Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter...
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Fighter aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-air combat. This list does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for...
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A fifth-generation fighter is a jet fighter aircraft classification which includes major technologies developed during the first part of the 21st century...
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sixth-generation fighter is a conceptualized class of jet fighter aircraft design more advanced than the fifth-generation jet fighters that are currently...
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superiority fighter Attack aircraft Fighter-bomber Interceptor aircraft Interdictor Lead-in fighter trainer Light combat aircraft Strike fighter Tactical...
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An air superiority fighter (also styled air-superiority fighter) is a fighter aircraft designed to seize control of enemy airspace by establishing tactical...
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by lessons learned from the previous generation of combat aircraft. Third-generation fighters were often designed primarily as interceptors, being built...
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Jet fighter generations classify the major technology leaps in the historical development of the jet fighter. Different authorities have identified different...
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This is a list of fighter aircraft used by the United States. This includes those of the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, 1924–1962...
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HAL AMCA (redirect from Next Generation Fighter Aircraft)
variant of the aircraft will be a fifth generation fighter while the Mark-2 variant will have sixth-generation technologies. The aircraft is designed by...
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A fighter-bomber is a fighter aircraft that has been modified, or used primarily, as a light bomber or attack aircraft. It differs from bomber and attack...
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ground-attack aircraft. Fighter aircraft often carry out the attack role, although they would not be considered attack aircraft per se; fighter-bomber conversions...
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This is a list of aircraft produced by Sukhoi, a Russian aircraft manufacturer. Su-1/I-330: high-altitude fighter, 1940 Su-3/I-360: improved Su-1, 1942...
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warships that carry numerous fighters, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft. While heavier aircraft such as fixed-wing gunships and...
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pilot will find in an operational aircraft. Lead-in fighter training (LIFT) utilises advanced jet trainer aircraft with avionics and stores-management...
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An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking...
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (redirect from F-35 Joint Strike Fighter)
(CV/CATOBAR) F-35C. The aircraft descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, which in 2001 beat the Boeing X-32 to win the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Its...
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (redirect from Hindustan Aircraft Limited)
military aircraft. The HAL HF-24 Marut fighter-bomber was the first indigenous fighter aircraft made in India. HAL was established as Hindustan Aircraft Limited...
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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (redirect from F-22 fighter)
stealth fighter aircraft developed and produced for the United States Air Force (USAF). As a product of the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program...
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post-Second World War) is a largely historical term for a fighter or interceptor aircraft adapted or designed for effective use at night, during periods...
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1946; MiG's first jet fighter design MiG I-301T (FT) - experimental two-seat trainer version of MiG-9, 1946; first Soviet aircraft with an ejection seat...
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Scheme of 1924 initially envisaged an airship that could carry five fighter aircraft in military use, but this requirement was abandoned and the project...
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parlance, a strike fighter is a multirole combat aircraft designed to operate both as an attack aircraft and as an air superiority fighter. As a category...
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Northrop F-5 (redirect from F-5 Freedom Fighter)
The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation...
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A day fighter is a fighter aircraft equipped only to fight during the day. More specifically, it refers to a multi-purpose aircraft that does not include...
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would never match that of a dedicated fighter aircraft. This was unimportant in the case of these two aircraft since both were designed to be bombers...
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Combat aircraft, such as fighters and bombers, are designed to destroy enemy equipment or personnel using their own aircraft ordnance. Combat aircraft are...
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which was to serve as the interim aircraft for the upcoming Sukhoi PAK FA, Russia's first fifth generation jet fighter. This is the second modernized version...
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A heavy fighter is a historic category of fighter aircraft produced in the 1930s and 1940s, designed to carry heavier weapons or operate at longer ranges...
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World War II fighter prototype) Yak-5/I-28 (1940 - World War II fighter-trainer prototype) Yak-8 "Crib" (1944 - prototype utility aircraft, improved Yak-6)...
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