The escort fighter was a concept for a fighter aircraft designed to escort bombers to and from their targets. An escort fighter needed range long enough...
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A strategic fighter is a fast, well-armed and long-range fighter aircraft, capable of fulfilling roles such as that of an escort fighter protecting bombers...
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of war Escort fighter, a World War II concept for a fighter aircraft designed to escort bombers Escort vehicle, a vehicle that escorts oversize trucks...
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Parasite aircraft (redirect from Parasite fighter)
bombers and their escort fighters. Development of aerial refueling has made parasite fighters obsolete. The first parasite fighters were launched and...
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("destroyers"). The heavy fighter was a major design class during the pre-World War II period, conceived as long-range escort fighters or heavily-armed bomber...
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fighter Strategic fighter (including the escort fighter and strike fighter) Of these, the Fighter-bomber, reconnaissance fighter and strike fighter classes...
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War, fighters were classified by their role: heavy fighter, interceptor, escort fighter, night fighter, and so forth. With the development of guided missiles...
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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...
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List of Mikoyan and MiG aircraft (redirect from MiG fighter jets)
radial engine, 1941; also known as MiG-9 MiG I-211 (E) - high-altitude fighter prototype, refined I-210, 1943 MiG I-220 (A) - high-altitude interceptor...
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North American F-82 Twin Mustang (category 1940s United States fighter aircraft)
American P-51 Mustang, the F-82 was originally designed as a long-range escort fighter for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress in World War II. The war ended well...
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Navy's Zero fighter aces who fought the Battle of Solomon Islands in October 1942 – June 1943. He is best known as the only escort fighter pilot of the...
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defences and attack defensive interceptors. The concept is similar to the escort fighter, but differs primarily in that the aircraft would not operate in close...
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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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Jimmy Doolittle (section Escort fighter tactics)
decrease weight and increase range, each with a crew of five and no escort fighter aircraft. It was a major morale booster for the United States and Doolittle...
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27th Special Operations Wing (redirect from 27th Fighter-Escort Wing)
changed to "F" for fighter. Subsequently, all P-51s were redesignated F-51s. The mission of the 27th Fighter Wing was to fly long-range escort missions for...
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supplied first with fighter catapult ships and CAM ships that could carry a single (disposable) fighter. In the interim, before escort carriers could be...
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Kawasaki Ki-45 (redirect from Kawasaki Army Type 2 Two-seat Fighter)
long-range escort-fighter, the design — as with most heavy fighters of the period — fell prey to smaller, lighter, more agile single-engine fighters. As such...
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Mikoyan-Gurevich DIS (category 1940s Soviet fighter aircraft)
– "long-range escort fighter") was a prototype Soviet heavy fighter of World War II, envisioned to serve primarily in the escort fighter role. The service...
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Nakajima Aircraft Company (section Fighter)
engine Ki-69 - escort fighter version of Mitsubishi Ki-67 (project only) Ki-75 - heavy fighter (project only) Ki-84 - Type 4 Fighter (四式戦闘機) or Hayate...
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slow and cumbersome to match Bf 109s as an escort fighter over Germany, it did fly over Normandy as a fighter bomber, where one tried skip-bombing a 1,000 lb...
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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (redirect from Thunderbolt fighter)
making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war. The Thunderbolt was effective as a short- to medium-range escort fighter in high-altitude air-to-air...
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Bell XP-83 (category 1940s United States fighter aircraft)
prototype jet escort fighter designed by Bell Aircraft during World War II. It first flew in 1945. As with most early first generation jet fighters, the design...
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bomb groups against German heavy industry well beyond the range of escorting fighters. The mission inflicted heavy damage on the Regensburg target, but...
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 (redirect from Me-109 fighter)
to fulfill multiple tasks, serving as bomber escort, fighter-bomber, day-, night-, all-weather fighter, ground-attack aircraft, and aerial reconnaissance...
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Mitsubishi G4M (redirect from Mitsubishi Navy Type 1 Formation Escort Fighter)
more heavily armed G6M1 variant in hopes it could be used as heavy escort fighter for other bombers. Failing these expectations the G4M1 was ordered into...
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Consolidated Vultee XP-81 (category 1940s United States fighter aircraft)
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation to build a single seat, long range escort fighter that combined use of both turbojet and turboprop engines. Although promising...
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North American P-51 Mustang (redirect from Mustang fighter)
Howard of the 356th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group was awarded the Medal of Honor for his action during a bomber escort mission near Oschersleben...
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Interceptor aircraft (redirect from Interceptor fighter)
Anti-aircraft warfare Escort fighter The Gloster S.S.8, Flight, 6 December 1929, Page 1273: "the type of single-seater fighter known as an "Interceptor"...
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fighter or lightweight fighter is a fighter aircraft towards the low end of the practical range of weight, cost, and complexity over which fighters are...
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Tairov Ta-3 (category 1930s Soviet fighter aircraft)
heavy fighter designed and produced in the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union from 1939. The Ta-3 was envisioned to serve primarily as an escort fighter. Competing...
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