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The '''P-26 Peashooter''' was the first all-metal, monoplane fighter built for the United States.  Designed by [[Boeing]], the P-26 was first delivered to the Army Air Corps in 1934, and over 170 were built in total.  Almost all had been withdrawn from American service by the outbreak of [[World War II]], but some served in the [[Chinese]] air force in the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and others saw action against the [[Japanese]] as part of the fledgling Philippine air force when the [[Philippines]] were invaded.<ref>http://www.aviation-history.com/boeing/p26.html</ref>  It was powered by an air-cooled Pratt & Whitney engine of 600 hp, had fixed landing gear, and carried two nose-mounted Browning machine guns.<ref>''The Great Book of Combat Aircraft'', by Paolo Matricardi, VMB Publishers, 2006</ref>

[[File:P-26.jpg|thumb|right]]The '''P-26 Peashooter''' was the first all-metal, monoplane fighter built for the United States.  Designed by [[Boeing]], the P-26 was first delivered to the Army Air Corps in 1934, and over 170 were built in total.  Almost all had been withdrawn from American service by the outbreak of [[World War II]], but some served in the [[Chinese]] air force in the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and others saw action against the [[Japanese]] as part of the fledgling Philippine air force when the [[Philippines]] were invaded.<ref>http://www.aviation-history.com/boeing/p26.html</ref>  It was powered by an air-cooled Pratt & Whitney engine of 600 hp, had fixed landing gear, and carried two nose-mounted Browning machine guns.<ref>''The Great Book of Combat Aircraft'', by Paolo Matricardi, VMB Publishers, 2006</ref>

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