List of US Naval aircraft

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Naval aircraft used by the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.

Contents

[edit] Fixed Wing

[edit] Current aircraft

[edit] Future aircraft

[edit] Retired aircraft

  • T-28 Trojan - North American Aviation basic prop trainer; light attack.

[edit] Cancelled projects

[edit] Rotary Wing

[edit] Current aircraft

The Navy has a variety of aircraft, though the vast majority of rotary wing (helicopter) squadrons now rely on a variation of the H-60.

  • UH-1 Iroquois - search and rescue, command and control, and special operations
  • H-3 Sea King - multi-purpose helicopter
  • CH-53 Sea Stallion - medium helicopter transport of personnel and cargo
  • MH-53E Sea Dragon - anti-mine warfare, shipboard delivery, and assault support. Derived from Sea Stallion
  • TH-57 Sea Ranger - primarily used for training and other utility missions
  • H-60 Seahawk series includes the submarine-hunter SH-60, MH-60 Knighthawk, Multi-Mission helicopter, CH-60 cargo transport, and others.

[edit] Retired aircraft

[edit] Designation System Pre 1962

In 1962 the designation system used for aircraft by all branches of the US military was changed to match that used by the Air Force. Previously the US Navy had used the following system:

XPB4Y-2

  • X denotes that the aircraft was a prototype.
  • PB denotes the intended mission of the aircraft, in this case Patrol Bomber.
  • 4 denotes that it is the 4th design for the navy in this role by the manufacturer.
  • Y denotes the manufacturer ID, in this case Consolidated.
  • -2 denotes that this is the second version of this aircraft.

Where there is no number before the manufacturer ID then it is the 1st design, e.g. AD Skyraider being the first Attack aircraft designed by Douglas.

Post WWII the suffix K came into use after the version of the aircraft to denote that it was a drone.

[edit] Mission Types

  • A = Attack
  • B = Bomber
  • BT = Bomber (Torpedo)
  • F = Fighter
  • H = Helicopter
  • J = Utility (Transport)
  • JR = Utility (Transport)
  • M = Multi-Mission
  • N = Trainer
  • O = Observation
  • OS = Observation Scout
  • P = Patrol
  • PB = Patrol Bomber
  • R = Transport
  • S = Scout
  • SB = Scout Bomber
  • SN = Scout Trainer
  • SO = Scout Observation
  • T = Torpedo
  • TB = Torpedo Bomber
  • U = Utility
  • W = Warning

[edit] Manufacturer IDs

Other manufacturer IDs were used, these are the major manufacturers:

[edit] References

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