List of large aircraft
Military

List of large aircraft

Section Title: Military
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Aircraft	First flight	Note

Blohm & Voss BV 238	11 March 1944	Very large flying boat. The largest aircraft in the world 1944 to 1945 when the single one was destroyed.

Douglas XB-19	27 June 1941	This experimental aircraft was the largest US bomber until 1946 when the Northrop YB-35 flew.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress	21 September 1942	Largest aircraft in the world from 1942 to 1943 when the even heavier Junkers Ju-390 first flew. It was one of the largest bombers used during World War II

Convair B-36 Peacemaker	8 August 1946	Largest aircraft in the world 1946 to 1947 when the even heavier Hughes H-4 Hercules first flew. First intercontinental strategic bomber, longest wingspan for a combat aircraft

Convair XC-99	23 November 1947	Developed from B-36, single prototype was the largest piston-engined land-based transport aircraft ever built

Kawanishi H8K	January 1941	Largest World War II aircraft produced by Japan in any quantity (167 built)

Linke-Hofmann R.II	1919	Largest aircraft ever to fly with only one propeller, used largest airplane propeller ever used.

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy	30 June 1968	Largest USAF strategic airlifter and among the largest military aircraft in the world

Martin JRM Mars	1941	Largest flying boat to enter production (7 built)

Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant"	1941	Biggest land-based cargo airplane during World War II

Myasishchev VM-T	1981	Derivative of the M-4 as outsized cargo aircraft

Tupolev Tu-160	18 December 1981	Heaviest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest swept-wing aircraft ever built.

Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI	Circa 1916	Largest aircraft to see regular squadron service (in 1917) in World War I

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The C-5 is among the largest military aircraft in the world.

final_sentence: The C-5 is among the largest military aircraft in the world.