognized in Afghanistan conflicts during the Cold War, extensively served in post-Soviet states and naval aviation. |
| 🇨🇳 | Su-25 Frogfoot |  |
Sukhoi | 1000 |
Soviet close air support aircraft, prominent during Afghan War, designed for ground targets engagement under heavy fire conditions. |
| 🇨🇳 | Su-27 Flanker |  |
Sukhoi | 680 |
Soviet-originated multirole fighter, distinguished for deployments during the Cold War, globally utilized in air superiority missions. |
| Country | Model | Manufacturer | Produced | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 | Su-30 Flanker-C |  |
Sukhoi | 630 |
Russian multirole fighter, renowned for deployments since the 1990s, widely used in diverse combat operations worldwide. |
| 🇨🇳 | Su-33 Flanker-D |  |
Sukhoi | 22 |
Russian carrier-based multirole fighter, developed in the late 1980s, primarily deployed on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier. |
| 🇨🇳 | Su-7 Fitter |  |
Sukhoi | 1847 |
Soviet fighter-bomber, renowned for Cold War service, extensively deployed in the Indo-Pakistani and Arab-Israeli conflicts. |
| 🇨🇳 | Su-9 / Su-11 Fishpot |  |
Sukhoi | 1150 |
Soviet interceptor, operational during the Cold War, renowned for deployments in the Defense of the USSR. |
| 🇨🇳 | Tu-128 Fiddler |  |
Tupolev | 198 |
Soviet interceptor, operational from 1961-1992, notably deployed for long-range patrols and defense against strategic bombers. |
| 🇨🇳 | Yak-141 Freestyle |  |
Yakovlev | 4 |
Soviet supersonic VTOL fighter, developed during late Cold War conditions, unused militarily despite ambitious testing regimen. |
| 🇨🇳 | Yak-28 Brewer / Firebar |  |
Yakovlev | 1180 |
Soviet supersonic bomber, deployed during the Cold War, recognized for strategic reconnaissance and electronic warfare capacities. |
| 🇨🇳 | Yak-36 Freehand |  |
Yakovlev | 4 |
Soviet vertical/short takeoff and landing jet, operational in the mid-to-late cold war, not widely deployed but significant for future designs. |
| 🇨🇳 | Yak-38 Forger |  |
Yakovlev | 231 |
Soviet vertical takeoff/landing fighter, developed during the Cold War, primarily utilized on Soviet naval aviation carriers. |
| 🇷🇴 🇳🇱 | IAR-93 / J-22 Orao |  |
CNIAR/Soko | 88 |
Romanian-Yugoslav ground-attack aircraft, operational during the Cold War, used significantly in the Yugoslav Wars. |
| Country | Model | Manufacturer | Produced | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇱 | J-20 Kraguj |  |
SOKO | 43 |
Yugoslavian light attack aircraft, largely used in the Croatian War of Independence during the early 1990s. |
| 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 | Alphajet |  |
Dassault-Bréguet/Dornier | 480 |
French-German trainer jet, known for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) pilot training, used particularly from late 1970s onward. |
| 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 | Jaguar |  |
SEPECAT | 573 |
British-French strike aircraft, developed during the Cold War, extensively deployed in multiple conflicts, including Iraq and Kosovo wars. |
| 🇫🇷 | MD-450 Ouragan |  |
Dassault | 567 |
French fighter-bomber from the early Cold War era, known for its service in the Suez Crisis and Indo-Pakistani War. |
| 🇫🇷 | Mirage 2000 |  |
Dassault | 601 |
French multirole fighter, operational since the 1980s, extensively used in numerous conflicts including the Gulf and Balkan Wars. |
| 🇫🇷 | Mirage 4000 |  |
Dassault | 1 |
French delta-winged fighter prototype, designed in the late 1970s, not adopted or deployed in any operational military roles. |
| 🇫🇷 | Mirage F1 |  |
Dassault | 726 |
French tactical fighter jet, prominent during the Cold War, extensively deployed in various intercontinental conflicts. |
| 🇫🇷 | Mirage F2 / F3 |  |
Dassault | 1 |
French jet fighter-bomber, specifically built for all-weather role during the Cold War, never deployed operationally. |
| 🇫🇷 | Mirage G / G-4 / G-8 |  |
Dassault | 3 |
French experimental swing-wing fighter, designed during 1960s-1970s, never deployed operationally, evolved into several prototypes. |
| 🇫🇷 | Mirage I / MD-550 Mystère Delta |  |
Dassault | 1422 |
French experimental jet fighter from the 1950s, never deployed in combat or operational use. |