| Designation | Official, Popular Name(s) | Manufacturer | 1st Flight or Appearance | Role(s)/Notes |
!DH (C-70) Nightingale Howard 1943 USN/USMC transport
!D not in designation system
D-1 Burgess 1912 USN flying boat; redes. to AB-6 in 1914
D-1 Dornier 1922 all-metal cantilever research
D-2 Burgess 1912 USN flying boat; redes. to AB-7 in 1914
D-7 Fokker 1921 USMC - German WWI fighter converted to trainer
DB-1 Gallaudet 1921 day bomber - single-wing
!DB-17 Flying Fortress Boeing 1941 testing B-17
DB-26J Invader Douglas 1962 drone-tug - redes. JD
(JD)
DB-36H Peacemaker Convair 1953 modified B-36H - carried B-63 (GAM-63) Rascal
AGM
DB-45 Tornado North Amer. 1950 guided missile director
DB-50 Superfortress Boeing 1960? GAM-63 Rascal AGM mother ship B-50
DB-52 Stratofortress Boeing 1960? same role as DB-36H - modified B-52
DC-130 Hercules Lockheed 1962 RPV launch and control - redes. GC-130
DF-1C/D Fury North Amer. 1962 USN drone director of Regulus (DF-1C[FJ-3D]),
(FJ-3D/3D2) KDA (DF-1D[FJ-3D2])
DF-8 Crusader Vought 1962 USN RPV control - redes. F8U-1D
(F8U-1D)
DF-9E/F Cougar Grumman 1962 USN drone control - redes. F9F-5KD(DF-9E),
(F9F-5KD/6D) F9F-6D (DF-9F)
DF-80 Shooting Star Lockheed 1950 drone control F-80
DF-100 Super Sabre, Hun, North Amer. missile/RPV director F-100
Sabre 45
DH-4 (O2B) Liberty Plane, De Havil., 1917 USAAC/USN/USMC observation/bomber biplane
Flaming Coffin Dayton-Wright
DOS Douglas 1924 observation seaplane - modified civilian
DWC -later O-5
DP-2E(P2V-5)Neptune Lockheed 1962 USN aerial target launcher - redes. P2V-5FD
DSN (QH-50) Gyrodyne 1959 anti-submarine drone, later QH-50
DT Douglas 1921 USN/USMC torpedo biplane
DT-28 Trojan Nor. Am. 1950? drone control T-28
DT-33 T-Bird Lockheed 1948? drone director T-33
DWC Douglas 1923 Douglas World Cruiser - later DOS
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