Sarah 11

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1)What a Fighter Aircraft Is

2) Characteristics of Fighter Aircraft

3)WWI

4)WWII

5)Lets watch this video (:

It is a militaryy aircraft used to attack other aircraft.

It is unlike a bomber which attack ground targets by dropping bombs.

They are comparatively small and highly manoeuvrable.

They have been fitted with increasingly sophisticated tracking and weapons system.

In WWI, fighter aircraft were used to hunt down enemy reconnaissance & balloons

Engine power was low.

In WWII, fighter aircraft

became important in

terrorising the sky,

notably in the case of the

blitzkrieg.

Engine power improved.