bomber aircraft
Explosive-dropping warplane
A bomber aircraft is a military airplane designed to attack ground or naval targets by dropping bombs.
Bombers range from small tactical aircraft supporting ground troops to massive strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons across continents: The B-52 bomber has been in service since the 1950s.
Distinguished from fighters, which engage other aircraft in combat.
- bombardierPlane's payload releaser
- tail gunnerCrew member defending bomber's aft
- Enola GayHistoric atomic bomber
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
wing · airstrike · mission briefing · payload capacity · nose art · gunner · flight crew · Dresden · Lancaster · formation · B-52 · warplane · London Blitz · aerial bombardment · night raid · napalm · radar system · fighter
- Flying WingsB-2 Spirit
- nuclear weaponswarheads, warhead, nuclear warhead, nuke, nuclear missile
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Military plane for combat
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