# List of United States bomber aircraft

This is a list of United States bomber aircraft, including those with the capability of bombing, meaning aircraft such as strike aircraft (also known as tactical bombers) and torpedo bombers are included.

## 1915–1935 (First Flight)

| Name & Role | Year of first flight | Introduction | Status | Number built |
| Airco DH.4 | 1917 | | retired 1932 | |
| Curtiss Model H patrol flying boat | 1917 | | Retired | 478 |
| Curtiss HS patrol flying boat | 1917 | | Retired | 1,178 |
| Curtiss F5L patrol flying boat | 1918 | | Retired | 227 |
| Martin MBT/MT | 1918 | | Retired | 20 |
| Consolidated P2Y patrol flying boat | 1929 | | retired 1941 | 78 |
| Bellanca 77-140 medium bomber | 1934 | | retired 1942 | 4 |
| Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol flying boat/amphibian | 1935 | | retired 1980s | 4,051 ca. |
| Curtiss A-3/A-4 Falcon attack/light bomber | 1924 | | retired 1937 | 155 |
| Curtiss A-8 attack/light bomber | 1931 | | retired 1939 | 13 |
| Curtiss A-12 Shrike attack/light bomber | 1933 | | retired 1942 | 46 |
| Curtiss XA-14 attack/light bomber | 1935 | | retired prototype | 1 |
| Curtiss A-18 Shrike attack/light bomber | 1935 | | retired 1943 | 13 |
| Curtiss B-2 Condor heavy bomber | 1929 | | retired 1934 | 13 |
| Curtiss BF2C Goshawk fighter-bomber | 1933 | | retired 1949 | 166 |
| Curtiss CS torpedo bomber | 1923 | | Retired | 83 |
| Curtiss T-32 Condor II bomber/transport | 1933 | | Retired | 45 |
| Douglas DT torpedo bomber | 1921 | | Retired | 90 |
| Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bomber | 1935 | | retired 1946 | 350 |
| Douglas Y1B-7 heavy bomber | 1931 | | retired prototype | 8 |
| Fokker XB-8 heavy bomber | 1929 | | retired prototype | 7 |
| Great Lakes BG dive bomber | 1933 | | retired 1941 | 61 |
| Huff-Daland XB-1 heavy bomber | 1927 | | retired prototype | 1 |
| Keystone B-3 light bomber | 1929 | | retired 1940 | 36 |
| Keystone B-4 heavy bomber | 1930 | | retired | 30 |
| Keystone B-5 heavy bomber | 1929 | | retired | 30 |
| Keystone B-6 heavy bomber | 1931 | | retired | 44 |
| Martin NBS-1 night bomber | 1920 | | retired 1929 | 130 |
| Martin T3M torpedo bomber | 1926 | | retired 1932 | 124 |
| Martin T4M torpedo bomber | 1927 | | retired 1938 | 155 |
| Martin B-10 & related heavy bomber | 1932 | | retired 1949 | 342 |
| Curtiss SBC Helldiver dive bomber | 1935 | | retired 1943 | 257 |
| Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber | 1935 | | retired 1944 | 130 |
| Northrop A-17 attack bomber | 1935 | | retired 1944 | 411 |
| Northrop BT dive bomber | 1935 | | retired 1941 | 55 |
| Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber | 1935 | 1938 | retired 1959 | 12,731 |

