attack aircraft

An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision than bombers, and is prepared to encounter strong low-level air defenses while pressing the attack. This class of aircraft is designed mostly for close air support and naval air-to-surface missions, overlapping the tactical bomber mission. Designs dedicated to non-naval roles are often known as ground-attack aircraft.

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A-11, A-17, AGO S.I, aircraft functional class, Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master, AME VI, anti-submarine aircraft, armed trainer, with 1 engine, with propellers, attack fighter, attack helicopter, attack monoplane, attack/liaison aircraft, Ba.65, Ba.88 Lince, Beechcraft AT-6E, BF2C-1 Goshawk, Blackburn Buccaneer, Breda Ba.64, British Aerospace Sea Harrier, Bréguet 1100, Caproni Ca.305, carrier-capable, counter-insurgency aircraft, cruise missile strike aircraft, CS, Curtiss-Wright BFC-2 Goshawk, Dassault Communauté, dive bomber, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, Douglas A2D Skyshark, Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano, Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, fighter-bomber, FMA IA 63 Pampa, Fokker XA-7, Fouga CM.170 Magister, GA-1, ground attack unmanned aerial vehicle, Grumman AF-2S Guardian, Grumman AF-3S Guardian, Halberstadt CL, Harrier 1st Generation, Hawk Series 200, Hispano Aviación HA-500 Alacrán, IAR 99 Șoim, IAR-93/J-22 family, Il-10 family, Il-2 Shturmovik, Il-28Sh, Il-8, Ilyushin Il-102, Ilyushin Il-20, interdictor, J-20 Kraguj, J-21 Jastreb, Junkers EF 126, Junkers J.I, Ki-51, Kokusai Ta-Go, Kotscherigin TSch-3, land-based, LBSh, light, LTV A-7 Corsair II, McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II, Messerschmitt Me 210, MiG-17F, military aircraft with turbine engines, military airplane with turbine engines, Mitsubishi B5M, MQ-1C Gray Eagle, Myasishchev M-25, Polikarpov VIT-1, Polikarpov VIT-2, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, Saab 38, Skyfox, strike aircraft, Su-24M, Su-25M1, Sukhoi Su-25, Sukhoi Su-39, Sukhoi T-12 Shturmovik-90, Tabloid, TAI Hürkuş, Tomashevich Pegasus, torpedo bomber, trainer/, TsKB-60, Westland Wyvern, XA-2, XA-32, YA-13, Yakovlev Yak-130, Yakovlev Yak-38, 

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• File:Consolidated A 11.jpg

  A-11 ⓘ
  attack aircraft by Consolidated

• File:AGO S.I.jpg

  AGO S.I ⓘ
  ground attack aircraft by AGO

• File:Breda Ba88.jpg

  Ba.88 Lince ⓘ
  1936 attack-reconnaissance aircraft model by Breda

• File:Curtiss BF2C-1 Goshawk - GPN-2000-001239.jpg

  BF2C-1 Goshawk ⓘ
  dive bomber aircraft by Curtiss

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  Breda Ba.64 ⓘ
  attack aircraft

• File:Breguet 1100 fighter on the ground c1958.jpg

  Bréguet 1100 ⓘ
  jet fighter

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  Caproni Ca.305 ⓘ
  attack aircraft, initial production version of the A.P.1

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  CS ⓘ
  reconnaissance and torpedo bomber aircraft family by Curtiss

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  Curtiss-Wright BFC-2 Goshawk ⓘ
  

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  Dassault Communauté ⓘ
  type of aircraft

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  Douglas A2D Skyshark ⓘ
  attack aircraft series by the Douglas Aircraft Company

• File:Aeronave A-29 Super Tucano em voo sobre a Floresta Amazônica.jpg

  Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano ⓘ
  light ground attack and training aircraft

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  fighter-bomber ⓘ
  multi-role combat aircraft designed to both combat other aircraft and to employ bombs against ground targets

• File:Atlantic-Fokker XA-7.jpg

  Fokker XA-7 ⓘ
  prototype attack aircraft by Fokker (later General aviation Company)

• File:Boeing GA-1 on ground.jpg

  GA-1 ⓘ
  1919 ground attack aircraft prototype by Boeing

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  Grumman AF-2S Guardian ⓘ
  carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft

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  Grumman AF-3S Guardian ⓘ
  carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft

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  Halberstadt CL ⓘ
  aircraft family by Halberstadt

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  Hawk Series 200 ⓘ
  attack aircraft series by BAE Systems

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  Hispano Aviación HA-500 Alacrán ⓘ
  

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  Il-28Sh ⓘ
  attack aircraft model by Ilyushin

• File:Il-8.jpg

  Il-8 ⓘ
  1944 attack aircraft prototype by Ilyushin

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  Ilyushin Il-20 ⓘ
  attack aircraft prototype by Ilyushin

• File:Serbia-0378 - Soko J-21 (7179544613).jpg

  J-21 Jastreb ⓘ
  series of light attack and reconnaissance aircraft

• File:Junkers EF 126 sketch.jpg

  Junkers EF 126 ⓘ
  type of aircraft

• File:Junkers JI.jpg

  Junkers J.I ⓘ
  attack aircraft by Junkers

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  Kokusai Ta-Go ⓘ
  type of aircraft

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  Kotscherigin TSch-3 ⓘ
  

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  LBSh ⓘ
  1939 attack aircraft by Kochyerigin

• File:A-12 Avenger Concept.jpg

  McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II ⓘ
  proposed attack aircraft family by McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics

• File:MQ-1C Warrior (2005-08-11).jpg

  MQ-1C Gray Eagle ⓘ
  reconnaissance and strike aircraft system

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  Myasishchev M-25 ⓘ
  planned Soviet attack aircraft

• File:Polikarpov VIT-2.jpg

  Polikarpov VIT-1 ⓘ
  Soviet Polikarpov prototype fighter

• File:Polikarpov VIT-2.jpg

  Polikarpov VIT-2 ⓘ
  type of aircraft

• File:Saab-38.gif

  Saab 38 ⓘ
  Swedish abandoned military aircraft project

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  Skyfox ⓘ
  trainer/attack aircraft prototype by Boeing

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  Su-24M ⓘ
  strike aircraft model by Sukhoi

• File:Su-25TM.jpg

  Sukhoi Su-39 ⓘ
  Russian attack aircraft

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  Sukhoi T-12 Shturmovik-90 ⓘ
  type of aircraft

• File:Sopwith Schneider.jpg

  Tabloid ⓘ
  1913 general aviation aircraft family by Sopwith

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  Tomashevich Pegasus ⓘ
  attack plane

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  TsKB-60 ⓘ
  Russian military aviation program

• File:Breguet 693 3-view line drawing.svg

  Unknown ⓘ
  

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  Unknown ⓘ
  

• File:Westland Wyvern S Mk.4.jpg

  Westland Wyvern ⓘ
  British military aircraft

• File:Douglas XA-2.jpg

  XA-2 ⓘ
  attack biplane by Douglas

• File:Brewster XA-32.jpg

  XA-32 ⓘ
  1943 attack aircraft

• File:Front view of Northrop YA-13.jpg

  YA-13 ⓘ
  1933 attack aircraft by Northrop

• File:AME VI.jpg

  AME VI ⓘ
  type of reconnaissance plane built in Spain in 1924

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  A-17 ⓘ
  attack aircraft series by Northrop

• File:Breda Ba.65.jpg

  Ba.65 ⓘ
  1935 attack aircraft family by Breda

• File:B5M Type 97 Carrier Attack Bomber Mabel B5M-11.jpg

  Mitsubishi B5M ⓘ
  Japanese attack aircraft

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  Ki-51 ⓘ
  1939 attack aircraft family by Mitsubishi

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  Il-2 Shturmovik ⓘ
  1939 attack aircraft family by Ilyushin

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  Fouga CM.170 Magister ⓘ
  1952 trainer aircraft family by Fouga

• File:Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B Lofting-1.jpg

  Blackburn Buccaneer ⓘ
  1958 attack aircraft family by Blackburn

• File:Soko J-20 Kraguj.jpg

  J-20 Kraguj ⓘ
  attack aircraft

• File:North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco 3-view line drawing 2.jpg

  Rockwell OV-10 Bronco ⓘ
  1965 attack/reconnaissance aircraft family by the Grumman Corporation

• File:AV-8C VMA-513 landing at NAS Whiting Field 1982.JPEG

  Harrier 1st Generation ⓘ
  ground attack aircraft series by Hawker Siddeley, later British Aerospace

