Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) [a] are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air superiority of the battlespace.

This is a list of fighter aircraft used by the United States. This includes those of the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, 1924–1962 Air Force, pre-1962 Navy, and undesignated military aircraft.

In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with “B-”. Fighter aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations, from 1 to 5, based on technological level. [1] [2] An American F-16 fighter jet.

2023年11月21日 · Fighter jets are the most prominent part of any air force. They are also often the most important. Fast, agile, and powerful, modern fighters can perform various roles and are truly universal aircraft. Many countries use older and cheaper models of fighter jets.

2024年3月16日 · Advanced fighter jets show a combination of speed, stealth, and technology. Simple Flying has compiled a list of combat aircraft that are highly advanced in their mission capabilities, as highlighted in Airforce-technology.com , The War Zone April 19th, 2021 , and ThinkDefence.co.uk .

2025年2月10日 · Fighter aircraft, aircraft designed primarily to secure control of essential airspace by destroying enemy aircraft in combat. The opposition may consist of fighters of equal capability or of bombers carrying protective armament.

2024年12月24日 · Thousands of fighter jets will be in active duty across the world’s air forces in 2025, from cutting-edge 5th-generation models like the F-35 to relics of the 1970s such as the Sukhoi Su-24. The 2025 World Air Forces Directory has tracked a total of 14,147 active combat aircraft around the world, with the help of Cirium’s fleets analyzer.

2024年1月3日 · From the 1950s to present day, American fighter jets have defined the technological limits of their era. Over the past 80 years, the air forces of the world have ripped through the skies in five...

In mid-1916 Germany took the lead in fighter design on the basis of its superb Daimler and Benz water-cooled in-line engines, such as those that powered the streamlined Albatros D.I, D.II, and D.III series of fighters. These were faster than their Allied opponents and, most important, could carry two machine guns without sacrificing performance.

Fighter aircraft are small military planes that are made to fight other airplanes. They are often fast, having aerodynamic shapes (shapes that make them move through air easily) and very powerful engines for their size.