The Coolest Aircraft the Year You Were Born
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The Coolest Aircraft the Year You Were Born
REMY GABALDA - Getty Images - 2/42
1980: McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
Stocktrek Images - Getty Images - 3/42
1981: Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
US Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II - 4/42
1982: Northrop F-20 Tigershark
US Air Force Photo by National Museum of the USAF - 5/42
1983: de Havilland Canada Dash 8
Matthew Horwood - Getty Images - 6/42
1984: Grumman X-29
NASA Photo by Larry Sammons - Wikimedia Commons - 7/42
1985: Gulfstream IV
aviation-images.com - Getty Images - 8/42
1986: Beechcraft Starship
PA Images - Getty Images - 9/42
1987: Boeing VC-25
Time Life Pictures - Getty Images - 10/42
1988: Antonov An-225 Mriya
Photo by Vasiliy Koba - Wikimedia Commons - 11/42
1989: Northrop B-2 Spirit
Joe McNally - Getty Images - 12/42
1990: Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
US Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena - 13/42
1991: McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III
U.S. Air Force - Wikimedia Commons - 14/42
1992: Bede BD-10
San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive - Wikimedia Commons - 15/42
1993: Cessna Citation X
Tomás Del Coro - Wikimedia Commons - 16/42
1994: Eurofighter Typhoon
Christopher Furlong - Getty Images - 17/42
1995: Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet
Ian Hitchcock - Getty Images - 18/42
1996: Rutan Model 202 Boomerang
Jim Sugar - Getty Images - 19/42
1997: Griffon Lionheart
Photo by YSSYguy - Wikimedia Commons - 20/42
1998: Beriev Be-200 Altair
Photo by Dmitriy Pichugin - Wikimedia Commons - 21/42
1999: NASA Helios Prototype
NASA - Getty Images - 22/42
2000: Mikoyan Project 1.44
Photo by Hornet Driver - Wikimedia Commons - 23/42
2001: General Atomics RQ-1 Predator B
Nasa Photo by Monroe Conner - 24/42
2002: Boeing X-45
David McNew - Getty Images - 25/42
2003: Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne
Don Logan - Getty Images - 26/42
2004: HESA Saeqeh
Getty Images - 27/42
2005: ATG Javelin
Calyponte - Wikimedia Commons - 28/42
2006: Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II
U.S. Navy - Getty Images - 29/42
2007: Dornier S-Ray 007
Bvogl - Wikimedia Commons - 30/42
2008: Scaled Composites White Knight Two
Jonathan Daniel - Getty Images - 31/42
2009: Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Handout - Getty Images - 32/42
2010: Sukhoi Su-57
Anna Zvereva - Wikimedia Commons - 33/42
2011: Chengdu J-20
Alert5 - Wikimedia Commons - 34/42
2012: Boeing Phantom Eye
Boeing photo by Tony Landis - 35/42
2013: Airbus A350
ROSLAN RAHMAN - Getty Images - 36/42
2014: AeroMobil s.r.o. AeroMobil
VALERY HACHE - Getty Images - 37/42
2015: Boeing KC-46 Pegasus
US Air Force by Christopher Okula - 38/42
2016: Boeing T-7 Red Hawk
Photo by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs - Wikimedia Commons - 39/42
2017: Bell V-280 Valor
Danazar - Wikimedia Commons - 40/42
2018: Airbus BelugaXL
REMY GABALDA - Getty Images - 41/42
2019: Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie
US Air Force photo by 88 Air Base Wing Public Affairs - Wikimedia Commons - 42/42
2020: AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle
Official Photo by Mori / Office of the President - Wikimedia Commons