List of attack aircraft

This is a list of attack aircraft.

Attack aircraft are military aircraft whose primary role in attacking targets on the ground with greater precision than strategic bombers. Modern attack aircraft may be expected to function in high threat environments where enemy air defences preclude the use of strategic bombers. The categories naturally overlap depending on how the specific aircraft is used, along with that of fighters or fighter-bombers, which have often been used for the role, particularly when they were uncompetitive as fighters. The use of the term attack is primarily an American term as other countries have described identical aircraft variously as light bombers, army cooperation aircraft, close support aircraft and as reconnaissance aircraft though the last term is often used for aircraft not used for such roles. This list is limited to those fixed-wing aircraft that have been built, and does not include projects, might have beens, and napkinwaffe. Dates after each entry are of first flight.

Before 1930

aircraft	origin	1st flight	# built
AEG DJ.I	German Empire	1918	7000100000000000000♠1+
AEG J.I	German Empire	1917	7002609000000000000♠609
Airco DH.5	United Kingdom	1916	7002552000000000000♠552
Albatros J.I	German Empire	1917	7002240000000000000♠240
Albatros J.II	German Empire	1918?	?
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas	United Kingdom	1925	7002478000000000000♠478
Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8	United Kingdom	1916	7003165000000000000♠1,650
Blackburn Ripon	United Kingdom	1926	7001920000000000000♠92
Boeing GA-1	United States	1920	7001100000000000000♠10
Breguet 19	France	1922	7003270000000000000♠2,700 c.
Bristol F.2 Fighter	United Kingdom	1916	7003532900000000000♠5,329
Curtiss Falcon	United States	1924	7002488000000000000♠488
Douglas XA-2	United States	1926	7000100000000000000♠1
Fairey Fawn	United Kingdom	1923	7001750000000000000♠75
Fokker C.V	Netherlands	1924	7002955000000000000♠955
Halberstadt CL.II	German Empire	1917	7002900000000000000♠900
Halberstadt CL.IV	German Empire	1918?	?
Hannover CL.II	German Empire	1917	7002439000000000000♠439
Hannover CL.III	German Empire	1917	7002617000000000000♠617
Hawker Hart	United Kingdom	1928	7003100400000000000♠1,004
Junkers CL.I	German Empire	1917	7001510000000000000♠51
Junkers J.I	German Empire	1917	7002227000000000000♠227
Kawasaki Army Type 88 Reconnaissance Aircraft	Japan	1927	7003111700000000000♠1,117
Martin BM	United States	1929	7001350000000000000♠35
Mitsubishi B2M	Japan	1929	7002206000000000000♠206
Polikarpov U-2	Soviet Union	1927	7004250000000000000♠25,000 c.
Polikarpov R-5	Soviet Union	1928	7003700000000000000♠7,000 c.
Potez 15	France	1921	7002687000000000000♠687
Potez 25	France	1924	7003400000000000000♠4,000 c.
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8	United Kingdom	1916	7003407700000000000♠4,077
Sopwith Camel	United Kingdom	1916	7003549000000000000♠5,490
Sopwith Camel TF.1 (Trench Fighter)	United Kingdom	1918	7000100000000000000♠1?
Sopwith Salamander	United Kingdom	1918	7002497000000000000♠497
Salmson 4 AB.2	France	1918	7001120000000000000♠12
Vickers Vildebeest	United Kingdom	1928	7002209000000000000♠209
Vought O2U Corsair	United States	1926	7002580000000000000♠580
Westland Wapiti	United Kingdom	1927	7002585000000000000♠585

