Military Aircraft

Group Details

A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary armed service of any type. Military aircraft can be either combat or non-combat:

• Combat aircraft are designed to destroy enemy equipment using their own aircraft ordnance.[1] Combat aircraft are normally developed and procured only by military forces.
• Non-combat aircraft are not designed for combat as their primary function, but may carry weapons for self-defense. These mainly operate in support roles, and may be developed by either military forces or civilian organizations.

• 1History
• 2Combat aircraft
  • 2.1Fighter aircraft
  • 2.2Bomber aircraft
  • 2.3Attack aircraft
  • 2.4Electronic warfare aircraft
  • 2.5Maritime patrol aircraft
  • 2.6Multirole combat aircraft
• 3Non-combat aircraft
  • 3.1Military transport aircraft
  • 3.2Airborne early warning and control
  • 3.3Reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft
  • 3.4Experimental aircraft