Definitions for fighter aircraft
fighter air·craft

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1. fighter, fighter aircraft, attack aircraftnoun

   a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

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1. fighter aircraftnoun

   A military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft.

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1. Fighter aircraft

   Fighter aircraft are fixed-wing military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air superiority of the battlespace. Domination of the airspace above a battlefield permits bombers and attack aircraft to engage in tactical and strategic bombing of enemy targets. The key performance features of a fighter include not only its firepower but also its high speed and maneuverability relative to the target aircraft. The success or failure of a combatant's efforts to gain air superiority hinges on several factors including the skill of its pilots, the tactical soundness of its doctrine for deploying its fighters, and the numbers and performance of those fighters. Many modern fighter aircraft also have secondary capabilities such as ground attack and some types, such as fighter-bombers, are designed from the outset for dual roles. Other fighter designs are highly specialized while still filling the main air superiority role, and these include the interceptor, heavy fighter, and night fighter.

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1. fighter aircraft

   A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat against other aircraft; it is smaller, faster, and more maneuverable than other military aircraft. Over time, the features of fighter aircraft have evolved to include multirole capabilities such as ground attack and electronic warfare. They typically possess strong firepower, high speed, exceptional maneuverability, and advanced avionics systems.

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1. Fighter aircraft

   A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat against other aircraft, as opposed to bombers and attack aircraft, whose main mission is to attack ground targets. The hallmarks of a fighter are its speed, maneuverability, and small size relative to other combat aircraft. Many fighters have secondary ground-attack capabilities, and some are designed as dual-purpose fighter-bombers; often aircraft that do not fulfill the standard definition are called fighters. This may be for political or national security reasons, for advertising purposes, or other reasons. A fighter's main purpose is to establish air superiority over a battlefield. Since World War I, achieving and maintaining air superiority has been considered essential for victory in conventional warfare. The success or failure of a belligerent's efforts to gain air supremacy hinges on several factors including the skill of its pilots, the tactical soundness of its doctrine for deploying its fighters, and the numbers and performance of those fighters. Because of the importance of air superiority, since the dawn of aerial combat armed forces have constantly competed to develop technologically superior fighters and to deploy these fighters in greater numbers, and fielding a viable fighter fleet consumes a substantial proportion of the defense budgets of modern armed forces.

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1. • Airplane
   • Warplane

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fighter aircraft in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fighter aircraft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of fighter aircraft in a Sentence

1. LtGen Adolf Galland, Luftwaffe:

   Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart, will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.

2. Yohann Michel:

   There are big difference between the two forces -- Russia has a much more capable air domain, its air defenses are stronger, there is a huge difference on helicopters and planes available at every level -- from transport aircraft to fighter aircraft to attack helicopters.

3. Justin Bronk:

   The idea that Western fighter aircraft would allow Ukraine to operate combat air sorties over Russian territory in any sort of regular sense is just fantasy, the reality is that Western fighter aircraft will also be very constrained by the surface-to-air threat by Russian ground-based air defense systems, just as the Ukrainians currently are.

4. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby:

   Secretary Austin thanked the minister for Poland’s willingness to continue to look for ways to assist Ukraine, but he stressed that we do not support the transfer of additional fighter aircraft to the Ukrainian air force at this time and therefore have no desire to see them in our custody either.

5. John Kerry:

   What we are trying to do it break that cycle, regrettably there are missiles and fighter aircraft and guns and other things that have been placed into the South China Sea and this if of great concern to everyone who transits and relies on the South China Sea for peaceful trade.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fighter aircraft
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fighter_Aircraft
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_Aircraft
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fighter aircraft