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The H-shaped tail of this medium size bomber from the 1940s is the best recognition point. Other characteristics of the B-25 are the long engine nacelles under the wings, housing the radial engines in the front and single wheel main gear in the back. Finally, the wings have a slight anhedral angle just outboard of the engine nacelles.
The long oval, nearly race track shaped air intake with sharp edged in the nose is the key recognition point of the F-100. For the rest the tall vertical stabiliser with dorsal fin and the high aspect ratio wings and horizontal stabilisers are typical.
Where most jet fighters have the air intakes at the bottom or side of the fuselage this one has them on top of it, directly behind the canopy. For the rest it has the rear fuselage and tail of the F-100.
The North American F-86 Sabre was the primary US fighter during the Korean war. The early versions have a typical forward pointing "upper lip" on the top of the air intake in the nose. The aircraft was also built by Canadair (as CL-13), CAC (as CA-26/CA-27), Fiat and Mitsubushi. The US Navy version was the Fury.
Later versions of the F-86 Sabre received a radar nose radome, giving them a distinct different appearance, although the rest remains largely unchanged.
The Mustang is powered by a liquid cooled piston engine, so the nose is quite streamlined. Typical for the P-51 is the rounded cooler inlet below the fuselage, near the wing trailing edge. The tail has a trapezium shape with straight edges. The canopy had frames on the first versions, later a bubble canopy became standard, as shown here.
The Sabreliner family is the only aircraft with low, swept wings, two jet engines mounted to the rear fuselage and horizontal stabilisers attached to the fuselage. Most aircraft in this configuration have a cruciform tail or T-tail. Also striking is the shape of the cabin windows of the early versions: they are triangular!
The T-28 has quite a modern appearance with its metal surfaces, retractable nose gear and bubble tandem canopy, but has a big radial engine in the nose. This gives the Trojan a bit of a stubby appearance.
The North American Texan, outside the USA mainly known as Harvard, is a radial piston powered basic trainer. Characteristics are the multi framed tandem canopy, retractable tail wheel landing gear with no main gear doors and a triangular vertical stabiliser with a rudder to the bottom of the rear fuselage.
The appearance of the Buckeye jet trainer is quite typical with its mid-wing configuration, engine(s) in the bottom of the fuselage with exhaust(s) under the rear fuselage, a tall cruciform tail and long main landing gears. It comes in single and twin engine versions.