- An
aircraft (pl.:
aircraft) is a
vehicle that is able to fly by
gaining support from the air. It
counters the
force of
gravity by
using either static...
- An
aircraft carrier is a
warship that
serves as a
seagoing airbase,
equipped with a full-length
flight deck and
facilities for carrying, arming, deploying...
-
Fighter aircraft (early on also
pursuit aircraft) are
military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In
military conflict, the role of fighter...
- An
aircraft engine,
often referred to as an aero engine, is the
power component of an
aircraft propulsion system.
Aircraft using power components are...
- Anti-
aircraft warfare is the
counter to
aerial warfare and
includes "all
measures designed to
nullify or
reduce the
effectiveness of
hostile air action"...
-
military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing
aircraft that is
operated by a
legal or
insurrectionary military of any type.
Military aircraft can be...
-
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or
unmanned aircraft system (UAS),
commonly known as a drone, is an
aircraft with no
human pilot, crew, or p****engers on...
- A jet
aircraft (or
simply jet) is an
aircraft (nearly
always a fixed-wing
aircraft)
propelled by one or more jet engines.
Whereas the
engines in propeller-powered...
- of
United States naval aircraft contains types currently used by the
United States Navy. For a
complete list of
naval aircraft designated under pre-1962...
- of
airborne early warning aircraft. An AEW
aircraft is an
airborne radar system generally used to
detect incoming aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles...
