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•What a fighter Aircraft is

•Characteristics of fighter aircraft•WWI•WWII•Video on demand

•It is a military aircraft used to attack other aircraft.

•It is unlike a bomber which attacks ground targets by dropping a bombs.

•They are comparatively small and highly manoeuvrable.

•They have been fitted with increasingly sophisticated tracking and weapon systems to intercept and attack other aircraft.

•In WWI,fighter aircrafts were used to hunt down enemy reconnaissance and ballons.engine power was low.

•They have been fitted with increasingly sophisticated tracking and weapon systems to intercept and attack other aircraft.

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•In WWII,fighter aircraft became important in terrorising the sky, in the case .

•They have been fitted with increasingly sophisticated tracking and weapon systems to intercept and attack other aircraft.