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Warbirds in America

1,428 aircraft of 14 military types hold active US registrations. 1,106 of them are World War II types. Almost all are in private hands.

Privately owned warbirds in the United States are listed in the FAA register. This section counts them type by type, joins the count to NTSB accident records, and shows who owns them and where they are registered. Each count is a number of registrations, not a number of airworthy aircraft, and each page says what the data cannot show.

Registered aircraft by type

TypeEraRegisteredNTSB accidents since 1982
T-6 Texan and HarvardWWII trainer702211
L-39 AlbatrosJet trainer20828
P-51 MustangWWII fighter20150
B-25 MitchellWWII bomber547
T-33 Shooting StarCold War jet trainer546
F4U CorsairWWII fighter4713
P-40 WarhawkWWII fighter455
A-4 SkyhawkCold War jet366
F-86 SabreKorean War jet248
Supermarine SpitfireWWII fighter196
B-17 Flying FortressWWII bomber175
F6F HellcatWWII fighter162
B-29 SuperfortressWWII bomber30
B-24 LiberatorWWII bomber20