of Hawaii The New FighterAircraft NFA was a Canadian Forces program in the late 1970s to select a single new fighteraircraft to replace the fleet of CF 101 Voodoo interceptors, CF 104 Starfighter attack aircraft and CF 5 Freedom Fighter light fighters. Several aircraft were considered during the program, which led to some internal friction within the Canadian Government as different aircraft ... Atkinson and Kim Richard Nossal, Bureaucratic politics and the new fighteraircraft decisions ... primary day fighter and ground attack aircraft tactical attack aircraft in Europe, and the Canadair CF 5 CF 116 Freedom Fighter supplementing both in multiple roles. The Voodoo was by this point ... February 1978 cutoff date. So, by 1978, the New FighterAircraft competitors were short listed to just ... aircraft under a new program called the Navy Air Combat Fighter NACF . Accordingly, the Navy ... process. For Canadian Forces Maritime Command Maritime Command a new Long Range Patrol Aircraft LRPA ... tank Centurions , new command and logistics vehicles, and a new tactical aircraft for supporting their forces in Europe, while Canadian Forces Air Command Air Command needed a new aircraft to replace their somewhat motley collection of increasingly dated aircraft. Inter service priorities were quickly decided. ref name tucker First up was the Long Range Patrol Aircraft, eventually filled by the CP ... of various required features that led to the aircraft s sensor suite being modified at considerable ... for a new high performance fighter was next on the list of priorities for the Department of National ... the budget would come out as predicted. For one, NFA demanded that whatever aircraft was selected ... The existing air force fleet consisted of the CF 101 Voodoo as its primary all weather Interceptor aircraft ... aircraft, and spares had to be taken from mothballed examples. The CF 104s were originally the day ... suited to. The CF 5 was considerably more modern, but was a much simpler aircraft that was useful primarily ... more details
This is a list of fighteraircraft , which are generally defined as military aircraft that are primarily designed for Aerial warfare air to air combat . The list includes notable fighteraircraft which are currently in service, those that have been permanently retired, as well as future aircraft that are in various ... Army Type 91 Fighter flagcountry Japan 1931 1937 Nakajima Aircraft Company nts 450 Retired Nakajima ... Retired Notes Reflist group note References Reflist Aviation lists DEFAULTSORT List Of FighterAircraft Category Fighteraircraft Category Lists of military aircraft es Anexo Aviones de caza nl Lijst ... can be sorted by any column. See also Category Generations of jet fighter generations of jet fighters for an example taxonomy . Expand list date February 2011 class wikitable sortable Aircraft Name Country First Flight Introduced Retired Manufacturer Number Built Status Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft ... Atlas Carver Atlas CAVA flagcountry South Africa 1928 dts None Atlas Aircraft Corporation nts None Cancelled in 1991 Atlas Cheetah flagcountry South Africa 1928 dts 1986 Jul 1986 Atlas Aircraft Corporation ... Aircraft nts 9584 Retired Bell P 59 Airacomet flagcountry US dts 1942 Oct 10 Bell Aircraft nts 66 Retired Bell P 63 Kingcobra flagcountry US dts 1942 Dec 7 1943 Bell Aircraft nts 3303 Retired Bell XP 83 flagcountry US dts 1945 Feb 25 Bell Aircraft nts 2 Prototype used as testbed Berliner Joyce P 16 flagcountry United States dts 1930 Sep 1 1932 1940 Berliner Joyce Aircraft Corporation nts 26 Retired Blackburn Firebrand flagcountry UK dts 1942 1943 1953 Blackburn Aircraft nts 193 Retired Blackburn Roc flagcountry UK dts 1938 December 23 1939 1943 Boulton Paul Aircraft nts 136 Retired Blackburn Skua flagcountry UK dts 1937 February 9 1938 1945 Blackburn Aircraft nts 192 Retired Bloch MB.150 flagcountry ... flagcountry UK dts 1937 Aug 11 1939 Boulton Paul Aircraft nts 1064 Retired Breguet Taon flagcountry ... UK dts 1928 Jan 21 1929 Bristol Aeroplane Company nts 443 Retired Bristol F.2 Fighter flagcountry UK ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 class wikitable sortable style font size 85 text align center width 100 style width 12em Name Manufacturer Crew Length Wingspan Height Max Speed at sea level high altitude in Mach number Mach Ferry Range Service ceiling Rate of Climb Thrust to weight ratio Thrust weight rh F 22 Raptor Lockheed Martin Aeronautics , Boeing Integrated Defense Systems 1 62 ft 1 in 18.9 m 44 ft 6 in 13.56 m 16 ft 8 in 5.08 m ? 2.42 2,000 mi 3,220 km 65,000 ft 20,000 m ? 1.26 rh Dassault Rafale Dassault 1 2 50 ft 1 in 15.27 m 35 ft 4 in 10.80 m 17 ft 5 in 5.34 m 1.12 1.8 2,000 Nautical mile nm 3,700 km 55,000 ft 16,750 m 60,000 ft min 305 metre per second m s 1.13 rh F 15 Eagle McDonnell Douglas , Boeing Integrated Defense Systems 1 63 ft 9 in 19.44 m 42 ft 10 in 13 m 18 ft 6 in 5.6 m 1.2 2.5 3,000 Nautical mile nm 5,600 km with external tanks 65,000 ft 19,800 m 50,000 ft min 254 metre per second m s 1.12 1.30 rh F 16 Fighting Falcon General Dynamics , Lockheed Martin 1 49 ft 5 in 14.8 m 32 ft 8 in 9.8 m 16 ft 4.8 m 1.2 2 3,200 mi 2,800 nm, 4,800 km 50,000 ft 15,250 m 50,000 ft min 254 m s 0.898 1.095 F100 F110 engine rh F A 18 Hornet McDonnell Douglas , Northrop Corporation 1 56 ft 17.1 m 40 ft 12.3 m 15 ft 4 in 4.7 m ? 1.8 2,000 mi 1,800 nm, 3,330 km 50,000 ft 15,000 m 50,000 ft min 254 m s 0.95 rh Sukhoi Su 27 Sukhoi 1 72 ft 21.9 m 48 ft 3 in 14.7 m 19 ft 6 in 5.93 m ? ? 2,070 mi 3,530 km 60,700 ft 18,500 m 64,000 ft min 325 m s 1.085 rh JAS 39 Gripen Saab 1 2 46 ft 3 in 14.1 m 27 ft 7 in 8.4 m 14 ft 9 in 4.5 m 2 ? 50,000 ft 15,000 m ? 0.94 rh Eurofighter Typhoon Eurofighter GmbH 1 2 52 ft 5 in 15.96 m 35 ft 11 in 10.95 m 17 ft 4 in 5.28 m 1.2 2.25 2,045 Nautical mile nm 3,790 km 65,000 ft 19,800 m 62,000 ft min 315 m s 1.18 Category Fighter aircraft ... more details
