Air warfare in the context of "Fighter aircraft"

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⭐ Core Definition: Air warfare

Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare. Aerial warfare includes bombers attacking enemy installations or a concentration of enemy troops or strategic targets; fighter aircraft battling for control of airspace; attack aircraft engaging in close air support against ground targets; naval aviation flying against sea and nearby land targets; gliders, helicopters and other aircraft to carry airborne forces such as paratroopers; aerial refueling tankers to extend operation time or range; and military transport aircraft to move cargo and personnel.

Historically, military aircraft have included lighter-than-air balloons carrying artillery observers; lighter-than-air airships for bombing cities; various sorts of reconnaissance, surveillance, and early warning aircraft carrying observers, cameras, and radar equipment; torpedo bombers to attack enemy vessels; and military air-sea rescue aircraft for saving downed airmen. Modern aerial warfare includes missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. Surface forces are likely to respond to enemy air activity with anti-aircraft warfare.

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Air warfare in the context of Air warfare of World War II

Air warfare was a major component in all theaters of World War II and, together with anti-aircraft warfare, consumed a large fraction of the industrial output of the major powers. Germany and Japan depended on air forces that were closely integrated with land and naval forces; the Axis powers downplayed the advantage of fleets of strategic bombers and were late in appreciating the need to defend against Allied strategic bombing. By contrast, Britain and the United States took an approach that greatly emphasized strategic bombing and (to a lesser degree) tactical control of the battlefield by air as well as adequate air defenses. Both Britain and the U.S. built substantially larger strategic forces of large, long-range bombers. Simultaneously, they built tactical air forces that could win air superiority over the battlefields, thereby giving vital assistance to ground troops. The U.S. Navy and Royal Navy also built a powerful naval-air component based on aircraft carriers, as did the Imperial Japanese Navy; these played the central role in the war at sea.

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United States Air Force → F-4 Phantom II → Aerial bomb → Bombing range → Bardenas Reales → Spain → Military aircraft → Warfare → Bombers → Tactical bombing → Strategic bombing → Fighter aircraft → Air superiority → Attack aircraft → Close air support → Naval aviation → Military glider → Military helicopter → Airborne forces → Paratrooper → Aerial refueling → Military transport aircraft → Balloon → Artillery observer → Airship → Reconnaissance aircraft → Surveillance aircraft → Airborne early warning and control → Torpedo bomber → Air-sea rescue → Airmen → Missile → Unmanned aerial vehicle → Anti-aircraft warfare →