Cold War Biritsh Aircraft

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British airpower was needed as much as many to help maintain stability across Europe following the close of World War 2.

There are a total of [ 210 ] Cold War Biritsh Aircraft entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator.

1/210

1969

Aerospatiale / BAC Concorde

Supersonic Passenger Jet Airliner

2/210

1957

Aerospatiale Alouette II

Light Utility Helicopter

3/210

1973

Aerospatiale SA342 Gazelle

Lightweight Multi-Role Military / Civilian Helicopter

4/210

1974

Airbus A300

Wide-Body Passenger Jet Airliner

5/210

1983

Airbus A310

Medium-Range Passenger Transport

6/210

1970

Airbus Helicopters (MBB) Bo 105

Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)

7/210

1975

Airbus Helicopters AS350 Ecureuil/Astar

Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)

8/210

1978

Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin

Medium-Lift Civilian / Military Utility Helicopter

9/210

1982

Airbus Helicopters AS532 (Super Puma / Cougar)

Multi-role Medium Lift Helicopter

10/210

1985

Airbus Helicopters AS565 Panther

Multi-Purpose / Multi-Role Helicopter

11/210

1986

Antonov An-124 Ruslan (Condor)

Strategic Heavy-Lift Transport Aircraft

12/210

1954

Armstrong Whitworth AW.168 (M.148T)

Carrierbased Jet-Powered Attack Aircraft Proposal

13/210

1958

Armstrong Whitworth AW.169

High-Altitude Mach 2 Interceptor Proposal

14/210

1947

Armstrong Whitworth AW.52

Experimental Flying Wing Aircraft

15/210

1947

Armstrong Whitworth AW.56

Jet-Powered Medium Bomber Proposal

16/210

1948

Armstrong Whitworth AW.58

Transonic Research Aircraft Design Study

17/210

1960

Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 (Argosy)

Civilian / Military Twin-Boom Transport Aircraft

18/210

1965

Armstrong Whitworth AW.681

Four-Engined STOL Transport Aircraft

19/210

1949

Avro 707

Delta-Wing Research Aircraft

20/210

1957

Avro 730 (R.156T / O.R.330)

High-Altitude Supersonic Reconnaissance Aircraft

21/210

1958

Avro 739

Supersonic Strike / Reconnaissance Aircraft Proposal

22/210

1936

Avro Anson

Light Transport / Coastal Reconnaissance / Crew Trainer / Communications Aircraft

23/210

1942

Avro Lancaster

Four-Engined Heavy Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft

24/210

1945

Avro Lincoln

Four-Engined Long-Range Heavy Bomber Aircraft

25/210

1951

Avro Shackleton

Long Range Maritime Patrol / Airborne Early Warning / Search and Rescue Aircraft

26/210

1956

Avro Vulcan

High-Altitude Long-Range Heavy Bomber

27/210

1944

Avro York (Type 685)

Four-Engined Heavy Transport / Airliner Aircraft

28/210

1959

BAC TSR-2

Tactical Strike / Reconnaissance / Bomber Aircraft

29/210

1969

BAe / Hawker Siddeley Nimrod

Long-range Maritime Patrol / Anti-Submarine Aircraft

30/210

1983

BAe 146

Passenger Airliner

31/210

1976

BAe Hawk

Advanced Jet Trainer / Light Strike Aircraft

32/210

1980

BAe Kingston P.1214 (X-Wing Fighter)

Fighter-Interceptor Concept

33/210

1980

BAe P.103

Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Fighter Study

34/210

1981

BAe P.110

Lightweight Multirole Fighter Proposal

35/210

1978

BAe Sea Harrier

Carrierborne VSTOL Strike Fighter Aircraft

36/210

1964

Beechcraft King Air

Multirole Transport Aircraft

37/210

1972

Beechcraft Super King Air

Twin-Engine Utility Aircraft

38/210

1947

Bell H-13 Sioux

Light Utility / Observation Helicopter

39/210

1981

Bell Model 412

Twin-Engine Utility / Transport Helicopter

40/210

1946

Bell Model 47

Light Multi-Purpose Utility Helicopter

41/210

1945

Bell P-59 Airacomet

Jet-Powered Fighter Aircraft

42/210

1947

Blackburn B.48 / YA.1 (Firecrest)

