fighter-bombers
Dual-role warplanes
Fighter-bombers is the plural of fighter-bomber, a military aircraft designed to perform both air-to-air combat and ground attack missions.
These versatile warplanes can engage enemy aircraft like fighters while also delivering bombs and other ordnance against surface targets: The squadron's fighter-bombers struck the convoy before returning to intercept incoming aircraft.
American fighter jet
- F-35Fifth-generation stealth fighter
- TyphoonMilitary designation or codename
- JaguarBritish luxury car manufacturer
- F-111Variable-sweep wing aircraft
P-47 · twin-engine · supersonic · jet · airframe · fuselage · wingspan · thrust
Warplane for surface attacks
- multiroleHaving several functions
- tacticalStrategically planned
- sortieArmed raid outward
- payloadCarried freight or charge
ground attack · air superiority · squadron · mission · armament · ordnance · cockpit · pilot
Second global military conflict
- StukaGerman diving attack aircraft
- ThunderboltHardware data transfer protocol
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation
Gulf War · blitzkrieg · napalm · air campaign · theater · allied · axis · deterrence
F-16
American fighter jet
- F-35Fifth-generation stealth fighter
- TyphoonMilitary designation or codename
- JaguarBritish luxury car manufacturer
F-111 · P-47 · twin-engine · supersonic · jet · airframe · fuselage · wingspan · thrust · maneuverability
strike aircraft
Warplane for surface attacks
payload · ground attack · air superiority · squadron · mission · armament · ordnance · cockpit · pilot · weapons systems
World War II
Second global military conflict
- StukaGerman diving attack aircraft
- ThunderboltHardware data transfer protocol
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
Vietnam · Gulf War · blitzkrieg · napalm · air campaign · theater · allied · axis · deterrence · escalation
fighter-bombersstrategic bombers
Aircraft for distant targets
heavy bombers · reconnaissance aircraft · transport aircraft · cargo planes · AWACS
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