美国航空母舰战斗力居世界海军之冠,其上搭载的飞机数量和种类也当属世界第一。早期的美国航母(如二战时)主要配备机种为战斗机、俯冲轰炸机和鱼雷机三种;后来随着航母作战任务的增加,航母舰载机的种类也逐渐增多。二战后,美国航母舰载机的配置遥渐固定下来。现代美国航母的标准配置是:每艘航母一般搭载一个航空联队,机种包括战斗机、侦警机、攻击机、反潜机、侦察机、电子战飞机、直升机等,以满足防空、反潜和对地/海攻击的要求。但是, The aircraft carrier of the United States occupies the highest naval combat position in the world, and the number and type of aircraft on which it is carried are among the highest in the world. Early US aircraft carriers (such as World War II) are mainly equipped with three types of fighter aircraft, dive bomber and torpedo aircraft; later as the carrier’s operational mission increases, the type of carrier-based aircraft carrier is also gradually increased. After World War II, the United States aircraft carrier-based aircraft configuration gradually fixed. The standard configuration of the modern American aircraft carrier is as follows: Each aircraft carrier generally carries an air wing. The aircraft types include fighter planes, fighter planes, reconnaissance planes, attack planes, antisubmarine planes, reconnaissance planes, electronic warplanes, helicopters and the like to meet air defense, anti-submarine and / Sea attack requirements. but,