Carrier-based Naval Strike Fighter Prototype Aircraft

43/210

1952

Blackburn B.90

Variable-Sweep Wing Jet Fighter Proposal

44/210

1955

Blackburn Beverly

Heavy-Lift, Short-Field Military Transport Aircraft

45/210

1962

Blackburn Buccaneer

Carrierborne Low-Altitude Strike Aircraft

46/210

1945

Blackburn Firebrand

Strike Fighter / Fleet Fighter Aircraft

47/210

1985

Boeing (BAe Systems / McDonnell Douglas) AV-8B Harrier II

Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) Strike Aircraft

48/210

1986

Boeing (Hughes) AH-64 Apache

Dedicated Two-Seat Attack Helicopter

49/210

1939

Boeing 314 Clipper (C-98)

Long-Range Flying Boat Aircraft

50/210

1958

Boeing 707

Narrow-Body Passenger Airliner

51/210

1968

Boeing 737 (Series)

Short-to-Medium Range Passenger Airliner / Freighter Aircraft

52/210

1970

Boeing 747 (Jumbo Jet)

Long-Range Passenger / Heavy Cargo Transport

53/210

1983

Boeing 757

Intermediate Range Passenger Transport

54/210

1937

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Four-Engined Heavy Bomber Aircraft

55/210

1943

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Strategic Long-Range, High-Altitude Heavy Bomber Aircraft

56/210

1962

Boeing CH-47 Chinook

Medium-Lift, Tandem Rotor Transport Helicopter

57/210

1977

Boeing E-3 Sentry (AWACS)

Airborne Surveillance, Command, Control and Communications Aircraft

58/210

1980

Boeing MH-47 Chinook

Special Forces Tandem-Rotor Military Helicopter

59/210

1962

Boeing RC-135

Multi-Role, Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Aircraft

60/210

1950

Boeing Washington (B-29)

High-Altitude, Long-Range Strategic Heavy Bomber Aircraft

61/210

1980

Bombardier Challenger 600 (series)

Twin-Engined Business Jet

62/210

1951

Boulton Paul P.121

Swing-Wing Fighter Proposal

63/210

1940

Bristol Beaufighter

Twin-Engine Heavy Fighter / Night-Fighter Aircraft

64/210

1940

Bristol Beaufort

Torpedo Bomber Aircraft

65/210

1937

Bristol Blenheim

Light-Medium Bomber / Heavy Fighter / Night Fighter

66/210

1949

Bristol Brabazon

Commercial Airliner / Passenger Transport Aircraft

67/210

1946

Bristol Brigand

Anti-Ship Bomber / Dive Bomber / Strike Aircraft

68/210

1989

Britten-Norman Defender

Reconnaissance / Transport / Patrol Aircraft

69/210

1965

Britten-Norman Islander

Light Utility Aircraft

70/210

1939

CAC Wirraway

Multirole / Trainer Aircraft

71/210

1950

Canadair CL-13 Sabre

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Jet-Powered Fighter Aircraft

72/210

1936

CANT Z.506 Airone (Heron)

Maritime Reconnaissance / Bomber Floatplane

73/210

1956

Cessna 172 (Skyhawk)

Light Utility / Multirole Aircraft

74/210

1941

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Four-Engined Strategic Heavy Bomber Aircraft

75/210

1941

Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando

Twin-Engine Long-Range Transport Aircraft

76/210

1965

Dassault Falcon 20

Business Jet / Light High-Speed Transport Aircraft

77/210

1986

Dassault Falcon 900

Triple-Engine Business Jet Aircraft

78/210

1978

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet

Advanced Trainer / Close-Support Aircraft

79/210

1946

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

Lightweight Basic Trainer / Aerobatic Aircraft

80/210

1948

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver

Utility Transport Aircraft

81/210

1953

de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter

Floatplane Aircraft

82/210

1966

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

Civilian-Military Transport / Light Utility Aircraft

83/210

1978

de Havilland Canada DHC-7 (Dash 7)

Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) Regional Passenger Airliner

84/210

1946

de Havilland DH.100 Vampire

Single-Seat Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

85/210

1946

de Havilland DH.103 Hornet / Sea Hornet

Twin-Engine Long-Range Heavy Fighter

86/210

1952

de Havilland DH.106 Comet

Narrow-Body Passenger Airliner Aircraft

87/210

1946

de Havilland DH.108 (Swallow)

Jet-Powered, Swept-Wing Research Aircraft

88/210

1959

de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen

Carrier-Based, All-Weather Interceptor

89/210

1956

de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom

Carrier-based Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

90/210

1952

de Havilland DH.112 Venom

Single-Seat Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber / Night-Fighter Aircraft

91/210

1958

de Havilland DH.117

Mach 2 High-Altitude Interceptor Proposal

92/210

1932

de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth

Basic Trainer Biplane

93/210

1942

de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito

Multirole Heavy Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

94/210

1982

Dornier Do 228

Utility Transport / Maritime Patrol Aircraft

95/210

1946

Douglas A-1 Skyraider (AD-1)

Single-Engine, Single-Seat Fighter-Bomber / Ground Attack Aircraft

96/210

1942

Douglas C-47 (Skytrain / Dakota)

Medium Transport Aircraft

97/210

1942

Douglas C-54 Skymaster (DC-4)

Four-Engine Military Transport Aircraft

98/210

1959

Douglas DC-8

Medium- / Long-Range Passenger Jet Airliner

99/210

1983

Embraer EMB-312 Tucano

Basic Trainer / Light Attack Aircraft

100/210

1960

English Electric / BAC Lightning

Single-Seat Supersonic Interceptor Aircraft

101/210

1951

English Electric Canberra

High-Altitude Medium Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft

102/210

1943

Fairey Barracuda

Three-Seat, Single-Engine Torpedo / Dive Bomber Aircraft

103/210

1955

Fairey E.R.103 (F.155T)

Mach 2 High-Altitude Interceptor Proposal

104/210

1943

Fairey Firefly

Carrier-Borne Fighter / Strike-Fighter Aircraft

105/210

1953

Fairey Gannet

Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft

106/210

1937

Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Stork)

Reconnaissance / Army Co-operation Multi-Purpose Aircraft

107/210

1987

Fokker 50 / 60

Twin-Engine Utility Aircraft

108/210

1958

Fokker F27 Friendship

Passenger Airliner / Military Transport Aircraft

109/210

1969

Fokker F28 Fellowship

Twin-Engined Regional Jet Airliner

110/210

1959

Folland / Hawker-Siddeley Gnat

Lightweight Fighter / Advanced Trainer Aircraft

111/210

1961

Folland Fo.147

Swing-Wing Trainer / Light Strike Proposal

112/210

1963

Folland Fo.148

Swing-Wing Trainer / Light Strike Aircraft Proposal

113/210

1926

Ford Trimotor

Transport Aircraft / Passenger Airliner

114/210

1968

General Dynamics F-111K (Aardvark)

Tactical Swing-Wing Strike Aircraft

115/210

1944

Gloster (Armstrong Whitworth) Meteor

Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

116/210

1956

Gloster Javelin

Twin-Seat Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

117/210

1951

Gloster P.234

Jet-Powered Day Fighter / Interceptor

118/210

1943

Grumman F6F Hellcat

Carrierborne Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

119/210

1937

Grumman Goose (G-21)

Multirole Flying Boat Aircraft

120/210

1942

Grumman TBF Avenger

Carrier-Borne Torpedo Bomber Aircraft

121/210

1940

Handley Page Halifax

Heavy Bomber / Night Bomber Aircraft

122/210

1948

Handley Page Hastings

Four-Engined Transport Aircraft

123/210

1961

Handley Page HP.115

Delta-Wing Research Aircraft

124/210

1957

Handley Page Victor

Heavy Bomber / Aerial Tanker Aircraft

125/210

1953

Hawker (Armstrong Whitworth) Sea Hawk

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Carrier-borne Fighter Aircraft

