P-80 Vs American Airplanes

The after taking 25 years to develop the F22 Raptor from conception to operational certification the United States Air Force (USAF) produced the world’s first 5th Generation air superiority fighter. (site) This revolutionary fighter plane leveraged its very low observable stealth (VLO) and thrust-vectoring and digital fly by wire technology, to produce an extremely fast, agile and deadly air to air combatant. (GEO P 2) However, in 2009 Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense, (SECDEF) convinced the President (POTUS) and Congress to truncate the F22 program, leaving the USAF with less than 187 operational F22 Raptors, this number was well short of the 381 the USAF estimated they needed to meet their mission requirements. (AWC 1/ site) Gates made his controversial decision based on three factors. This essay will explore these factors and explain how the 2009 U.S strategic environment, the overall cost of the F22 and Secretary Gates’ desire to change the Department of Defense (DOD) all lead to the decision to limit the production of the F22 Raptor at 187 aircraft.

Have you ever wondered about the aircraft from World War Two? Or how aircrafts operated, or what materials they used to operate and win in dogfights? The WWII era was one of the first time that airplanes were used to fight in wars on such a large scale and with such a large impact. Aircraft was extremely beneficial in this war. Airplanes were a huge advantage in WWII because of all the ammunition they carried, and they used a lot of resources to help fight during WWII for their country.

Airplanes were in a similar position as tanks - the technology was really too new and immature for effective combat use. At best, the airplane provided better observation and reconnaissance ability than previously available, but, in a static trench-warfare setting (with the commonly poor European weather), the amount of benefit this provided is easy to overstate. Tactical and strategic bombing was non-existent; the airplane would have to wait for the wars of

Ships were also revolutionized during the World War II era. Naval technology was very poor at the time, but once radar technology was developed, navigation and detection was made much easier for submarine and ship pilots. The invention of radar was still very new — being developed only 2 years prior to the start of World War II. Hours of experimentation and development were poured into enhancing radar technology so that the allied forces could better combat the Nazi fleet. Aircrafts were also made more advanced during World War II. Aviation in general was very new at the time, so optimizing what basic aircrafts we had at the time for battle (by equipping them with guns and bombs) was a challenging feat. Considering the first powered flight had taken place only in 1903, only 40 years before

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was a single-engine, single-seat, metal fighter plane and ground-attack aircraft that was made by the Americans. The P-40 Warhawk fighters first flew in 1938 and caught the attention of the United States Army Air Corps, who placed the largest fighter plane order it had ever made for fighters for a count of 524 at a cost of US$13 million. This was the earliest serious fighter in WWII and did its job until better fighters came out. It was known as a safe and secure aircraft that was able to fly pilots back home after being shot up in action. Many variants of this plane were later created. In addition, the shark teeth graphics were a big feature on this plane.

The British used very effective planes such as the Supermarine Spitfire, which was fast and durable, the Hawker Hurricane, which was a little bit bigger but had larger firepower, and the Boulton Paul Defiant, which were small planes that would lead the formation of flyers, and eventually lead the British to

The British pilots were blessed to have the Hurricane and Spitfire fighter aircraft. These were fast, highly maneuverable, small fighter planes that had a great deal of speed. They could fly faster than bombers, and were

involvement in the war was the bombing they were able to throw at Germany constantly. Because the U.S. used the high altitude B-17, the bombing runs had to be done during the day so the pilots could hit their targets. Since, the bombers rarely had escorts during their bombing runs; the B-17 planes would fly in tight, box formations, which allowed the bombers to overlap their machine-gun fire for protection. The tight formations that the bombers flew in were also their weakness, allowing them to get hit from Luftwaffe fighters, making the U.S. bombing runs have a high number of casualties. Later on in the war, with the invention of the P-51 Mustang the number of casualties from the bombing runs dropped

World War Two featured many great military planes, but two American-made fighters rose above the rest, dominating the skies. The bulky and strong Grumman F6F Hellcat was ripping the enemy to shreds in the Pacific Theatre, while the speedy and precise North American Aviation P-51 Mustang ruled the European Theatre. Without these fighters the war could have taken a different path, as the planes made moves crucial to the Allies’ success. Both the Mustang and the Hellcat had a huge impact in their respective theatres and on the war in general; but when carefully comparing their specifications, purposes, and pilot accomplishments, can one be called superior?

These airplanes at first by the people thought they were going to be useless. In the end, the airplanes ended up being very useful. The airplanes served as a good way to shoot out the opponents. The airplanes being up in the air was such a good advantage for the soldiers that were going to use them for war purposes.

In this essay, I will explain how the impact of new technology (e.g. aircraft) on methods that were used to fight in the air in WW1 and WW2.

In World War Two (WWII) air combat was a commonly used war tactic. Many countries in WWII had an Air Force. The Air Forces usually consisted of bombers and fighters. The United States who entered the war after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor had a particularly large Air Force. The U.S. Air Force Had several groups but a major Air Force group was the Eighth Air Force. The Eighth Air Force’s role in WWII was essential to the defeat of Hitler’s Nazi rule by bombardment of strategic targets in Europe. Wich was done successfully after we dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan.

The p 51 mustang can shoot long range. The fastest it can drive to is 437. There altitude is about 15,000 feet. The p 51 was a main role in world war 2. All these places own the p 51 mustang. All these planes have or had owned the p 51 mustang. The first flight of the p 51 mustang was october 26 1940. There are more than 15,00 p 51 mustangs in the world.

In this focused history of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG family of fighters and the ace pilots that flew them, Khazanov and Medved provide first-hand accounts of MiG-3 fighter pilots during World War II. As one of the Soviet Union’s few pre-war modern types available, this fighter was built to be an advanced, high-altitude fighter to counter war-proven German technology. Even though production was ended at the close of 1941, the MiG-3 soldiered on against the Nazi War Machine as newer types were developed, finally being completely replaced on the front-lines until mid-1942.

Towards the end of the War the airplane becomes a practical device of war being able to carry weapons. Anthony Fokker and Louis Bleriot create the most successful of early modern biplanes known as the D-VII and D-VIII. Biplanes are eventually taken over by the monoplane, or one wing. This new design allowed for faster flight and better visibility for the pilot. Air-cooled engines lead the way for commercial aircraft, and Boeing introduces the first modern airliner the 247. Airplanes are effected the greatest by supply and demand of war. New styles of war begun to emerge so did new and improved types of aircraft. The population of the U.S. also begun to grow which leads to the modern most sophisticated commercial airliner the 777. Most aircraft improvements are found in the military and intelligence field. The most high tech aircraft known today for such things as spying are the SR-71 Blackbird, and the U-2 Spy plane. The most complicated and best aircraft performance is still held by the space shuttle and probably always will be. The last 200 years have seen incredible changes in aircraft from the man with wings to heavier than air flying machines that can travel at supersonic speeds.