1930s

aircraft	origin	1st flight	# built
Aero A.100	Czechoslovakia	1933	7001440000000000000♠44
Aero A.101	Czechoslovakia	1934	7001500000000000000♠50+
Aichi D1A	Japan	1934	7002590000000000000♠590
Aichi D3A	Japan	1938	7003148600000000000♠1,486
Arado Ar 66	Germany	1932	?
Bell P-39 Airacobra	United States	1938	7003958400000000000♠9,584
Blackburn Shark	United Kingdom	1933	7002269000000000000♠269
Blackburn Skua	United Kingdom	1937	7002192000000000000♠192
Breda Ba.64	Italy	1934	7001420000000000000♠42
Breda Ba.65	Italy	1935	7002218000000000000♠218
Breda Ba.88	Italy	1936	7002149000000000000♠149
Breguet 693	France	1938	7002230000000000000♠230 c.
Brewster SBA/Naval Aircraft Factory SBN	United States	1936	7001310000000000000♠31
Bristol Beaufighter	United Kingdom	1939	7003592800000000000♠5,928
Bristol Beaufort	United Kingdom	1938	7003212900000000000♠2,129
Bristol Blenheim	United Kingdom	1935	7003442200000000000♠4,422
CAC Wirraway	Australia	1937	7002755000000000000♠755
Caproni A.P.1	Italy	1934	?
Curtiss A-8	United States	1931	7001130000000000000♠13
Curtiss A-12 Shrike	United States	1933	7001460000000000000♠46
Curtiss XA-14	United States	1935	7000100000000000000♠1
Curtiss A-18 Shrike	United States	1937	7001130000000000000♠13
Curtiss SBC Helldiver	United States	1935	7002257000000000000♠257
Douglas A-20 Havoc	United States	1939	7003747800000000000♠7,478
EKW C-36	Switzerland	1939	7002175000000000000♠175
Fairey Albacore	United Kingdom	1938	7002800000000000000♠800
Fairey Battle	United Kingdom	1936	7003218500000000000♠2,185
Fairey Gordon	United Kingdom	1931	7002186000000000000♠186
Fairey Swordfish	United Kingdom	1934	7003239100000000000♠2,391
Fieseler Fi 167	Germany	1938	7001140000000000000♠14
Fokker C.X	Netherlands	1934	?
Fokker XA-7	United States	1931	7000100000000000000♠1
Great Lakes BG	United States	1933	7001610000000000000♠61
Hawker Audax	United Kingdom	1931	7002700000000000000♠700+
Hawker Hardy	United Kingdom	1934	7001480000000000000♠48
Hawker Hector	United Kingdom	1936	7002179000000000000♠179
Hawker Hurricane	United Kingdom	1935	7004145830000000000♠14,583
Heinkel He 45	Germany	1931	7002512000000000000♠512
Heinkel He 46	Germany	1931	7002500000000000000♠500 c.
Heinkel He 50	Germany	1931	7001780000000000000♠78
Heinkel 51C	Germany	1933	7002100000000000000♠100
Henschel Hs 123	Germany	1935	7002250000000000000♠250 c.
Henschel Hs 129	Germany	1939	7002865000000000000♠865
IAR 37, 38 and 39	Romania	1937	7002380000000000000♠380
Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik	Soviet Union	1939	7004361830000000000♠36,183
Junkers Ju 87	Germany	1935	7003650000000000000♠6,500 c.
Kawasaki Ki-3	Japan	1933	7002243000000000000♠243
Kawasaki Ki-32	Japan	1937	7002854000000000000♠854
Latécoère 298	France	1936	7002121000000000000♠121
Letov Š-328	Czechoslovakia	1933	7002412000000000000♠412
Lockheed Hudson	United States	1938	7003294100000000000♠2,941
Lockheed P-38 Lightning	United States	1939	7004100370000000000♠10,037
Loire-Nieuport LN.401	France	1938	7001680000000000000♠68
Martin 167 Maryland	United States	1939	7002450000000000000♠450
Messerschmitt Bf 110	Germany	1936	7003617000000000000♠6,170
Mitsubishi B5M	Japan	1937	7002125000000000000♠125
Mitsubishi Ki-30	Japan	1937	7002704000000000000♠704
Mitsubishi Ki-51	Japan	1939	7003238500000000000♠2,385
Nakajima B5N	Japan	1937	7003115000000000000♠1,150 c.
Nakajima Ki-4	Japan	1933	7002516000000000000♠516
Neman R-10	Soviet Union	1936	7002500000000000000♠500+
North American NA-44	United States	1938	7000100000000000000♠1
Northrop A-17	United States	1935	7002411000000000000♠411
Northrop BT	United States	1935	7001550000000000000♠55
Northrop Gamma 2C & 2E	United States	1933	7001520000000000000♠52 c.
Petlyakov Pe-2	Soviet Union	1939	7004114270000000000♠11,427
Polikarpov R-Z	Soviet Union	1935	7003103100000000000♠1,031
PZL.23 Karaś	Poland	1934	7002253000000000000♠253
Savoia-Marchetti SM.85	Italy	1936	7001340000000000000♠34
SET 7	Romania	1931	7002123000000000000♠123
Sukhoi Su-2	Soviet Union	1937	7002910000000000000♠910
Tachikawa Ki-36	Japan	1938	7003133400000000000♠1,334
Vickers Vincent	United Kingdom	1932	7002197000000000000♠197
Vought SBU Corsair	United States	1933	7002125000000000000♠125
Vought SB2U Vindicator	United States	1936	7002260000000000000♠260
Vultee V-11, V-12 and A-19	United States	1935	7002224000000000000♠224
Westland Lysander	United Kingdom	1936	7003178600000000000♠1,786
Westland Wallace	United Kingdom	1931	7002172000000000000♠172
Westland Whirlwind	United Kingdom	1938	7002116000000000000♠116
Yokosuka B4Y	Japan	1935	7002205000000000000♠205

