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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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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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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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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superiority fighter Attack aircraft Fighter-bomber Interceptor aircraft Interdictor Lead-in fighter trainer Light combat aircraft Strike fighter Tactical...
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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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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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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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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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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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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (redirect from F-35 Joint Strike Fighter)
of single-seat, single-engine, supersonic stealth strike fighters. A multirole combat aircraft designed for both air superiority and strike missions, it...
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Chengdu J-20 (redirect from J-20 stealth fighter)
(PLAAF). The J-20 is designed as an air superiority fighter with precision strike capability. The aircraft has three notable variants: the initial production...
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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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Sukhoi Su-57 (redirect from Russian stealth fighter)
Су-57; NATO reporting name: Felon) is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (Russian: ПАК...
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Aviation in World War I (redirect from Wwi aircraft)
these aircraft made easy targets for enemy fighter aircraft. As a result, both sides used fighter aircraft to both attack the enemy's two-seat aircraft and...
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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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of aircraft produced by Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, formerly Mikoyan, a Russian aircraft manufacturer. MiG PBSh-1 - proposed attack aircraft, 1940;...
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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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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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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (redirect from F-22 fighter)
supersonic stealth fighter aircraft. As a product of the United States Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was designed as...
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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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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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Harrier jump jet (redirect from Harrier fighter/attack aircraft)
progress, and noted that the effort to combine a strike aircraft and a fighter in a single aircraft, and trying to fit that same airframe to both of the...
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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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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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BAE Systems Tempest (redirect from Tempest (experimental fighter))
proposed sixth-generation fighter aircraft that is under development in the United Kingdom for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft is intended to enter...
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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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