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A day fighter is a fighteraircraft equipped only to fight during the day. More specifically, it refers to a multi purpose aircraft that does not include equipment for fighting at night such as a radar and specialized avionics , ref Britannica states A day fighter is an airplane in which weight and space are saved by eliminating the special navigational equipment of the night fighter. ref although it is sometimes used to refer to some interceptor aircraft interceptors as well. Examples of planes that were classified as day fighters were the Supermarine Spitfire ref http spitfiresite.com 2010 04 1942 defence of malta.html 1942 Defence of Malta ref and Messerschmitt Bf 109 . Both were excellent interceptors, but were also found in roles such as fighter bomber and reconnaissance . However, neither was really able to be used as a useful night fighter , so the term day fighter was used to describe ... Day Fighter . Ironically, after winning the contract the F 16 quickly matured into a much more capable multi role aircraft and can no longer be considered a day fighter. Likewise, the YF 17 evolved ... all weather combat aircraft. See also Night fighter Heavy fighter Interceptor aircraft References reflist Aviation lists Category Fighteraircraft de Tagj ger vi M y bay ti m k ch ban ng y ... in comparison to airframe size and engine power, the day fighter remained a part of front line air forces ... factsheets factsheet.asp?id 2297 North American F 86 Day Fighter A, E and F Models ref MiG 15 and Hawker Hunter typified the day fighter role. These were followed by similar supersonic ... equipment such as the F 5 Freedom Fighter F 5 Freedom Fighter Tiger II are still used by nations which lack the money to acquire advanced fighteraircraft. The last of the purpose designed day fighters were the original F 16 and the YF 17 that competed for the Lightweight Fighter contract which had the goal of providing the USAF with an inexpensive day fighter that could be purchased in great numbers ... more details
bomb. confused2 strike aircraft , an alternative term for an attack aircraft In a current military parlance, a strike fighter is a multi role combat aircraft designed to operate primarily in the air strike air to surface attack role while also incorporating certain performance characteristics of a fighteraircraft . As a category, it is distinct from fighter bomber s. Contemporary strike fighters ... of the term strike fighter Since 1940s, the term strike fighter was occasionally used in the navy to refer to fighteraircraft capable of performing air strike air to surface strike s, such as the Westland .... ref cite web title Joint Strike Fighter JSF url http www.globalsecurity.org military systems aircraft ... lists Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT Strike Fighter Category Fighteraircraft Category ... Sciences url http books.google.com books?id Zi82AQAAIAAJ&q 22Strike fighter 22&dq 22Strike fighter 22&hl en&ei fAE3TabdEsib8QOeg9nTDA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 9&ved 0CEEQ6AEwCA ... Press url http books.google.com books?id UHjmAAAAMAAJ&q 22Strike fighter 22&dq 22Strike fighter 22 ... PETCVTz lwUC&pg PA98&dq 22strike fighter 22 22fighter bomber 22&ei qCVJTdzqPM2dOs7A2RM&sa X&oi book ...&f false accessdate 2 February 2011 issn 0161 7370 quote can fly either as a fighter or an attack plane ... In Navy parlance, it is a strike fighter ref at the end of 1970s, being the official ref cite ... volume 36 issue 6 url http books.google.com books?id rQoAAAAAMBAJ&pg PA5&dq 22strike fighter 22 22fighter ... of the new F A 18 Hornet . In 1983, the US Navy even renamed all existing Fighter Attack squadrons to this new designation, Strike Fighter , to emphasize ref name polmar cite book title The Naval Institute guide to the ships and aircraft of the U.S. fleet year 1997 publisher Naval Institute Press ... Attack 22 22Strike Fighter 22 wing squadron&q 22this was changed in 1983 to strike fighter 22 search anchor author Norman Polmar page 343 ref the air to surface mission not to be confused with the Fighter ... more details