1940s, 1950s and 1960s

aircraft	origin	1st flight	# built
Aermacchi AM.3	Italy	1967	7001460000000000000♠46?
Aermacchi MB-326	Italy	1957	7002650000000000000♠650
Aermacchi SF.260	Italy	1964	7002860000000000000♠860+
Aero L-29 Delfín	Czechoslovakia	1959	7003350000000000000♠3,500
Aero L-39 Albatros	Czechoslovakia	1968	7002592000000000000♠592
Bell P-63 Kingcobra	United States	1942	7003330300000000000♠3,303
Blackburn Buccaneer	United Kingdom	1958	?
Blackburn Firebrand	United Kingdom	1942	7002223000000000000♠223
Blackburn Firecrest	United Kingdom	1947	7000300000000000000♠3
Breguet Vultur	France	1951	7000200000000000000♠2
CAC Woomera	Australia	1941	7000200000000000000♠2
Canadair CL-41G Tebuan	Canada	1966	7001200000000000000♠20
Cessna A-37 Dragonfly	United States	1963	7002577000000000000♠577
DAR 10	Bulgaria	1941	7000200000000000000♠2
Dassault Étendard IV	France	1958	7001900000000000000♠90
Dassault Super Mystère	France	1955	7002180000000000000♠180
Dassault Mirage F1	France	1966	7002720000000000000♠720+
Dassault Mystère IV	France	1952	7002411000000000000♠411
Dassault Ouragan	France	1949	7002362000000000000♠362
de Havilland Mosquito	United Kingdom	1940	7003778100000000000♠7,781
de Havilland Venom	United Kingdom	1949	7003143100000000000♠1,431
Douglas A-1 Skyraider	United States	1945	7003318000000000000♠3,180
Douglas A-3 Skywarrior	United States	1952	7002282000000000000♠282
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk	United States	1954	7003296000000000000♠2,960
Douglas A-26 Invader	United States	1942	7003245200000000000♠2,452
Douglas AC-47 Spooky	United States	1965	7001530000000000000♠53
Douglas SBD Dauntless	United States	1940	7003593600000000000♠5,936
English Electric Canberra	United Kingdom	1949	7002949000000000000♠949
Fairchild AC-119	United States	1968	7001520000000000000♠52
Fairey Firefly	United Kingdom	1941	7003170200000000000♠1,702
Fiat G.91	Italy	1956	7002770000000000000♠770
FMA IA 58 Pucará	Argentina	1969	7002150000000000000♠150–160
Focke-Wulf Fw190F/G	Germany	?	?
Folland Gnat	United Kingdom	1955	?
General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark	United States	1964	7002563000000000000♠563
Grumman A-6 Intruder	United States	1960	7002693000000000000♠693
Grumman F7F Tigercat	United States	1943	7002364000000000000♠364
Grumman F8F Bearcat	United States	1944	7003126500000000000♠1,265
Grumman F9F Panther	United States	1947	7003138200000000000♠1,382
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk	United States	1959	7002380000000000000♠380
Grumman TBF Avenger	United States	1941	7003983900000000000♠9,839
HAL HF-24 Marut	India	1961	7002147000000000000♠147
Hawker Hunter	United Kingdom	1951	7003197200000000000♠1,972
Hawker Sea Hawk	United Kingdom	1947	7002542000000000000♠542
Hawker Siddeley Harrier	United Kingdom	1967	7002278000000000000♠278
Hawker Typhoon	United Kingdom	1940	7003331700000000000♠3,317
Helio Stallion	United States	1964	7001200000000000000♠20
Hispano HA-200	Spain	1955	7002212000000000000♠212
IAR 81	Romania	?	?
Ilyushin Il-10 & Avia B-33	Soviet Union	1944	7003616600000000000♠6,166
IMAM Ro.57bis	Italy	1942	7001500000000000000♠50-75
Kawasaki Ki-102	Japan	1944	7002238000000000000♠238
Lockheed AC-130	United States	1966	7001470000000000000♠47
Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star	United States	1944	7003171500000000000♠1,715
Malmö MFI-9	Sweden	1958	7001170000000000000♠17
Martin AM Mauler	United States	1944	7002151000000000000♠151
Martin B-26 Marauder	United States	1940	7003528800000000000♠5,288
Martin B-57 Canberra	United States	1953	7002403000000000000♠403
Martin Baltimore	United States	1941	7003157500000000000♠1,575
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19	Soviet Union	1953	7003217200000000000♠2,172
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21	Soviet Union	?	?
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23	Soviet Union	1967	7003504700000000000♠5,047
Nakajima B6N	Japan	1941	7003126800000000000♠1,268
Nanchang Q-5	China	1965	7003130000000000000♠1,300 c.
North American A-2 Savage	United States	1948	7002143000000000000♠143
North American A-5 Vigilante	United States	1958	7002156000000000000♠156
North American A-27	United States	1940	7001100000000000000♠10
North American A-36 Apache	United States	1942	7002500000000000000♠500
North American B-25 Mitchell	United States	1940	7003998400000000000♠9,984
North American FJ-4B Fury	United States	1956	7002222000000000000♠222
North American NA-72	United States	1940	7001300000000000000♠30
North American P-51 Mustang	United States	1940	7004150000000000000♠15,000+
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco	United States	1965	7002360000000000000♠360
North American T-28 Trojan	United States	1949	7003194800000000000♠1,948
North American T-6 Texan	United States	1940	?
Northrop F-5	United States	1959	7003224600000000000♠2,246
Pilatus PC-6 Porter	Switzerland	1959	7002562000000000000♠562
Pilatus PC-7	Switzerland	1966	7002450000000000000♠450+
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt	United States	1941	7004156600000000000♠15,660
Republic F-84 Thunderjet	United States	1946	7003752400000000000♠7,524
Republic F-105 Thunderchief	United States	1955	7002833000000000000♠833
Saab 17	Sweden	1940	7002323000000000000♠323
Saab 29 Tunnan	Sweden	1948	7002661000000000000♠661
Saab 32 Lansen	Sweden	1952	7002450000000000000♠450
Saab 35 Draken	Sweden	1955	7002651000000000000♠651
Saab 37 Viggen	Sweden	1967	7002329000000000000♠329
SEPECAT Jaguar	United Kingdom &  France	1968	7002543000000000000♠543
SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019	Italy	1969	7001860000000000000♠86
Soko 522	Yugoslavia	1955	7002110000000000000♠110 c.
Soko G-2 Galeb	Yugoslavia	1961	7002248000000000000♠248
Soko J-20 Kraguj	Yugoslavia	1962	7001850000000000000♠85
Soko J-21 Jastreb	Yugoslavia	1965	7002121000000000000♠121
Sud Aviation Vautour	France	1952	7002149000000000000♠149
Sukhoi Su-6	Soviet Union	1941	7000300000000000000♠3
Sukhoi Su-7B	Soviet Union	1955	7003184700000000000♠1,847
Sukhoi Su-17/20/22	Soviet Union	1966	7003286700000000000♠2,867
Sukhoi Su-24	Soviet Union	1967	7003140000000000000♠1,400
Tupolev Tu-2	Soviet Union	1941	7003225700000000000♠2,257
Vought A-7 Corsair II	United States	1965	7003156900000000000♠1,569
Vought F4U Corsair	United States	1940	7004125710000000000♠12,571
Vultee Vengeance	United States	1941	7003193100000000000♠1,931
Westland Wyvern	United Kingdom	1946	7002127000000000000♠127
Yokosuka D4Y	Japan	1940	7003203800000000000♠2,038