## 1936–1945 (First Flight)

| Name | Year of first flight | Retired/Status | Number built |
| Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly medium/attack bomber | 1944 | retired prototype | 2 |
| Boeing B-29 Superfortress/Washington heavy bomber | 1942 | retired 1960 | 3,970 |
| Boeing Model 306 heavy bomber | n/a | abandoned 1935 project | 0 |
| Boeing XB-15 heavy bomber | 1937 | retired prototype 1944 | 1 |
| Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress heavy bomber | 1943 | Lost 1943 project cancelled | 1 |
| Boeing XB-39 Superfortress heavy bomber | 1944 | retired prototype | 1 |
| Boeing XF8B fighter bomber | 1944 | retired prototype | 3 |
| Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger maritime patrol bomber | 1942 | retired prototype | 1 |
| Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber | 1941 | retired 1944 | 771 |
| Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber | 1939 | retired 1968 | 18,482 |
| Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber | 1942 | retired 1945 | 118 |
| Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber | 1943 | retired 1962 | 739 |
| Consolidated PB2Y Coronado maritime patrol flying boat | 1937 | retired 1945 | 217 |
| Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor maritime patrol flying boat | 1939 | retired prototype | 1 |
| Curtiss SB2C Helldiver/A-25 Shrike dive bomber | 1940 | retired 1959 | 7,140 |
| Curtiss XBTC torpedo bomber | 1945 | retired prototype | 2 |
| Curtiss XSB3C dive bomber | n/a | abandoned 1941 project | 0 |
| Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft | 1945 | retired 1985 | 3,180 |
| Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bomber | 1939 | retired 1949 | 7,478 |
| Douglas A-26 Invader medium bomber | 1942 | retired 1980 | 2,452 |
| Douglas XB-19 heavy bomber | 1941 | retired prototype | 1 |
| Douglas XB-22 medium bomber | n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
| Douglas B-23 Dragon medium bomber | 1939 | retired | 38 |
| Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber | 1940 | retired 1959 | 5,936 |
| Douglas BTD Destroyer torpedo bomber/dive bomber | 1943 | retired 1945 | 30 |
| Douglas XTB2D Skypirate torpedo bomber | 1945 | retired prototype | 2 |
| Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber | 1941 | retired 1966 | 9,839 |
| Grumman AF Guardian anti-submarine aircraft | 1945 | retired 1955 | 389 |
| Grumman XTB2F torpedo bomber | n/a | abandoned 1944 project | 0 |
| Hall XPTBH torpedo bomber | 1937 | retired prototype | 1 |
| Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK torpedo/dive bomber – prototype | 1945 | project scrapped 1946 | 5 |
| Lockheed Hudson medium bomber/maritime patrol | 1938 | retired 1948 | 2,941 |
| Lockheed P2V Neptune maritime patrol | 1945 | retired 1984 | 1,132 |
| Lockheed Ventura/Harpoon medium bomber/maritime patrol | 1941 | retired 1974 | 3,010 |
| Lockheed XB-30 heavy bomber – project | n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
| Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber | 1940 | retired 1946 | 5,288 |
| Martin Baltimore medium bomber | 1941 | retired 1949 | 1,575 |
| Martin PBM Mariner maritime patrol | 1939 | retired 1964 | 1,285 |
| Martin Maryland medium bomber/reconnaissance bomber | 1939 | retired 1945 | 450 |
| Martin AM Mauler attack aircraft | 1944 | retired 1953 | 151 |
| Martin XB-27 heavy bomber | n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
| Martin XB-33 Super Marauder heavy bomber | n/a | abandoned project | 0 |
| Naval Aircraft Factory SBN dive bomber | 1936 | retired 1942 | 31 |
| North American A-27 attack | 1940 | retired 1941 | 10 |
| North American T-6 Texan light attack | 1940 | retired | 15,495 |
| North American XB-21 medium bomber | 1936 | retired prototype | 1 |
| North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber | 1940 | retired 1979 | 9,984 |
| North American XB-28 medium bomber | 1942 | retired prototype | 2 |
| Northrop N-3PB patrol bomber | 1940 | retired 1943 | 24 |
| Republic P-47 fighter-bomber | 1941 | retired 1966 | 15,678 |
| Vought F4U Corsair fighter-bomber | 1940 | retired 1979 | 12,571 |
| Vought SB2U Vindicator/Chesapeake dive bomber | 1936 | retired 1945 | 260 |
| Vought TBU/Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf torpedo bomber | 1941 | retired 1948 | 180 |
| Vultee A-31/A-35 Vengeance dive bomber | 1941 | retired 1945 | 1,528 |

