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Military Aircraft Fighter Planes
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The world's first fighter plane: F.B. 5
First U.S. all-metal, low-wing fighter:P-26
First production jet fighter plane: Me262
First U.S. Navy multi-engine fighter plane: F7F
First U.S. Air Force supersonic fighter plane: F-100
First U.S. Navy supersonic fighter plane: F4D
First U.S. fighter to down an enemy aircraft during the Korean war: >F-82
First United States fighter plane built after World War Two: F-84
First U.S. fighter with an afterburner: F-94
Regarded as Germany's best WW II fighter aircraft: FW-190
England's best WW I fighter plane: SE5A
Best French WW I fighter plane: Spad XIII
Best German W W I fighter plane: D.VII
Arguably the best fighter plane produced during World War I: F.4 Buzzard
Famed U.S. Navy fighter plane that was armed with the AIM-54 Phoenix - the longest range air-to-air missile in the world: F-14
World's last biplane fighter: CR.42
"Last gunfighter" aircraft: F-8
One of the most advanced biplane fighters ever produced: Avia B.534
Most advanced U.S. fighter plane deployed: F-22 Raptor
The most advanced Chinese fighter in service today: J-10
The most advanced Russian fighter currently in service: Su-30
Most advanced Russian 5th generation prototype fighter: Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA
Most advanced Russian multi-role fighter: MiG-35
Over due, over budget, and over weight: F-35
Europe's "top gun" fighter plane of twenty first century: Eurofighter Typhoon
Destroyed more Japanese aircraft during WW II than any other fighter plane: F6F
German primary WW II fighter, had the most WW II victories, and the most all-time produced fighter plane: Bf/Me-109
The primary Polish fighter aircraft of World War Two: PZL P.11
The best French fighter aircraft of World War Two: D.520
Mainstay U.S. medium fighter aircraft and most produced fighter aircraft in the West: F-16
Only Allied jet fighter to see action during World War II: Gloster Meteor
This famous Japanese fighter plane dominated the sky over the Pacific in the first years of World War II: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Only U.S. fighter to be produced during the entire WW II and has the most U.S. fighter aircraft victories: P-38
The largest, most produced U.S. World War II fighter, responsible for destruction of over 11,000 enemy aircraft: P-47
Post World War II U.S. Navy fighter with a propeller in front and jet in back: FR-1
Fastest single engine fighter plane: F-106
The fastest twin prop driven World War II fighter plane: Do-335
Fastest German single prop driven WW II fighter plane: Ta-152
Said to be the only German propeller driven night fighter with the speed and maneuverability to be able to intercept the de Havilland Mosquito.
And, the first fighter aircraft with ejection seats: He-219
During the battle of Britain accounted for more victories over enemy aircraft than all other air and ground forces combined: Hurricane
One of the best U.S. WW II fighters, and the first U.S. fighter aircraft to exceed 400 MPH in level flight: F4U Corsair
Great Britain's best fighter plane of World War Two: Spitfire
One of Italy's best World War II fighter planes: MC-205
Had the widest flight envelope of any Italian WW II fighter and considered its best fighter plane: Fiat G.55
Finland's best WW II fighter plane: Buffalo
Romania's best WW II fighter plane: IAR-80
Russia and the Soviet Union's best WW II fighter plane: Yak-9
Fastest WW II jet fighter plane: He-162
Scored the most fighter plane victories overall of World War I: Camel
Most U.S. fighter plane victories in Korea: F-86
Scored the most U.S. fighter plane victories in Vietnam: F-4
Had the most U.S. fighter plane victories in Desert Storm and is currently the fastest U.S. fighter: F-15
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FIGHTER PLANES
