Military Aircraft of 1951
Fighter
Grumman F9F-6 Cougar
The US Navy's first swept-wing carrier-based fighter.
Fighter
Dassault Mystère I
France's first foray into swept-wing jet combat.
Bomber
Boeing B-47 Stratojet
The revolutionary swept-wing strategic jet bomber.
Helicopter
Kaman HTK-1 (K-240)
The pioneer of the intermeshing rotor system.
Cargo
Lockheed YC-130 (Project)
The birth of the most famous cargo plane in history.