From a force of more than 400 at the end of the cold war the us.

Cold war american jets. Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1 to z. F 22 raptor and f 35 lightning ii two f 22s and two f 35s.

Though they were designed and built in the cold war the f 15 and f 16 remain the backbone of the air forces fighter fleet. T 45 goshawk mcdonnell douglasbae systems. Despite the end of world war 2 american air industry continued to produce and procure aircraft of all types to counter the threats emerging from the soviet union.

Bomber fleet has shrunk to 158 aircraft. There are a total of 806 cold war aircraft 1947 1991entries in the military factory. The cold war proved itself a very real war with lives lost evolving technologies and punchescounter punches.

C walton ltd owns the airfield who host the cwjc this is made up of several aviation preservation groups such as the lightning preservation group the buccaneer aviation group classic british jets collection and gjd. For more information on american vietnamese and chinese aircraft shot down in the vietnam war see us air combat losses in the vietnam war and us air combat victories in the vietnam war. T 39 sabreliner north american saberliner.

29 august 1945 soviet pilot zizevskii flying a yak 9 frank damaged a us army air. T 42 cochise beechcraft baron. This is a list of aircraft that were shot down during the cold war.

I have not included aircraft shot down in war zones. Secrets of the cold war. T 40 jet star lockheed jetstar.

T 47 cessna citation ii. The cold war jets collection cwjc is based at bruntingthorpe aerodrome a former royal air force station located near lutterworth leicestershire in the united kingdom. While it paved the way for many successful bombers the jetmaster itself never made it past the prototype phase.

Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1 to z. The first of these american jet bombers to take flight was this ugly beast in 1946 the xb 43 jetmaster. T 44 pegasus beechcraft kingair.

Aircraft 1947 1991entries in the military factory. The swept wing mig 15 was faster and more maneuverable than the straight wing american naval jet. There are a total of 388 cold war us.

When american and russian jets battled over siberia. The united states also has a smaller. T 43 boeing 737 200.