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#Fighter aircraft #Lists of military aircraft

1 Grumman's ________ was adopted by the U.S. Navy as their primary jet fighter in the Korean War period, and it was one of the first jet fighters to employ an afterburner.

2 The development of second-generation fighters was shaped by technological breakthroughs, lessons learned from the aerial battles of the ________, and a focus on conducting operations in a nuclear warfare environment.

3 To spread the development costs – and production base – more broadly, the ________ (JSF) program enrolls eight other countries as cost- and risk-sharing partners.

4 More powerful ________ became a priority early in the war, once it became apparent that newer stressed-skin monoplane fighters could not be easily shot down with rifle-caliber machine guns.

5 ________- and IR-guided air-to-surface missiles were introduced to augment traditional gravity bombs, and some were also equipped to deliver a nuclear bomb.

6 [6] With range and payload capabilities that rivaled that of World War II bombers such as ________, the Phantom would became a highly successful multirole aircraft.

7 With ________ wings, the supersonic F-111 introduced the Pratt & Whitney TF30, the first turbofan equipped with afterburner.

8 In-line engines often had a better ________, but there were radial engines that kept working even after having suffered significant battle damage.

9 The word "fighter" did not become the official English term for such aircraft until after ________.

10 China is reported to be pursuing multiple fifth-generation projects under the western code name; ________, while Japan is exploring their technical feasibility to produce fifth-generation fighters.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Soviet Yakovlev Yak-140 fighter was denied permission to begin flight tests by the Ministry of Aviation Industry, which favored competing designs from Sukhoi and Mikoyan-Gurevich?
  • during its one year of existence, the Tainan Air Group produced more aces than any other fighter unit in the Imperial Japanese Navy?
  • the Hukou F-5F crash in May 2007 involved an F-5/F jet fighter hitting a military base in Taiwan while simulating a low attack, killing four people?
  • the Reggiane Re.2007 was a proposed Italian fighter aircraft to be used in the final phase of World War II as a defense against the increasing Allied bombing raids?
  • the first British fighter pilot to die in World War II was killed in a friendly fire incident known as the Battle of Barking Creek?
  • after the death of Nikolai Polikarpov in 1944, the Polikarpov TIS fighter program was canceled and his group disbanded?
  • Australian fighter pilot Lieutenant (later Air Vice Marshal) Adrian Cole (pictured) was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 for attacking six enemy aircraft threatening Allied cavalry?
  • France has strengthened bilateral ties with India by signing agreements allowing it to purchase French-made nuclear reactors, the Mirage 2000 fighters, and the Scorpène submarines?
  • Flight Lieutenant Bobby Gibbes landed his single-seat fighter in the North African desert in 1942 to rescue a comrade who had been shot down, jettisoning his own parachute to accommodate his passenger?
  • Luftwaffe ace Erich Rudorffer flew more than 1000 missions during World War II, and was shot down sixteen times by enemy flak and fighters?
  • Norman Williams shot down eight German aircraft while serving as an air gunner in Halifax bombers in the Second World War, becoming the most highly decorated non-commissioned officer in the RAAF and its only "ace" who was not a fighter pilot?
  • PWS-10 designed in late 1920s was the first Polish fighter to enter serial production?
  • Czech Second World War fighter pilot František Fajtl briefly flew for the French Air Force before commanding units in the Royal Air Force and then a Czechoslovak regiment formed by the Soviet Union?
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