List of fighter aircraft

This is a list of military aircraft that are primarily designed for air-to-air combat and thus does not include aircraft intended for other roles where they may have some secondary air-to-air capability, such as with many ground attack aircraft. The list includes fighter aircraft which are currently in operational service, those that have been retired, designs that flew but were abandoned without having been used operationally, and future project aircraft still in development. The list does not include projects that were cancelled before an aircraft was built or fictional aircraft. They are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, but the table can be sorted by any column.