Classification of the fighter air Crafts ( part 1 )

Classification of air crafts

Primarily a fighter (attacking) aircraft is designed for the air to air combat. This kind of type that is given above is specially designed for the combat conditions, and performs some more and additional roles in some cases such as performs the role air to ground fighting and target hitting. Historically, until the early 1920 the Royal Air Force and the British Royal Flying corps referred to them as (scouts), while until the late 1940 they are called by the U.S Army (pursuit) aircraft. In the 1920s the UK changed as to calling them fighters, while In the 1940s the Army of US did so. Interceptor is a short range fighter jet that is designed to defend against the incoming enemy’s aircraft that saves the private property of that particular country.

Here are some recognized classes of the fighters include:

Air superiority fighters

Fighter bombers

Heavy fighters

Interceptors

Light fighters

All-weather fighters (that also includes the night fighter)

Reconnaissance fighters

Strategic fighter (that also includes the strike fighters and escort fighters)

Of these, some the dual role classes of the fighter jets like the reconnaissance fighters, Fighter-bombers, and the strike fighters, that possess the qualities of the fighting alongside the some other battlefield and War roles. For performing the other entire roles some fighter jets are designed just for performing them and they are may be developed in variants performing specific roles. Such as unarmed reconnaissance and ground attack. The reasons of such kind of jets may be for the national or political security reasons, for the advertising purposes, or other some other reasons.

Fighting scouts of World War I and the sop-with Camel performed a great deal of ground attacking work. During the World War II, the RAF and USSAF often favored the fighters over the dedicated dive bomber or light bomber, and types such as the Hawker Hurricane and Republic P/47 that were no longer in a position to compete as the aerial combat fighters were relegated to ground attacks. There are several aircrafts, such as the F-117 and F-111, have received fighter designations and they are considered as the fighter jets but they had no fighting capability due to political or some other reasons. With the Navy of U.S the Fighter F-111/B variant that was originally intended for a fighter role, but later on it was canceled. This blurring follows the use of fighters from their early days for strike or attack operations against the ground targets by means of dropping or strafing small incendiaries and small bombs. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet that Versatile multirole fighter bombers are the less expensive options than having a range like a specialized fighter aircraft types.

Fighter jets like US  McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagles, Grumman F-14 Tomcats, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors and Russian Sokhoi- Su-27 are Some of the most expensive fighters, that were employed as air superiority fighters as well as all weather interceptors, while late in their careers commonly developing air to ground roles. Interceptor is generally a fighter aircraft intercept bombers or intended to target and so often that trades maneuverability for climbing rate.

As a part of the military nomenclature, a special letter is often assigned to the various types of the fighting aircrafts to indicate their use, along with the number to indicate the specific fighting aircrafts. Country to country differ the letters used to designate a fighter jet – the world “F” in the English speaking is now used to indicate a fighter (e.g. Super-marine Spitfire F.22 or Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II), though they were “p” types when the pursuit designation was used in the U.S, (e.g. Curtis P-40 War-hawk). In French "I" was used (Nieuport 17 C.1) while in Russia continue to use (Polikarpov I-16).