Blackburn Firebrand
A British carrier strike aircraft developed through fighter and torpedo-bomber configurations late in World War II.
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Blackburn Ripon
A two-seat British carrier torpedo bomber developed to replace the Blackburn Dart and provide greater range and crew capability.
Blackburn Roc
A British carrier-capable turret fighter developed for the Fleet Air Arm and used during the opening years of World War II.
Blackburn Shark
A British carrier-capable torpedo and reconnaissance biplane of the mid-1930s that preceded later Fleet Air Arm strike aircraft.
Blackburn Skua
A British carrier aircraft combining fighter and dive-bomber functions for the Fleet Air Arm before and during the opening years of World War II.
Bloch MB.150 family
A French radial-engine fighter family developed during the late 1930s and fielded in several production variants at the outbreak of World War II.
Bloch MB.174 / MB.175 family
A fast French twin-engine reconnaissance and light-bomber family that served during the 1940 campaign.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
The B-17 was a four-engine American heavy bomber whose wartime development emphasized high-altitude strategic bombing, defensive armament, and mass production by Boeing, Douglas, and Vega.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
A pressurized American four-engine heavy bomber developed for very-long-range strategic operations in the Pacific.
Boeing B-47 Stratojet
A swept-wing six-engine jet bomber whose configuration strongly influenced subsequent large jet aircraft and Strategic Air Command operations.
Boeing B-50 Superfortress
A substantially updated B-29-derived strategic bomber with more powerful engines and postwar systems changes.
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
An eight-engine intercontinental jet bomber first flown in 1952 and introduced into Strategic Air Command in 1955.
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
A substantially enlarged and redesigned carrier multirole fighter developed from the Hornet concept with new structure, engines, range, payload, and growth margin.
Boeing F2B
A U.S. Navy carrier fighter introduced in the late 1920s and famously used by the Navy’s early Three Sea Hawks aerobatic team.
Boeing F3B
A Boeing carrier fighter developed from the F2B and fielded by U.S. Navy fighter squadrons before the F4B became the dominant type.
Boeing FB family
A U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Boeing fighter family of the mid-1920s that preceded the company’s F2B, F3B, and F4B series.
Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat
An Australian-developed reusable collaborative combat aircraft built for autonomous teaming with crewed combat aircraft and demonstrated in operationally relevant air-to-air missions.
Boeing P-12 / F4B family
A closely related Boeing Army and Navy biplane fighter family that culminated the company’s interwar pursuit and carrier-fighter development line.