126/210

1956

Hawker Hunter

Single-Seat Jet-Powered Daytime Interceptor / Strike Fighter Aircraft

127/210

1983

Hawker Model 800

Mid-Sized VIP / Corporate Jet Aircraft

128/210

1946

Hawker P.1048

Interceptor Fighter Proposal

129/210

1948

Hawker P.1052

High-Speed, Swept-Wing Research Aircraft

130/210

1951

Hawker P.1054 (F.43/46 / OR.228)

Jet-Powered Day Fighter / Interceptor Proposal

131/210

1947

Hawker P.1056

Dedicated Night-Fighter Aircraft Proposal

132/210

1947

Hawker P.1057

Dedicated Night-Fighter Aircraft Proposal

133/210

1950

Hawker P.1072

Rocket Booster Engine Research Aircraft

134/210

1950

Hawker P.1081 (Australian Fighter)

Jet-Powered Fighter Prototype

135/210

1957

Hawker P.1103

Twin-Seat, Single-Engine Interceptor Proposal

136/210

1954

Hawker P.1108 (M.148T)

Carrierborne Attack Aircraft Proposal

137/210

1956

Hawker P.1121 (OR.329 / OR.339)

Air Superiority / Strike Fighter Prototype

138/210

1958

Hawker P.1129

Jet-Powered Strike Bomber Proposal

139/210

1945

Hawker Sea Fury / Fury

Carrierbased Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

140/210

1969

Hawker Siddeley Harrier / AV-8A

VTOL Strike / Reconnaissance / Trainer Aircraft

141/210

1976

Hawker Siddeley HS.1200

4th Generation Fighter Design Study

142/210

1976

Hawker Siddeley HS.1201

Lightweight Fighter Design Study

143/210

1976

Hawker Siddeley HS.1205

STOVL Fighter Aircraft Design Study

144/210

1935

Heinkel He 111

Medium Bomber Aircraft

145/210

1948

Hiller OH-23 Raven (Model UH-12)

Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)

146/210

1943

Junkers Ju 188 Rache (Avenger)

Reconnaissance / Medium Bomber Aircraft

147/210

1932

Junkers Ju 52

Tri-Motor Transport / Medium Bomber Aircraft

148/210

1939

Junkers Ju 88

Medium Bomber / Multi-Role Aircraft

149/210

1976

Leonardo AW109

Multirole Military / Utility Helicopter

150/210

1939

Lockheed Hudson

Twin-Engine Multirole Aircraft

151/210

1972

Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

Wide-Body Passenger Airliner

152/210

1955

Lockheed Martin U-2 Dragon Lady

High-Altitude Surveillance Aircraft

153/210

1947

Lockheed P2V Neptune

Anti-Submarine Warfare / Maritime Patrol Aircraft

154/210

1942

Lockheed Ventura / Harpoon

Patrol / Light Bomber Bomber Aircraft

155/210

1973

McDonnell Douglas / Hawker Siddeley AV-16 Advanced Harrier

STOVL Fighter-Bomber / Attack Aircraft Proposal

156/210

1971

McDonnell Douglas DC-10

Wide-Body, Long-Range Airliner / Freighter Aircraft

157/210

1960

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

Multirole / Carrierbased Fighter / Strike Fighter Aircraft

158/210

1969

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Wild Weasel

Electronic Warfare Aircraft (EWA)

159/210

1934

Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun (Typhoon)

Competition / Liason / VIP Transport Aircraft

160/210

1941

Mitsubishi G4M (Betty)

Navy Land-Based Medium Bomber Aircraft

161/210

1941

North American B-25 Mitchell

Twin-Engine Medium Bomber Aircraft

162/210

1949

North American F-86 Sabre

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

163/210

1942

North American P-51 Mustang

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

164/210

1936

North American T-6 Texan

Two-Seat Advanced Trainer Aircraft

165/210

1985

Panavia Tornado ADV (Air Defense Variant)

Air Defense Fighter / Interceptor Aircraft

166/210

1979

Panavia Tornado IDS (InterDictor / Strike)