## 1946–current

| Name of Bomber | Year of first flight | Retired/Status | Number built | bombload (kg) |
| Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber | 1947 | retired 1977 | 2,032 | 11,340 |
| Boeing B-50 Superfortress strategic bomber | 1947 | retired 1965 | 370 | 12,700 |
| Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber | 1952 | operational | 744 | 31,500 |
| Boeing XB-54 strategic bomber | n/a | abandoned 1948 project | 0 | 16,400 |
| Boeing XB-56 strategic bomber | n/a | abandoned 1950 project | 0 | 11,300 |
| Boeing XB-59 strategic bomber | n/a | abandoned 1952 project | 0 | 4,500 |
| Cessna A-37 Dragonfly light attack aircraft | 1963 | retired | 577 | 1,860 |
| Convair B-36 Peacemaker heavy bomber | 1946 | retired 1959 | 384 | 39,600 |
| Convair B-58 Hustler strategic bomber | 1956 | retired 1970 | 116 | 8,820 |
| Convair XB-46 heavy bomber | 1947 | retired prototype | 1 | 10,000 |
| Convair YB-60 heavy bomber | 1952 | retired prototype | 2 | 33,000 |
| Douglas A2D Skyshark attack aircraft | 1950 | retired prototype | 8 | 2,500 |
| Douglas A-3 Skywarrior strategic bomber | 1956 | retired 1991 | 282 | 5,800 |
| Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft | 1954 | retired | 2,960 | 3,720 |
| Douglas B-66 Destroyer tactical bomber | 1954 | retired 1973 | 72 | 6,800 |
| Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft | 1972 | operational | 716 | 7,260 |
| General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark medium bomber | 1967 | retired 1998 | 563 | 14,300 |
| Grumman A-6 Intruder attack aircraft | 1960 | retired 1997 | 693 | 8,200 |
| Grumman F9F Panther fighter-bomber | 1947 | retired 1969 | 1,382 | 910 |
| Grumman OV-1 Mohawk light attack | 1959 | retired 1996 | 380 | 450 |
| Grumman S-2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft | 1952 | retired 1976 | 1,284 | 2,200 |
| Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft | 1981 | retired 2008 | 64 | 2,300 |
| Lockheed P-3 Orion/CP-140 Aurora/Arcturus maritime patrol | 1959 | operational | 757 | 9,100 |
| Lockheed S-3 Viking anti-submarine aircraft | 1972 | retired | 188 | 2,200 |
| Martin B-57 Canberra reconnaissance bomber | 1953 | retired | 403 | 3,300 |
| Martin P4M Mercator maritime patrol | 1946 | retired 1960 | 21 | 5,400 |
| Martin P5M Marlin maritime patrol | 1948 | retired 1967 | 285 | 7,200 |
| Martin P6M SeaMaster strategic bomber | 1955 | retired 1959 | 12 | 14,000 |
| Martin XB-48 medium bomber | 1947 | retired prototype | 2 | 9,000 |
| Martin XB-51 attack bomber | 1949 | retired prototype | 2 | 4,700 |
| McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II attack aircraft | n/a | abandoned 1983 project | 0 | 2,300 |
| McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft | 1978 | operational | 323 | 4,200 |
| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter-bomber | 1958 | retired 2016 | 5,195 | 8,500 |
| McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter/attack aircraft | 1978 | operational | 1,480 | 6,200 |
| North American A-5 Vigilante reconnaissance bomber | 1958 | retired 1980 | 156 | 6,200 |
| North American AJ/A-2 Savage nuclear attack bomber | 1948 | retired 1964 | 143 | 5,400 |
| North American B-45 Tornado reconnaissance bomber | 1947 | retired 1959 | 143 | 10,000 |
| North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco light attack | 1965 | operational | 370 | 230 |
| North American T-28 Trojan light attack | 1949 | retired 1994 | 1,948 | 540 |
| North American XA2J Super Savage bomber | 1952 | retired prototype | 1 | 4,800 |
| North American XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber prototype | 1964 | retired prototype | 2 | 22,500 |
| Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber | 1989 | operational | 21 | 18,000 |
| Northrop YA-9 attack aircraft | 1972 | retired prototype | 2 | 7,300 |
| Northrop YB-35 heavy bomber | 1946 | retired prototype | 4 | 23,200 |
| Northrop YB-49 heavy bomber | 1947 | retired prototype | 4 | 7,300 |
| Piper PA-48 Enforcer counter-insurgency/attack aircraft | 1971 | retired prototype | 4 | 2,600 |
| Republic F-84 Thunderjet fighter-bomber | 1946 | retired 1973 | 7,524 | 2,000 |
| Republic F-84F Thunderstreak fighter-bomber | 1954 | retired 1991 | 3,428 | 2,700 |
| Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber | 1955 | retired 1984 | 833 | 6,400 |
| Rockwell B-1 Lancer strategic bomber | 1974 | operational, to be retired by 2036 | 104 | 34,000 |
| Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber | 2023 | in development | 1 | 18000 (est.) |