• File:A10Thunderbolt2 990422-F-7910D-517.jpg

  Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II ⓘ
  1972 attack aircraft family by Fairchild-Republic

• File:Yakovlev Yak-38M at MAKS-1993 airshow.jpg

  Yakovlev Yak-38 ⓘ
  Soviet carrier-capable fighter aircraft

• File:J-22 Orao in low level flight, Kecskemét, 2007.jpg

  IAR-93/J-22 family ⓘ
  attack aircraft series by SOKO

• File:FRS.1 ski-jump take-off HMS Invincible.JPEG

  British Aerospace Sea Harrier ⓘ
  fighter aircraft series by BAE Systems

• File:Su-25 in flight 01.JPEG

  Sukhoi Su-25 ⓘ
  Russian (Soviet) attack aircraft

• File:IŁ-102 NTW 3 95 6.jpg

  Ilyushin Il-102 ⓘ
  prototype attack aircraft model by Ilyushin

• File:Argentina Air Force FMA IA-63 Pampa Lofting-2.jpg

  FMA IA 63 Pampa ⓘ
  trainer aircraft model by Fabrica Militar de Aviones

• File:Romanian Air Force IAR-99 Soim 100th anniversary of aviation colours.jpg

  IAR 99 Șoim ⓘ
  military training and light attack aircraft by IAR

• File:Iraqi Air Force celebrates 78th Anniversary DVIDS167878.jpg

  Unknown ⓘ
  

• File:Sukhoi Su-25 in Ukrainian service 269 n (cropped).jpg

  Su-25M1 ⓘ
  

• File:Yakovlev Yak- 130 (modify).jpg

  Yakovlev Yak-130 ⓘ
  military trainer and light attack aircraft

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  Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master ⓘ
  Italian military training aircraft

• File:TAI Hürkuş Advanced Trainer A-C Bourget 2017 (remix).jpg

  TAI Hürkuş ⓘ
  trainer aircraft

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  Beechcraft AT-6E ⓘ
  

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  attack helicopter ⓘ
  aircraft class designed to attack ground targets with lift provided by a powered rotor

Frameless

LTV A-7B Corsair II of VA-215 landing aboard USS Oriskany (CVA-34), circa in 1974

Šmolík Š H 1.11

Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 Lipetsk Ryabtsev

Israeli Air Force TA-4H Skyhawk Takeoff

Red Arrows Radom 2009 a

Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt IIs of the 66th Weapons Squadron and 53rd Fighter Squadron flying past the crowd in formation after the Combined Arms Demo at Aviation Nation 2017. Aviation Nation is an airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt IIs of the 66th Weapons Squadron landing after the Combined Arms Demo at Aviation Nation 2017. Aviation Nation is an airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

One of VTS Aviation's Mil Mi-24D playing an adversary during the Combined Arms Demo at Aviation Nation 2017. Aviation Nation is an airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt IIs of the 53rd Fighter Squadron landing after the Combined Arms Demo at Aviation Nation 2017. Aviation Nation is an airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

