McDonnell Douglas DC-10
The trijet with an engine in its tail fin
19709,600 km
60 × KC-10 Extender, retired 2024
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McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender
Three-engine tanker based on the DC-10 airliner
1980996 km/h7,030 km
60 × retired 2024
Lockheed AC-130 gunship
A Hercules armed with cannons that fire sideways
19674,070 km
Air Force Special Operations Command
Alexander Schleicher ASK 21
The two-seat glider most club pilots learn on
1979280 km/h
TG-16A at the US Air Force Academy
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Pressurised long-range bomber that ended the Pacific War
1942574 km/h5,230 km
retired 1960
Lockheed C-130H Hercules
The classic Hercules, the world's favourite military transport
1954592 km/h3,800 km
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
The latest version of the legendary Hercules
1996671 km/h3,334 km
Douglas Aircraft DC-9
The small twinjet that started a 40-year family
19652,778 km
as C-9A Nightingale, retired
Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano
Turboprop light-attack aircraft and trainer
1999590 km/h
small number for special operations training
General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark
Pioneering swing-wing, terrain-hugging strike jet
19642,655 km/h
retired 1998 (EF-111A last)
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
The first operational stealth aircraft
1981993 km/h1,720 km
retired 2008; some still fly for testing
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
The first operational stealth air-superiority fighter
19972,414 km/h3,000 km
North American Aviation F-86 Sabre
America's first swept-wing jet fighter
19471,106 km/h2,454 km
retired
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
The elegant triple-tailed queen of the propeller age
1950607 km/h8,700 km
as EC-121 Warning Star, retired
General Atomics Aeronautical MQ-1 Predator
The drone that changed modern warfare
1994217 km/h1,100 km
retired 2018
North American Aviation P-51 Mustang
Long-range escort fighter of the Second World War
1940703 km/h2,755 km
as USAAF, retired
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
The fastest jet-powered aircraft ever flown
19643,540 km/h5,400 km
retired 1998
Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady
The high-altitude spy plane that flies at the edge of space
1955805 km/h10,300 km
Bell Textron UH-1 Iroquois "Huey"
The helicopter that defined the Vietnam War
1956220 km/h510 km
UH-1N, being replaced
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
The US Army's workhorse utility helicopter
1974294 km/h511 km
HH-60 rescue versions
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
Tiltrotor that takes off like a helicopter and cruises like a plane
1989565 km/h1,627 km
CV-22B special operations