1970s, 1980s and 1990s

aircraft	origin	1st flight	# built
Aermacchi MB-339	Italy	1976	7002213000000000000♠213+
Aero L-59 Super Albatros	Czechoslovakia	1986	?
Aero L-159 Alca	Czech Republic	1997	7001720000000000000♠72
AIDC AT-3	Taiwan	1980	7001630000000000000♠63
AMX International AMX	Italy &  Brazil	1984	7002200000000000000♠200 c.
BAE Hawk 200	United Kingdom	?	?
BAE Harrier II	United Kingdom	1985	7002143000000000000♠143
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet	United States	1995	7002500000000000000♠500
Chengdu J-10	China	1998	7002270000000000000♠270
Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard	France	1974	7001850000000000000♠85
Dassault Mirage 2000	France	1978	7002601000000000000♠601
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet	France &  Germany	1973	7002480000000000000♠480
Embraer EMB 312 Tucano	Brazil	1980	7002664000000000000♠664
Eurofighter Typhoon	United Kingdom,  Germany,  Italy &  Spain	1994	7002406000000000000♠406
Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II	United States	1972	7002716000000000000♠716
FMA IA 63 Pampa	Argentina	1984	7001270000000000000♠27
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon	United States	1974	7003454000000000000♠4,540+
Grumman F-14 Tomcat	United States	1970	7002712000000000000♠712
HAL Ajeet	India	1976	7001890000000000000♠89
IAR-93	Romania	1974	7001880000000000000♠88
IAR 99	Romania	1985	7001200000000000000♠20
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk	United States	1981	7001640000000000000♠64
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor	United States	1997	7002195000000000000♠195
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle	United States	1972	?
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle	United States	1986	7002420000000000000♠420
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet	United States	1978	7003148000000000000♠1,480
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27	Soviet Union	1970	7003107500000000000♠1,075
Mikoyan MiG-29K	Soviet Union	1998	7001450000000000000♠45
Mitsubishi F-1	Japan	1975	7001770000000000000♠77
Mitsubishi F-2	Japan	1995	7001940000000000000♠94
Panavia Tornado	United Kingdom,  Germany &  Italy	1974	7002774000000000000♠774
Saab JAS 39 Gripen	Sweden	1988	7002247000000000000♠247 c.
Saab Supporter	Sweden	1971	7002462000000000000♠462
Soko J-22 Orao	Yugoslavia	1974	?
Sukhoi Su-25	Soviet Union	1975	7003102400000000000♠1,024
Sukhoi Su-27	Soviet Union	1977	7002809000000000000♠809
Sukhoi Su-30	Soviet Union	1989	7002509000000000000♠509+
Sukhoi Su-34	Soviet Union	1990	7001500000000000000♠50
Xian JH-7	China	1998	7002240000000000000♠240

21st century

aircraft	origin	1st flight	# built
CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder	China	2003	7001500000000000000♠50
Chengdu J-20	China	2011	7000300000000000000♠3
Dassault Rafale	France	1986	7002130000000000000♠130
Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano	Brazil	1999	7002180000000000000♠180+
HAL Tejas	India	2001	7001140000000000000♠14
HESA Azarakhsh	Iran	2001?	7000600000000000000♠6-9
HESA Saeqeh	Iran	2004	7000800000000000000♠8
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II	United States	2006	7002100000000000000♠100
Sukhoi Su-30MKI	Russia &  India	2000	7002194000000000000♠194
Sukhoi Su-35	Russia	2008	7001340000000000000♠34
Sukhoi PAK FA	Russia &  India	2010	7000500000000000000♠5
KAI TA-50 Golden Eagle	Republic of Korea	2002	7001220000000000000♠22
Textron AirLand Scorpion	United States	2013	7000100000000000000♠1

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