The 105mm canon on a Lockheed AC-130U named "The Fourth Horseman". The Fourth Horseman was on static Display at Aviation Nation 2017. Aviation Nation is an airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	aircraft		A-11	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		AGO S.I	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Ba.88 Lince	attack aircraft, military aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		BF2C-1 Goshawk	carrier-capable airplane, attack aircraft, BF2C Goshawk	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Breda Ba.64	land-based aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Bréguet 1100	single-seat fighter, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Caproni Ca.305	land-based aircraft, attack aircraft, Caproni A.P.1	Wikidata
class	aircraft		CS	reconnaissance aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Curtiss-Wright BFC-2 Goshawk	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Dassault Communauté	military aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Douglas A2D Skyshark	carrier-capable airplane, prototype, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano	Tucano, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		fighter-bomber	multi-role combat aircraft, attack aircraft, fighter aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Fokker XA-7	attack aircraft, monoplane	Wikidata
class	aircraft		GA-1	triplane, land-based attack aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Grumman AF-2S Guardian	Grumman AF Guardian, carrier-capable airplane, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Grumman AF-3S Guardian	Grumman AF Guardian, carrier-capable airplane, attack aircraft, maritime patrol aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Halberstadt CL	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Hawk Series 200	single-seat fighter, BAE Systems Hawk, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Hispano Aviación HA-500 Alacrán	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Il-28Sh	Ilyushin Il-28, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Il-8	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Ilyushin Il-20	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		J-21 Jastreb	land-based aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Junkers EF 126	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Junkers J.I	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Kokusai Ta-Go	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Kotscherigin TSch-3	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		LBSh	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II	attack aircraft, stealth aircraft, carrier-capable airplane	Wikidata
class	aircraft		MQ-1C Gray Eagle	MQ-1 Predator, unmanned aerial vehicle, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Myasishchev M-25	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Polikarpov VIT-1	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Polikarpov VIT-2	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Saab 38	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Skyfox	attack aircraft, jet trainer	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Su-24M	Sukhoi Su-24, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Sukhoi Su-39	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Sukhoi T-12 Shturmovik-90	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Tabloid	attack aircraft, racing aircraft, maritime patrol aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Tomashevich Pegasus	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		TsKB-60	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Unknown	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Unknown	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Westland Wyvern	attack aircraft, carrier-capable airplane	Wikidata
class	aircraft		XA-2	biplane, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		XA-32	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft		YA-13	attack aircraft, Gamma	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1925	AME VI	attack aircraft, surveillance aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1936	A-17	Gamma, light bomber, bomber with 1 engine, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1937	Ba.65	attack aircraft, land-based attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1937	Mitsubishi B5M	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1940	Ki-51	bomber with 1 engine, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1941	Il-2 Shturmovik	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1956	Fouga CM.170 Magister	attack aircraft, tandem jet trainer	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1962	Blackburn Buccaneer	carrier-capable attack aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1964	J-20 Kraguj	military aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1967	Rockwell OV-10 Bronco	twin-engine turboprop attack aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1969	Harrier 1st Generation	Harrier, attack aircraft, fighter-bomber	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1977	Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II	attack aircraft, land-based aircraft, twinjet, close air support	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1977	Yakovlev Yak-38	carrier-capable airplane, attack aircraft, third-generation jet fighter, vertical take off and landing aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1978	IAR-93/J-22 family	fighter-bomber, land-based aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1979	British Aerospace Sea Harrier	attack aircraft, strike fighter, carrier-capable airplane, Harrier	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1981	Sukhoi Su-25	attack aircraft, attack jet	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1982	Ilyushin Il-102	fixed-wing aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1988	FMA IA 63 Pampa	combat training aircraft, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	1988	IAR 99 Șoim	combat training aircraft, attack aircraft, military aircraft, light combat aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2009	Unknown	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2010	Su-25M1	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2010	Yakovlev Yak-130	combat training aircraft, tandem jet trainer, attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2011	Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master	attack aircraft, land-based attack aircraft, trainer	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2016	TAI Hürkuş	attack aircraft, basic trainer aircraft, surveillance aircraft	Wikidata
class	aircraft	2021	Beechcraft AT-6E	attack aircraft	Wikidata
class	weapon		attack helicopter	attack aircraft, armed helicopter, military helicopter	Wikidata
commons	image		LTV A-7B Corsair II of VA-215 landing aboard USS Oriskany (CVA-34), circa in 1974		Commons
commons	image		Šmolík Š H 1.11		Commons
commons	image		Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 Lipetsk Ryabtsev		Commons
commons	image		Israeli Air Force TA-4H Skyhawk Takeoff		Commons
commons	image		Red Arrows Radom 2009 a		Commons
commons	image		Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt IIs of the 66th Weapons Squadron and 53rd Fighter Squadron flying past the crowd in formation after the Combined Arms Demo at Aviation Nation 2017. Aviation Nation is an airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.		Commons
commons	image		Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt IIs of the 66th Weapons Squadron landing after the Combined Arms Demo at Aviation Nation 2017. Aviation Nation is an airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.		Commons
commons	image		One of VTS Aviation's Mil Mi-24D playing an adversary during the Combined Arms Demo at Aviation Nation 2017. Aviation Nation is an airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.		Commons
commons	image		Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt IIs of the 53rd Fighter Squadron landing after the Combined Arms Demo at Aviation Nation 2017. Aviation Nation is an airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.		Commons
commons	image		The 105mm canon on a Lockheed AC-130U named "The Fourth Horseman". The Fourth Horseman was on static Display at Aviation Nation 2017. Aviation Nation is an airshow at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.		Commons