File F4U 1s 1944 NAN7 8 84.jpg thumb Vought F4U Corsair fighter bombers during the World War II File P 47D CO 367th FG 1944 45.jpg thumb Republic P 47 D with fragmentation bombs on the wings and a fuel tank under the fuselage, 1945 A fighter bomber is a fixed wing aircraft with an intended primary role of light bomber light tactical bombing and also incorporating certain performance characteristics of a fighteraircraft . ref cite journal title Fighter bombers are dual purpose journal Popular Science date Dec 1942 volume 141 url http books.google.com books?id HCcDAAAAMBAJ&lpg PA124&dq popular 20science 20may 201941&pg PA124 v onepage&q&f true accessdate 25 March 2011 issn 0161 7370 ref This term, although still used, has less significance since the introduction of rocket s and guided missile s into aerial warfare. Nowadays, aircraft that carry similar duties are typically called multirole fighter s or sometimes strike fighter s . In their use, fighter bombers often blur with ground attack aircraft or tactical bomber s, but they differ from these categories mainly by possessing at least partial fighter capabilities, fighter heritage, or fighter like appearance. The most notable examples from the World War II are Hawker Typhoon and Republic P 47 Thunderbolt . In terms of bombing tactic, various types of fighter bombers used various techniques. Some of them were intended for high level bombing , some for low level semi horizontal bombing, and some even for low level steep dive bombing as in case of Blackburn Skua or A 36 Apache . See also Dive bomber Light bomber Ground attack aircraft Strike fighter Tactical bomber References reflist Mil aviation stub Category Fighteraircraft Category Attack aircraft ar ca Ca abombarder de Jagdbomber es Cazabombardero fa fr Chasseur bombardier ko it cacciabombardiere ka ms Pesawat pejuang penyerang nl Jachtbommenwerper ja no Jagerbomber pl Samolot my liwsko bombowy ru ... more details
the Lightweight Fighter program as a light fighter, but developed into a highly capable medium fighter bomber. Robot or remote control fighter craft may usher in a new era of relatively disposable light fighters for high risk missions. References references Category Fighteraircraft ..., but several light fighter designs have fairly good combat records. History The original light fighter class developed out of a series of pre World War II WWII aircraft engine s that delivered a high power to weight ratio, albeit at a low power rating. In order to make use of these engines, the aircraft ... , and several designs were attempted. During the late 1930s the French List of aircraft of the Arm e de l Air Arm e de l Air , in an attempt to modernize her fleet of aircraft, produced several light fighter designs of wooden construction that could be built more quickly than conventional designs. The most ... fighter concept underpowered, underarmed, and limited endurance. By contrast its somewhat heavier ... in combat. The United States Army Air Corps USAAC also contracted for several light fighter designs ... initially as the Tempest Light Fighter a lightweight version of the Hawker Tempest though in practice ... famous of these is the Northrop F 5 Freedom Fighter , which was largely passed over by the United States ... fighter. ref http www.flightglobal.com pdfarchive view 1953 1953 20 200427.html Flight 3 April 1953 ref Although not adopted by the UK as a fighter but as a trainer it did serve as a fighter for the Indian Air Force. The NATO Light Weight Strike Fighter competition of the early 1950s led to designs ... more details
An emergency fighter is an aircraft designed or adapted for use as a fighteraircraftfighter during ... of emergency fighter clear cut, as many aircraft designs are produced under pressure in wartime, and aircraft which were hastily adapted for use as fighters may then go on to have a mainstream career. The context The crisis which gives rise to an emergency fighter may have been the sudden outbreak of war, which resulted in a country lacking sufficient fighteraircraft. This was the case ... Boomerang . ref Gunston 2001, p. 152. ref An emergency fighter may also have been produced to meet a need for a particular sort of fighteraircraft. For instance, Britain s RAF used hastily .... At the same time, fighter design was still sufficiently simple that an aircraft designed and produced ..., less strategically important materials like steel or wood tended to affect the performance of the aircraft adversely. Adaptation of existing aircraft The advantage of adapting existing aircraft was that the emergency fighter could be produced quickly. A variety of aircraft types were used the British ... fighter pioneering the use of interceptor aircraft airborne intercept radar ref Lake 1998, p. 63 68 ... fighter competition was also launched to develop jet aircraft with great performance advantages ..., ISBN 0 86101 477 4 Category Fighteraircraft ... to a tight time scale in a crisis situation, in the hope that a new aircraft might be able to change a nation s fortunes. Most famous of these was undoubtedly the Heinkel He 162 jet aircraft of Germany . Many examples of the emergency fighter concept date from the Second World War. In that global ... were aircraft designed for other purposes but pressed into service to meet an immediate need. In early 1942 eight Australian Wirraway Trainer aircraft trainer and general purpose military aircraft ... of strategic materials like the light alloys used in aircraft construction, several prototype emergency ... more details
