Modern Equivalent: Sukhoi Su-24

By the end of World War II, dive bombers were an obsolete concept. Jet airplanes could carry more bombs and deliver them much faster than prop-driven jets. Most fighters could carry a few bombs for targets of opportunity on the ground, so there wasn't much need for a dedicated anti-ground plane. "Strike aircraft" mostly filled this void, and of those in use by countries other than NATO allies, Russia's Sukhoi Su-24 is probably the best.

Introduced in the mid-1970s, the Su-24 remains in service with several nations today, the vast majority of existing models still flown by Russia itself. While outdated, it's shown up in modern wars. A Ukrainian-flown Su-24 was shot down by Russian-backed separatists in 2014, and earlier this year Turkey shot down a Russian-flown Su-24 that crossed over the border from Syria to Turkey.