Fighters
Highest Kill Ratio in the USAF
What is the F-15 Eagle
First aircraft to break the sound barrier
What is the X-1
Responsible for dropping the first atomic bomb
What is the B-29 Superfortress
Named "Oxcart", developed by the CIA as a Mach 3+ ISR aircraft
What is the A-12 Oxcart
In service since 1962, this represents the land leg of the "Nuclear Triad"
What is the LGM-30 Minuteman
Nicknamed the "jug" for its large size
What is the P-47 Thunderbolt
Northrop's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) prototype
What is the YF-23 Black Widow
The British bomber powered by 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, which bombs predominantly at night
What is the Avro Lancaster
First flown in 1955, this aircraft was responsible for providing valuable intelligence information during the Cuban missile crisis.
What is the U-2 Dragon Lady
A high-priority program providing missile warning, missile defense, and battlespace awareness through satellites in Geosynchronous (GEO) and Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO).
What is the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS)
Flown by Captain Manfred von Richtofen in the First World War
What is the Fokker DR1
Fastest manned aircraft ever built (Mach 6.7)
What is the X-15
The Soviet counterpart of the B-1 Lancer
What is the Tupolev Tu-160
A modified, single-engine Pilatus PC-12 aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) for ISR missions
What is the U-28 Draco
An older, but vital, system that has provided uninterrupted, space-based early warning of missile launches for decades.
What is the Defense Support Program (DPS)
First supersonic fighter used by the USAF
What is the F-100 Super Sabre
Boeing's competition against the XF-35 during the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program
What is the X-32
First jet-bomber to have rocket-assisted takeoff (RATO)
What is the B-47 Stratojet
Known as the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), this aircraft provided valuable information to allied forces but is now retired.
What is the E-8 JSTARS
A network of geostationary satellites that offer secure and high-capacity communications for tactical forces and military operations.
What is the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS)
The Soviet Union's response to the XB-70 Valkyrie and U.S. high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft (U-2, SR-71).
What is the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat
Convair's jet-powered seaplane prototype
What is the F2Y Sea Dart
The first jet-powered bomber used by the USAF
What is the B-45 Tornado
Known by NATO as the "Mystic-B", this aircraft was developed by OKB Myasishchev as a twin-boom, Soviet reconnaissance aircraft with a similar mission to the U-2
What is the Myasishchev M-55
Used mainly as an ICBM and also as a human launch system during NASA's Gemini Program
LGM-25C Titan II