Image DH Mosquito F.jpg right thumb A de Havilland Mosquito heavy fighter, armed with cannon and rockets A heavy fighter is a fighteraircraft designed to carry heavier weapons or operate at longer ranges ... night fighter interceptor aircraft Aviation lists Category Fighteraircraft Category Aircraft configurations ... crews. The twin engine heavy fighter was a major design class during the pre World War II period. Conceived as long range escort fighter s, or heavily armed bomber destroyer s, heavy fighters ... as night fighter s, with considerable successes. Axis File Me110G4 2.jpg thumb A Messerschmitt Bf 110 G 4, equipped with radar to serve as a night fighter A major heavy fighter design was the Messerschmitt Bf 110 , a pre war Germany German fighter that, prior to battle, the Luftwaffe considered ... during the Battle of Britain . Eventually Bf 110s were converted to night fighter s and bomber ... Me 410 Me 410 Hornisse were all new aircraft designs meant to replace the Bf 110, but by this stage ... of the war, the Dornier Do 335 Pfeil could have been an ideal twin engined Zerst rer fighter design ... piston engined aircraft of its era, but like so many other advanced German aircraft designs that were ... lagged behind in its heavy fighter development. ref name Times Mr Baldwin on Aerial Warfare ... Whirlwind fighter Westland Whirlwind and Westland Welkin Welkin , built only in modest numbers ..., the de Havilland Mosquito fast bomber was later adapted for both day and night fighter use. United States During the late 1930s, Bell Aircraft of the United States designed the Bell YFM 1 Airacuda ... P 38 eight aircraft formation 061018 F 1234P 007.jpg thumb A formation of eight Lockheed P 38 Lightning s The most successful heavy fighter of the war was the Lockheed P 38 Lightning . It was designed ... German and British counterparts. In service it was used as an escort fighter, following B 17 Flying ... German fighters. In its escort role, the P 38 was the first Allied fighter over Berlin. It was also ... more details
theory Energy Maneuverability E M theory to develop fighteraircraft. The theory enabled quantitative one to one comparison of the performance of aircraft in terms of air combat maneuvering ...The Fighter Mafia was a group of United States Air Force U.S. Air Force officers and civilian defense ... Weight Fighter . The nickname, a professional jest coined by an Air Force member of Italian ... whose ideas led to the primacy of strategic bombing over the fighter within the Air Force. The Fighter ... of fighter planes after the Vietnam war showed that long range missiles were unlikely to be the deciding ... force must be able to destroy aircraft in the air at long ranges using advanced weapon systems ... York url doi isbn 0071346961 ref Their F X fighter acquisition program, initially merged into the TFX ... war demonstrated that the entire Lightweight Fighter Missileers Missileer concept did not work ... suited to the role of fighter, and the Air Force F X proposal was quietly rewritten to reflect his findings ... below 40,000, and the top speed to Mach 2.3, from 2.5. The result was the F 15 Eagle , an aircraft that was far superior in maneuverability to the F 111 fighter variants. The Air Force had also been studying a lighter day fighter starting in 1965, the Air Force had pursued a low priority study of the Advanced Day Fighter ADF , a 25,000 pound design. After they learned of the MiG 25 in 1967 ... a lighter aircraft, grew in size and weight as it attempted to match the inflated performance ... Boyd the fighter pilot who changed the art of war publisher Little, Brown, and Co. year 2002 location ... dubbed Fighter Mafia which worked behind the scenes in the late 1960s to pursue a lightweight fighter ... a small, high performance Navy aircraft, Riccioni won 149,000 to fund the Study to Validate the Integration ... a small, low draw, low weight, pure fighter with no bomb racks. Northrop demanded and received 100,000 ... lightweight fighter. This was followed by the assignment of 12 million in the 1972 fiscal year ... more details
gravity, meaning everything would feel twice as heavy. Modern fighteraircraft can make much sharper turns and sustain a lot more stresses or g forces. With the advent of the jet engined aircraft ... O Grady . Other fighter pilots who achieved fame outside of the cockpit include Ted Williams , Buzz Aldrin , George W. Bush , Donald Rumsfeld and John McCain . See also Flying aces Fighteraircraft ... modern military aviators historical fighter pilots Flying ace the film Fighter Pilot Operation Red Flag File F 16 Fighter Pilot.jpg thumb F 16 fighter pilot A fighter pilot is a Military aviation military aviator trained in air to air combat while piloting a fighteraircraft expressly designed for engaging other aircraft . Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfight ing close range aerial combat . Not all fighter pilots experience combat, but one who attains the mark of five or more aerial kills is known as an Flying ace ace . Recruitment Fighter Pilots are one .... Candidates must also exhibit reputable leadership and teamwork abilities since virtually all fighter pilots are also military officers. Fitness Fighter pilots must be in optimal health to handle ... a tendency to suck blood away from the brain. Fighter pilots also require strong muscle tissue along ... is decidedly important. Outperformance of another pilot and that pilot s aircraft is critical to maintain ... caused the missile to lose sight of the target aircraft. Another tactic was to exploit a missile ... option in the case that the aircraft is too high up to use geographical obstructions. Pilots ... the RWR radar warning receiver to discern the types of signals hitting their aircraft. The new ... inbound missiles. G Force main g force When a fighter pilot is performing rapid turning movements in a dogfight ... around the extremities exerting pressure, providing about 1G of extra tolerance. Notable Fighter Pilots Notable fighter pilots include Antonio Bautista , Karl W. Richter , Oswald Boelcke , Georges ... more details
