Designation | Official, Popular Name(s) | Manufacturer | 1st Flight or Appearance | Role(s)/Notes |
GB (C-43) Traveler,Staggerwing Beech 1939 USN/USMC utility transport "staggerwing" biplane - redes. JB - USN counterpart C-43 GH (C-70) Nightingale Howard 1943 USN/USMC transport/ambulance C-70 GK (C-86/ Forwarder Fairchild 1941 USN transport C-86/C-61 C-61) GQ Stinson 1941 USN transport GV Hercules Lockheed 1960 original designation USMC KC-130/USN C-130F (KC-130) G-1 Kellett 1935 experimental autogyro G-1 Schweizer ? des. reserved for Air Force Academy training glider G-2 L.W.F. 1918 Army recon., trainer, bomber G-2 Pitcairn 1936 experimental autogyro G-2 Northwest. 1945 redes. PG-2 G-2 Schweizer ? des. reserved for Air Force Academy training glider G-3 Hadrian Waco 1945 redes. PG-3/CG-15 G-4 Hadrian Waco 1942 redes. CG-4 G-3 Schweizer 1989? USAF Academy non-motorized training glider G-4 Schweizer 1988? USAF Academy non-motorized training glider G-5 Schweizer ? des. reserved for Air Force Academy training glider G-6 Schweizer ? des. reserved for Air Force Academy training glider G-7 Schweizer 1982? USAF Academy training motorized glider G-8 Schweizer 1989 surveillance/law-enforcement glider G-9 Schleicher 1989 USAF Academy competition/trainer sailplane G-10 Lai.-Kauf. 1945 redes. CG-10 G-10 Let 199? USAF non-motorized training glider for Academy; Flugzeugwerke civilian models L23 Super Blanik (A & B), L13AC Blanik (C), and L33 Solo Blanik (D) G-11 Stemme Gmbh 199? USAF motorized training glider for Academy G-12 Caproni 200? training glider model A-12 Vizzola G-13 Northwest. 1944 redes. CG-13 G-13? G-14 Chase 1945 redes. CG-14 G-14 Grupo 2001 USAF Academy Introductory Flight Training Program motorized Aeromot glider civ. AMT-200S "Super Ximango;" replacements for T-3 G-15 Waco 1945 redes. CG-15 G-18 Waco 1947 redes. CG-18 G-20 Chase 1948 all-metal glider C-123 - redes. CG-20 GA-1 Boeing 1921 ground attack triplane - production GAX GA-2 Boeing 1922 ground attack biplane GAX Eng. Div. 1920 AAS Ground Attack eXperimental GB-1 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb GB-2 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb GB-3 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb GB-4 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb; TV guided GB-5 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb GB-6 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb; IR guided GB-7 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb GB-8 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb; visually guided GB-9 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb GB-10 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb GB-11 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb GB-12 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb; used against naval targets GB-13 ATSC 1942? Glide bomb GB-14 ATSC/AMC 1942? Glide bomb; active radar homing GB-15 ATSC/BELL 1942? Glide bomb GC-130 Hercules Lockheed 1960 drone control C-130 - later DC-130 GMB Martin 1918 Army - Glenn Martin Bomber, recon. scout - redes. to MB-1 GMC Martin 1918 Glenn Martin Cannon - GMB equipped with 37mm cannon GMT Martin 1918 Transcontinental GMB with extra fuel GRB-36F Peacemaker Convair 1953 FICON - launched/retrieved GRF-84F GRF-84F Thunderjet Republic 1953 GRB-36F parasite fighter GT-1 ATSC 1943? GB-1 with torpedoAll pages ©copyright Andrew Chorney, 2007
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