All-Weather, Low-Level Strike Aircraft

167/210

1984

Pilatus PC-9

Twin-Seat, Single-Engine Basic Trainer Aircraft

168/210

1941

Piper L-4 Grasshopper

Light Observation Aircraft

169/210

1958

Piper PA-24 Comanche

Civilian Market Utility Aircraft

170/210

1942

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Single-Seat, Single-Engine Fighter-Bomber Aircraft

171/210

1979

Robinson R22

Very Light Utility / Trainer Helicopter

172/210

1939

Saunders-Roe A.37 (Shrimp)

Four-Engine Flying Boat Research Aircraft

173/210

1951

Saunders-Roe P.148

Single-Engine Naval Jet Fighter Proposal

174/210

1952

Saunders-Roe P.154

Single-Seat, Rocket-Powered Interceptor Proposal

175/210

1955

Saunders-Roe P.187

High-Speed Interceptor Proposal

176/210

1952

Saunders-Roe SR.45 (Princess)

Flying Boat

177/210

1957

Saunders-Roe SR.53

Prototype Rocket-Powered Interceptor Aircraft

178/210

1947

Saunders-Roe SR.A-1

Experimental Flying Boat Fighter

179/210

1973

SEPECAT Jaguar

Strike Fighter Aircraft

180/210

1982

Short Model 360

Light Utility Transport Aircraft

181/210

1938

Short S25 Sunderland

Long-Range Maritime / Reconnaissance Flying Boat

182/210

1950

Short S38 Sturgeon

Twin-Seat, Twin-Engine Target Tug Aircraft

183/210

1946

Short S45 Solent

Flying Boat Passenger Airliner

184/210

1951

Short SA.4 Sperrin

Experimental Jet-Powered Bomber Project

185/210

1941

Short Stirling

Four-Engine Strategic Heavy Bomber Aircraft

186/210

1989

Short Tucano

Two-Seat Turboprop-Powered Basic Trainer Aircraft

187/210

1950

Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw

Multi-Purpose / Multi-Role Transport Utility Helicopter

188/210

1945

Sikorsky R-5 / H-5

Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)

189/210

1977

Sikorsky S-76

Medium-Lift Multirole Helicopter

190/210

1961

Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King

Ship-based Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Helicopter

191/210

1942

Stinson L-5 Sentinel

Light Reconnaissance / Observation / Liaison Military Aircraft

192/210

1955

Supermarine (Vickers) Type 559

High-Speed, High-Altitude Interceptor Proposal

193/210

1962

Supermarine (Vickers) Type 565

Twin-Seat, Twin-Engine Tactical Bomber Proposal

194/210

1951

Supermarine Attacker

Single-Seat / Single-Engine Navy Fighter Aircraft

195/210

1957

Supermarine Scimitar

Carrierbased Strike-Fighter

196/210

1942

Supermarine Sea Otter

Amphibious Maritime Patrol Floatplane Aircraft

197/210

1946

Supermarine Seafang

Naval Fighter Prototype Aircraft

198/210

1942

Supermarine Seafire

Carrier-Borne Fighter / Fighter-Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft

199/210

1938

Supermarine Spitfire

Fighter / Fighter-Bomber / Reconnaissance Aircraft

200/210

1937

Supermarine Stranraer

Reconnaissance Flying Boat Aircraft

201/210

1954

Supermarine Swift

Interceptor / Low-Level Reconnaissance Aircraft

202/210

1950

Supermarine Type 505

Carrierborne Day Fighter Proposal

203/210

1952

Vickers Supersonic Valiant

High-Speed, High-Altitude Jet Bomber Proposal

204/210

1955

Vickers Valiant

Strategic Bomber / Fuel Tanker / Photo Reconnaissance Aircraft

205/210

1952

Vickers Valiant LLB (Low-Level Bomber)

Low-Altitude Bomber Proposal

206/210

1964

Vickers VC10

Narrow-Body Passenger Airliner / Aerial Refueling Tanker

207/210

1942

Vought F4U Corsair

Carrier-Based Fighter / Fighter-Bomber / Night Fighter

208/210

1950

Westland Dragonfly (WS-51)

Light Utility Helicopter

209/210

1938

Westland Lysander

Liaison / Army Cooperation Aircraft

210/210

1953

Westland Wyvern

Carrierborne Strike Fighter Aircraft

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