of World War II . The escort fighter was a World War II concept for a fighteraircraft designed to escort bomber s to and from their targets. The perfect escort fighter had long range, a lengthy ..., planned to act as a parasite aircraft parasite fighter for the Convair B 36 , was tested with a B .... The concept of multirole fighter , such as F A 18 , also decreased the need for escorts, as the aircraft ... Wild Weasel Aviation lists DEFAULTSORT Escort Fighter Category Fighteraircraft es Caza de escolta ... sufficient fuel load, a number of twin engined heavy fighter s were designed for escort duties during ... progressed, improvements in fighter designs, as well as the use of drop tank s, allowed single ... used Messerschmitt Bf 109 s and Messerschmitt Bf 110 Bf 110 s based in France as escort fighter ... a fast moving fighter with guns in a turret proved extremely difficult hitting a slow moving bomber from a fighter with a gunsight was much easier. USAAF bomber losses gradually increased, and experimental ... Berlin were 55th Fighter Group World War II 55th Fighter Group P 38s on March 3, 1944. When the Rolls ... for efficiency, the final escort fighter development of the war was complete. Cold War The successes of the P 47N and P 51 gave the impression that the escort fighter was a concept worth continuing after the end of the war. The high fuel use of early jet engines made such aircraft difficult to design ... attempted a similar solution, docking jet fighter s with heavy bombers via a trapeze mechanism or their wingtips ... of fighter escort to gradually merge with fighter types, so the term fell out of use. In Korea, the F ... strike fighter s. The XB 70 Valkyrie , North American Aviation s Mach number Mach 3 bomber, was intended ... 3 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG 25 MiG 25 interceptor aircraft interceptor became known, however, NAA very ... exchange became ever less likely, leaving existing fighter designs more than adequate for their protection ... as escorts similar cases occurred with F 8 . Modern era The advent of the air superiority fighter ... more details
Bf 110 Bf 110G 4 night fighter at the Royal Air Force Museum London at the Hendon Aerodrome . A night fighter also known as all weather fighter or all weather interceptor for a period of time post World War II ref Winchester 2006, p. 184. ref is a fighteraircraft adapted for use at night ... engine aircraft in the night fighter role, which they referred to as Wilde Sau wild boar . In this case ... 89 Scorpion F 94 Starfire See also Day fighter Heavy fighter Interceptor aircraft Schr ge Musik References .... Winchester, Jim. Fighter The World s Finest Combat Aircraft 1913 to the Present Day . New York Barnes ... Category Aircraft configurations Category Fighteraircraft de Nachtj ger es Caza nocturno ja ... purpose built or day fighters modified to be effective night fighting combat aircraft, often employing ... of these systems fell in relation to the size of the average fighter, the need for a separate aircraft to fill this role generally disappeared. In the immediate post World War II era, night fighters were redesignated as all weather combat aircraft. Modern multi role fighters are capable of filling the night fighter role with no modifications. History Early examples At the start of World War ... attacks dwindled as the defenses improved. Aircraft proved to be of limited use, however, accounting ..., especially the incendiary ammunition , made aircraft increasingly deadly during the later half ... little until just prior to the opening of World War II . In the meantime, aircraft performance had ... them down. Anti aircraft gun s were similarly affected by the altitudes they flew at, which required ... suitable for aircraft use to Edward George Bowen Taffy Bowen in the mid 1930s. In September 1937 he gave a working demonstration of the concept when a test aircraft was able to detect three Home ... a large aircraft to lift them, and their complex controls required a multi person crew to operate ... fighter fleet. The Airborne Interception Mk. II radar AI Mk. II was well on its way to becoming operational ... more details
