Jet Fighters and Interceptors

ramjet-powered interceptor aircraft proposal during World War II

is a multirole fighter that was derived from the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon

is a World War II rocket-powered interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the Japanese aircraft manufacturer Mitsubishi

is a twin-engine, all-weather air superiority fighter

is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter

The Grumman F9F Panther is an early carrier-based jet fighter designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Grumman.

The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman.

is a British jet fighter developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company

is a British post-war single-engined jet aircraft developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company

The Grumman F9F/F-9 Cougar is a carrier-based jet-powered fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman.

The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star is an early jet fighter that was designed and built by Lockheed.

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor.

The Lockheed F-94 Starfire is a first-generation jet-powered all-weather day/night interceptor aircraft designed and produced by Lockheed Corporation.

The Grumman G-118 (sometimes called the XF12F, though this was never official) was a design for an all-weather missile-armed interceptor aircraft for use on US Navy aircraft carriers.

The Bell P-59 Airacomet is a single-seat, twin jet-engined, fighter aircraft

The Bell XP-83 (later redesignated XF-83) was a United States prototype jet escort fighter

Developed by North American Aviation (NAA) starting in 1945, it became the first jet aircraft in USN service to serve at sea under operational conditions.

The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer North American Aviation.

was a long-range penetration fighter and bomber escort built for the United States Air Force

designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair

designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair

a late 1960s company-funded proposal for a fighter aircraft based on the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

British single-engined jet fighter design

twin-engined all-weather interceptor aircraft

was an exotic design started in 1939 which was proposed to be the first jet fighter of the United States Army Air Forces

was an American fighter development of the F-86 Sabre that emerged as a radically different variant

tactical fighter-bomber design competition of the 1950s, based on the F-100 Super Sabre

a series of swept-wing and carrier-capable fighters for the United States Navy and Marine Corps

is a swept-wing carrier-capable fighter-bomber for the United States Navy and Marine Corps

the Air Ministry offered an official development contract for this "Thin Wing Gloster All-Weather Fighter"

A heavily modified Gloster Meteor F8 fighter, the "prone position/prone pilot" Meteor, was used by the Royal Air Force in 1954 and 1955

The Folland Gnat is a British compact, swept-wing, subsonic, fighter aircraft that was developed and produced by Folland Aircraft.

The Bell D-188A (unofficial military designations XF-109/XF3L) was a proposed eight-engine Mach 2-capable vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) tiltjet fighter that never proceeded past the mock-up stage.

combined use of both turbojet and turboprop engines

is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi.

They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable, 4.5 generation air superiority fighters, designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and built by Sukhoi.

is a Soviet/Russian all-weather carrier-based twin-engine air superiority-focused multirole fighter designed by Sukhoi

is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation.

is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union.

is a single-engine, all-weather, missile-armed interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union.

The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engined, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and ground attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation).

The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle.

The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet (official military designation CF-188) is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) variant of the American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft.

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that was developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.

The Lockheed Martin-Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, jet-powered, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft.

The Dassault Mirage III (French pronunciation: [miʁaʒ]) is a family of single/dual-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation.

The General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fourth-generation fighter aircraft developed by General Dynamics and produced by multiple companies, including General Dynamics until 1993 and Lockheed Martin since.

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft.

The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing).

The Sukhoi Su-27 (Russian: Сухой Су-27; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet twin-engine supersonic supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi.

The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor from 1960 to 1988.

The Saab 37 Viggen (The Tufted Duck; the word also means The Thunderbolt) is a single-seat, single-engine multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab.

The Chengdu J-10 (Chinese: 歼-10; pinyin: Jiān-Shí), also known as Menglong (Chinese: 猛龙; pinyin: Měnglóng; lit.

The Gloster Meteor is the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War.

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a single-seat transonic jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union.

The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic, jet-powered fighter aircraft.