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  2. Fighter aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Some early jet fighters required 50 man-hours of work by a ground crew for every hour the aircraft was in the air; later models substantially reduced this to allow faster turn-around times and more sorties in a day. Some modern military aircraft only require 10-man-hours of work per hour of flight time, and others are even more efficient.

  3. List of active United States military aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Carrier-based Fighter aircraft: Manned 2015 45 [25] 260 planned [110] KC-130T: Lockheed Martin USA Propeller Aerial Refueling: Manned 1962 11 [25] MQ-4C Triton: Northrop Grumman: USA Jet Unmanned aerial vehicle: Unmanned 2018 2 [111] 68 Planned P-8A Poseidon: Boeing USA Jet Anti-Submarine-warfare aircraft: Manned 2013 118 [25] 10 on order [25 ...

  4. List of active United States Air Force aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Fighter aircraft (1,690) F-15 Eagle: United States air superiority: F-15C: 145 145 F-15C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 29 F-15C - Active. 116 F-15C - Air National Guard. Trainer aircraft listed separately. F-15E Strike Eagle: United States multirole: 218

  5. Video captures a Russian fighter jet dangerously ripping past ...

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    NORAD's video of the incident shows the US F-16 flying far from a lumbering Russian military aircraft. A Su-35 approaching from behind then suddenly soars in between them, flying close to the F-16 ...

  6. List of United States fighter aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A U.S Air Force F-35A. This is a list of fighter aircraft used by the United States.. This includes those of the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system, 1924–1962 Air Force, pre-1962 Navy, and undesignated military aircraft.

  7. List of fighter aircraft - Wikipedia

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    In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with “B-”. Fighter aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations, from 1 to 5, based on technological level. [1] [2] An American F-16 fighter jet

  8. Air combat manoeuvring - Wikipedia

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    A United States Marine Corps F/A-18A Hornet engaged in air combat maneuvering training with IAI Kfir and F-5E Tiger II aggressors near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in 1989. Air combat manoeuvring (ACM) is the tactic of moving, turning, and situating one's fighter aircraft in order to attain a position from which an attack can be made on another aircraft.

  9. U.S. military slams 'aggressive' move by Chinese fighter jet

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Tuesday that a Chinese fighter jet flew aggressively close to a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, forcing the American pilot to fly ...