About a film the plane Stealth aircraft Infobox Film name Stealth Fighter image stealth fighter.jpg caption DVD cover director Jim Wynorski producer Jim Wynorski as Jay Andrews writer Lenny Juliano br T.L. Lankford br John A. Sanders narrator starring Ice T br Costas Mandylor br Erika Eleniak br Sarah Dampf br William Sadler actor William Sadler br Ernie Hudson br Andrew Divoff music Alex Wilkinson cinematography J.E. Bash editing Vanick Moradian distributor released September 1999 runtime 88 minutes country FilmUS language English budget preceded by followed by Stealth Fighter is an action film released in 1999. The film stars Ice T , Costas Mandylor , Erika Eleniak , Sarah Dampf, William Sadler actor William Sadler , Ernie Hudson , and Andrew Divoff . Film synopsis Owen Turner Ice T is a naval Aviator pilot who decides to fake his own death. After this, he ends up employed by a Latin American arms dealer. Turner steals a stealth fighter from a US Air Force base in the Philippines and uses it to target military installations around the world. However, a naval reserve officer is recruited to infiltrate Turner s group and stop him. Cast Ice T as Owen Turner Costas Mandylor as Ryan Mitchell Erika Eleniak as Erin Mitchell Sarah Dampf as J.P. Mitchell William Sadler actor William Sadler as Admiral Frank Peterson Ernie Hudson as President Westwood Andrew Divoff as Roberto Menendez Release The film was first released on TV in Spain in September 1999. On February 15, 2000, the film premiered on video in the United States. Later on that year, the film premiered in Iceland and Germany. External links imdb title id 0181838 http www.rottentomatoes.com m 1092080 stealth fighter Stealth Fighter at Rotten Tomatoes Category 1999 films Category English language films Category 1990s action films Category American action thriller films Category American crime thriller films Category Aviation films action film stub pl Niewidzialny my liwiec ... more details
For Naval reconnaissance aircraft called Scouts Scout plane Unreferenced date December 2009 Image RAF SE2a001a.jpg thumb right The S.E.2 in its final form at the Royal Aircraft Factory , Farnborough, Hampshire Farnborough Image Bristol Scout.jpg thumb right Bristol Scout The term scout , as a description of a class of military aircraft, came into use shortly before the World War I First World War , and referred to a light usually single seat reconnaissance aircraft, initially unarmed. Scout types were generally adaptations of pre war racing aircraft although at least one the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2 was specifically designed for the role. At this stage the possibility of air to air combat was considered highly speculative, and the speed of these aircraft relative to their contemporaries was seen as an advantage in gaining immunity from ground fire and in the ability to deliver timely reconnaissance reports. Almost from the beginning of the war, various experiments were carried out in the fitting of armament to scouts to enable them to engage in air to air combat by early 1916 several types of scout could fire a machine gun forwards, in the line of flight, thus becoming the first effective single seat fighteraircraft fighters in effect, an entirely new class of aircraft. In French and German usage these types were termed hunters , but in the Royal Flying Corps and early Royal Air Force parlance scout remained the usual term for a single seat fighter into the early 1920s. The term fighter was already current, but in this period referred specifically to a two seater fighter such as the Sopwith 1 Strutter or the Bristol F.2 Fighter Bristol Fighter . This usage scout or sometimes fighting scout for single seat fighter can be found in many contemporary accounts, including ... writing on First World War aviation. DEFAULTSORT Scout Aircraft Category Military aircraft Category Military aircraft of World War I it Scout aeronautica ... more details
Fighter s energy with an emergency battery that comes with the aircraft. Bolt Thunder Great Raideki ...Unreferenced date August 2009 Zone Fighter , known in Japan as nihongo Ry sei Ningen Zone Ry sei Ningen Z n lit. Meteor Human Zone , is a tokusatsu science fiction superhero television series. Produced by Toho Toho Company Ltd. , the show aired on Nippon Television from April 2 to September 24 ... son , Hotaru the teenage sister and Akira the young boy transform into the superheroes Zone Fighter ... Power . Hikaru Sakimori Zone Fighter is the oldest of the siblings. He works as a test driver for cars. As Zone Fighter, upon uttering the command Zone Double Fight , he can also grow to giant size .... He was played by Shiro Amakusa. Godzilla the King of the Monsters himself is Zone Fighter s occasional ... Zone Fighter when he is outmatched or injured, and as the series progresses becomes a close friend to Zone Fighter. The Zone Family even built a Godzilla Cave for the mutant dinosaur to live in and come ... costume for 1975 s Terror of Mechagodzilla . Zone arsenal Mighty Liner is Zone Fighter s car. Transforms from his racecar Skyline GT. It can also fly. Smokey is the mini aircraft Zone Angel and Junior .... They create the Terro Beasts that fight Zone Fighter. Garoga X Agents They are a squadron ... Fighter. During the series finale they merge to create the monster, Grotogauros. Terro Beasts are the various ..., but after reviving he is killed by Zone Fighter at the end of the episode. External links cite web title SciFi Japan Zone Fighter Series Guide url http www.scifijapan.com articles 2009 11 14 zone fighter series guide An indepth article about the series http zonefighter.wikia.com wiki Zone Fighter Wiki Zone Fighter Wiki Godzilla Category Tokusatsu television series Category Superhero television programs ... television series Category Toho es Zone Fighter fr Zone Fighter id Ryuusei Ningen Zone nl Zone Fighter ja th ... more details
