Fighters in Service: Attack and Training Aircraft Since 1960 |
Common terms and phrases
Aden cannon Aero Aeronautica Militare Aéronavale aeroplane afterburning turbojet airframe all-weather approx Armée de l'Air Atar avionics basic began bombs cannon carry Cessna Cessna T-37 cockpit craft Dassault day fighter DEFA cannon delivery developed Draken entered service equipment Étendard external F(AW fixed armament flew flight flown flying four fuel tanks Fuerza Aérea fuselage Harrier Hawker Siddeley hundred infra-red homing interceptor Jaguar Jet Provost km/hr Length Mach Magister Maximum speed Maximum take-off weight McDonnell Douglas Mikoyan miles Mirage Normal take-off weight nose operational ordered pilots piston-engined pods powered powerplant Pratt & Whitney production aircraft prototype radar reconnaissance rockets role Rolls-Royce Avon Royal Saab Service ceiling Sidewinder single-seat SNECMA Atar Soviet Air Force Span sq ft Squadron st Pratt Sukhoi Sukhoi Su-11 supersonic swing-wing tactical tion turbofan turbojet turbojet engine Turboméca U.S. Navy underwing pylons Vietnam Viper Wing area