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The history of military airplanes
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The first military airplane
the 1st military airplane was called the RFC Morane-Saulnier L. it played as a scout and the recorded number of these airplanes built were 600 planes at this time planes did not have guns on the them the pilots had to pull out pistols and shoot the other pilots to kill them -
military airplanes have machine guns now
in 1915 a french scientist named Anthony Fokker found a way to attach machine guns to the sides of planes so pilots could press a button and shoot down enemy fighters and fighter planes were born -
The birth of the f series fighter jets
In 1945 american enginers desighned an elite type of jet the f series -
bombers are born
in 1945 world war two came upon the world and people found a way to drop bombs or artillery shells from bigger airplanes and take out a group of large enemyes all at once and so bombers were born -
an updated fighter plane the T-6 texan
in 1948 americans develped a uptated fighter plane that went faster and shoot faster and included a rear gunner to defened the selfeves from a rear attack -
planes on ships what ?????
in 1948 britsh enginers made boats large enough to make airplanes fly off of and attack enemy targets but unlike todays aircraft carriers planes could not land back down on the carriers -
The birth of Gunships
During the Vietnam War soilders would get pinned down easily in the jungle by enemy troops and get wipped out quikly, so american enginers found a way to but heavy guns on planes and make the plane turn at an angle so the guns would hit there targets -
The stealth jet Strikes
in July 17, 1989 american enginers and sciecetist made history Americans made a b-2 bomber that could not be seen on radar and only by sight making bombing runs easier on the poilts and crew -
The f-22 Raptor
on April 9, 1997, the elite of the elite fighter jets came out desighned to give soilders devestateing air support this jet leaves no target left standing The F-22 Raptor was born -
Today
Today most fighter jets will braek through the sound barreier (1234 km/h) and most planes have an auto lock fireing system
