Provide close support to ground forces. A fixed wing attack aircraft can project a considerable amount of firepower more quicly and safely than attack choppers wich ahe the same role but they are less versatile.
A "fighter" is a type of aircraft designed for a specific mission, i.e., fighting other aircraft. Early fighter aircraft were propeller driven, but since the 1960s, almost all fighter aircraft are powered by jet engines. The mission is the same, just the power plants have changed.
between 50-90 it varies on what mission weather they need fighter jets or helicopters.
The P-38 was along range escort fighter and many versions of it were photo -recce aircraft.
A fighter airplane is one that is designed to fulfill the mission to hunt, attack and destroy other airplanes. Most WW1 fighters could carry a pilot, guns and occasionally bombs.The earliest WW1 airplanes were simple observation aircraft mostly artillery spotters. Later they were armed with defensive weapons. But they were not pure fighters. It took a few years for the designers to produce aircraft that were created to fulfill the fighter role.During the pre-WW2 years, the US developed aircraft that were called "pursuit planes". This designation indicated that their mission was to chase down enemy aircraft---still a role of a fighter aircraft.Modern jets are designed as fighters to carry air-to-air missiles and special radar to locate and track enemy aircraft.
Willard E Foss has written: 'A computer technique for detailed analysis of mission radius and maneuverability characteristics of fighter aircraft' -- subject(s): Handling characteristics, Airplanes, Fighter planes, Piloting
Sortie
Mission Impossible - 1966 The Fighter 7-18 was released on: USA: 9 February 1973
Usually as stated by the mission planners, most likely at Wing HQ.
C. M. Weber has written: 'Aircraft combat radius calculation procedure for various mission profiles and external-store configurations' -- subject(s): Air warfare, Fighter planes
a sortie is a training operation, and a mission is operational activity.
USMC aircraft that can have a primary mission of air-to-air and or air-to-ground
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