Virtua Fighter may refer to Virtua Fighter series Virtua Fighter series , a series of fighting video games Virtua Fighter arcade game Virtua Fighter arcade game , the first game in the fighting video game series Virtua Fighter anime Virtua Fighter anime , an anime based on the fighting video game series disambig ... more details
About the aerial phenomenon the rock band Foo Fighters The term foo fighter was used by Allies Allied aircraftaircraft pilot pilots in World War II to describe various unidentified flying object UFOs ... and Pacific Theater of Operations . Though foo fighter initially described a type of UFO reported and named by the U.S. 415th Night Fighter Squadron , the term was also commonly used to mean any UFO .... 545 589, 2006 ref writes, quote During WWII, the foo fighter experiences of Allied pilots were taken ... foo fighter was used by radar operators to describe a spurious or dubious trace. ref name RFC3092 The term foo was borrowed from Bill Holman s Smokey Stover by a radar operator in the 415th Night Fighter ... 1991 Jeffery A Lindell, 1991. Interviews with Harold Augspurger, Commander 415th Night Fighter Squadron Frederic Ringwald, S 2 Intelligence Officer, 415th Night Fighter Squadron ref According ... fast moving round glowing objects following their aircraft. The objects were variously described as fiery ... lights and reported that they seemed to toy with the aircraft, making wild turns before simply vanishing. Pilots and aircrew reported that the objects flew formation with their aircraft and behaved as if under ... edition Time magazine Time magazine carried a story entitled Foo Fighter , in which it reported that the balls ... named it the foo fighter . According to Time , descriptions of the phenomena varied, but the pilots agreed that the mysterious lights followed their aircraft closely at high speed. Some scientists at the time ... news last first author link last2 first2 author2 link title Foo Fighter newspaper Time magazine Time ... in the sky , though it was reported to sometimes follow aircraft. On one occasion, the gunner of a B 29 aircraft managed to hit one with gunfire, causing it to break up into several large pieces which fell on buildings below and set them on fire. As with the European foo fighters, no aircraft was reported ... The postwar Robertson Panel cited foo fighter reports, noting that their behavior did not appear ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image Sea Fighter FSF1.jpg 300px Sea Fighter FSF 1 Ship caption Sea Fighter FSF 1 Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country United States Ship flag USN ... Sea Fighter for the U.S. Navy accessdate 2008 03 02 publisher Nichols Bros. Boat builders ref Ship original ... ref name NVR Cite web url http www.nvr.navy.mil nvrservicecraft details FSF1.htm title SEA FIGHTER ... sensors Ship EW Ship armament Ship armour Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities 2 helipad s, Unmanned aerial vehicle UAV capable Ship notes Sea Fighter FSF 1 is an experimental littoral combat ship ... search display.asp?story id 19463 title Navy Sea Fighter Makes San Diego Home Story Number ... SeaFighterFSF1.pdf ref Description Image Sea Fighter FSF 1.jpg thumb left A helicopter lands on Sea Fighter underway Sea Fighter s hull is of a SWATH design, constructed out of aluminium aluminum . The SWATH design gives Sea Fighter exceptional motion characteristics, even in high seas. This is accomplished ... hull, Sea Fighter is capable of speeds of convert 50 kn km h 1 and greater. It is designed ... operations. The mission modules are easily loaded and stored on Sea Fighter s inner deck. The vessel ... for HUMMWV and other vehicles. The vessel also has a twin pad helicopter deck capable of operating aircraft ... lighting system has been developed for Sea Fighter using low intensity green lighting around the vessel ... Sea Fighter operates. The basic design has a displacement of 1,100 tons while measuring 79.9 m 73 ... reversers making it possible for Sea Fighter to move sideways while docking, or even traveling in reverse. Thrust vectoring also makes it possible for Sea Fighter to make dramatic evasive maneuvers ... of enemy vessels. Sea Fighter s forward superstructure consists of a bridge on the lower deck ... aids to assist Sea Fighter in patrolling coastal areas while operating at high speed. Maneuvering Sea Fighter is more reminiscent of the operation of a LCAC Landing Craft, Air Cushioned LCAC than ... more details
