EFW N-20 Aiguillon
A Swiss jet-powered strike-fighter prototype using an unusual buried-engine arrangement.
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EH Industries EH101 / AW101 Merlin maritime combat family
A three-engine maritime helicopter family developed for demanding shipborne operations, including anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare configurations.
Embraer EMB-111 / P-95 Bandeirulha
A maritime patrol and attack conversion of the Bandeirante configured for coastal surveillance and maritime weapons employment.
Embraer EMB 312 Tucano armed family
A turboprop training family designed with weapons capability and widely adapted for armed counterinsurgency and light-attack missions.
Embraer EMB 314 / A-29 Super Tucano
A purpose-developed turboprop light-attack and armed-reconnaissance aircraft optimized for austere operations, persistent patrol, close support, and precision engagement.
English Electric Canberra
A high-altitude twin-jet light bomber that entered RAF service in 1951 and became one of the most widely used postwar bomber designs.
English Electric Lightning
A Mach 2 British interceptor developed for rapid climb and point-defense interception.
Etrich Taube
An early military monoplane family whose use in the Italo-Turkish War included the first aerial bombing attack in 1911, making it important to the pre-World War I origins of combat aviation.
Eurocopter Tiger
A Franco-German dedicated combat-helicopter family developed for anti-armor, armed reconnaissance, escort, and battlefield attack missions.
Eurofighter Typhoon
A four-nation European multirole combat-aircraft family developed from the earlier EFA program for air-superiority and strike missions.
EWR VJ 101
A West German experimental vertical-takeoff fighter prototype developed to explore supersonic VTOL interception.
Fairchild AC-119 gunship family
C-119 transports converted into Shadow and Stinger gunships for night interdiction and close-support missions in Southeast Asia.
Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker
An armed STOL utility conversion fielded for light attack, escort, and counterinsurgency missions.
Fairchild NC/AC-123K Black Spot
A sensor-equipped C-123 conversion developed for night interdiction and precision attack in Southeast Asia.
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
The A-10 is a purpose-designed close-air-support aircraft built around survivability, long loiter and the 30 mm GAU-8/A cannon, with later A-10C modernization adding precision and digital capabilities.
Fairey Albacore
A British carrier torpedo bomber intended to replace the Swordfish and used for strike and maritime missions in several theaters.
Fairey Barracuda
A British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber developed for Fleet Air Arm strike operations.
Fairey Battle
A single-engine British light bomber introduced into RAF service in 1937 and heavily committed during the 1940 campaign in France.