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*[[Reconnaissance aircraft]] | *[[Reconnaissance aircraft]] | ||
*[[Air assault|air assault airlift]] | *[[Air assault|air assault airlift]] | ||
*[[Combat search and rescue]] aircraft | *[[Combat search and rescue]] aircraft | ||
These would be distinguished from: | These would be distinguished from: | ||
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*Most [[air refueling]] tankers | *Most [[air refueling]] tankers | ||
*[[C3I-ISR]] aircraft | *[[C3I-ISR]] aircraft | ||
[[Unmanned aerial vehicle]]s increasingly enter these roles, especially for reconnaissance but more and more for attack. | |||
Revision as of 13:03, 22 August 2010
Military combat aircraft directly harm enemy forces, with kinetic or electronic attack, or deliberately go into range of enemy weapons. While the current trend is to have a given type of airframe (e.g., helicopter, single/dual engine jet, large jets) take on multiple roles, the classic roles are:
- Fixed-wing fighter
- Attack helicopter
- Attack and bomber aircraft
- Electronic attack
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- air assault airlift
- Combat search and rescue aircraft
These would be distinguished from:
- Transport aircraft that do not go into the area of battle
- Most air refueling tankers
- C3I-ISR aircraft
Unmanned aerial vehicles increasingly enter these roles, especially for reconnaissance but more and more for attack.