distinguish2 variable geometry aircraft refimprove date January 2009 A Variable Fighter is a series of fictional transforming aerospace fighteraircraftfighter mecha primarily designed by Studio Nue s Shoji ... known variable fighter model used during The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Space War I , the VF 1 ... ref Image Variable Fighter 25A Art.jpg thumb 150px Some Variable Fighters from the Macross universe ... head mounted lasers in battroid mode, stowed internally or used as fixed armament in fighter and GERWALK ... , on the ground Gerwalk mode , and the air Fighter mode . Thus, research into Extraterrestrial life ... VF 0 Phoenix Macross Zero Atmospheric use prototype for the VF 1 Valkyrie Sukhoi Israel Aircraft Industries Dornier Flugzeugwerke Dornier SV 51 Macross Zero Atmospheric use variable fighter used ... U.N. Spacy main variable aerospace fighter from 2009 to 2020 ref name Mechanic ref name AnimEigo ... U.N. Spacy anti capital ship assault variable fighter ref name Remember http macross.anime.net production ... X 2 VF 3 VF X 3 Star Crusader Macross Remember Me U.N. Spacy prototype variable space fighter interceptor ... Bellcom Shinnakasu VF 3000 Crusader Macross M3 Atmospheric use variable fighter ref name M3 http ... 4 Lightning III Macross Flashback 2012 U.N. Spacy main variable fighter from 2020 to 2030 ref name M3 ... Atmospheric use variable fighter ref name M3 VF 6 VF 7 Zentradi In Macross Zentradi Variable Glaug ... Macross Plus U.N. Spacy main variable fighter from 2030 to 2040 ref name M3 ref name macross.anime.net .... Japan. Y6800. 1999, September 2 ref General Galaxy Messer VF 14 Vampire Macross 7 This fighter ... name M3 VF 15 VF 16 General Galaxy VF 17 Nightmare Macross 7 Updated into the VF 171 variable fighter ... Web Site publisher Big West accessdate 2009 04 24 ref Neo Glaug Human designed variable drone fighter ... for the VF 19 Excalibur variable fighter. ref http macross.anime.net production software index.html ... VF 22 Sturmvogel II Macross 7 YF 21 production version. Used as special forces ace pilot fighter in 2046 ... more details
Infobox VG title Little Fighter image File Little Fighter Title Screen.png caption Title screen of Little Fighter . aspect ratio resolution developer Marti wong publisher distributor designer Marti Wong license series engine DOS version released 1997 genre beat em up modes ratings platforms DOS media requirements input key board Little Fighter zh s t p Xi o P ng Y u J D Ji o is a multiplayer beat em up game made by Marti Wong and released in 1997. The following characters are playable 1. Deep A hand to hand fighter. May drop his sword. He is strong in close range 2. John A sorcerer who has defensive attacks. 3. Rudolph A ninja who has many good abilities 4. Louis A good fighter with good armor 5. Henry An archer. He may drop his bow. He is strong in range but is unable to attack when someone gets near him. 6. Firen A fire user who has the ability to torch multiple units at once. 7. Freeze An ice fighter. He is pretty good. 8. Davis He is a boxer and is very good 9. Dennis He is a kick boxing fighter and is good 10. Woody He is very good and is Tiger attributed. 11. Julian He is very strong and has the best attacks in the game press F1 to unlock . In 2002 Marti collaborated with Starsky Wong, they designed and released the expanded sequel Little Fighter 2 . The most recent version has online playing capabilities. In 2005 Marti collaborated with Oscar Chu , they designed and released the MMO sequel. Little Fighter Online . beatemup videogame stub Little Fighter Category 1997 video games Category Beat em ups Category DOS games Category Video games developed in the People s Republic of China de Little Fighter sv Little Fighter zh ... more details
Infobox single Name Dream Fighter Cover Dreamfighter.jpg Caption Artist Perfume group Perfume Album Triangle Perfume album Triangle A side B side Negai Released November 19, 2008 Format CD single Recorded 2008 Genre J pop , Electropop Length 4 53 Label Tokuma Japan Communications Writer Yasutuka Nakata Producer Yasutaka Nakata Audio sample? Certification Last single Love the World br 2008 This single Dream Fighter br 2008 Next single One Room Disco br 2009 Misc Extra album cover Upper caption Dream Fighter Type single Cover Dreamfighterdvd.jpg Lower caption CD DVD cover Dream Fighter is a song by Perfume group Perfume . It was released on November 19, 2008 as Perfume s eighth major single as a CD only version and a CD DVD version, the former with catalog number TKCA 73390. ref cite web url http www.oricon.co.jp music release d 790458 1 title Perfume release Oricon Style Music accessdate November 27, 2008 publisher Oricon Inc. language Japanese ref The single placed second on Oricon charts. The single went on to chart for 10 weeks and sold 104,599 copies. Track listing Dream Fighter nihongo Negai lit. Wish Dream Fighter Original Instrumental Negai Original Instrumental Oricon chart positions class wikitable Year Chart Position Sales rowspan 3 2008 Oricon daily align center 2 rowspan 2 70,873 Oricon weekly align center 2 Oricon yearly align center 80 89,493 References reflist External links http www.oricon.co.jp music release d 790458 1 Dream Fighter on Oricon Style ja icon http tv.oricon.co.jp pvj 081119 04.html movie?cat id rank40 Dream Fighter PV sample on Oricon Style ja icon Perfume group Category 2008 songs Category Perfume songs Category Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan japan album stub es Dream Fighter it Dream Fighter ja Dream Fighter zh Dream Fighter ... more details
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