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The Modernization Of Air Warfare

Thesis: Military aircraft has become more sophisticated in
variety, effectiveness in war situations, and special
maneuvering techniques in recent years.

Military aircraft has become more sophisticated in
variety, effectiveness in war situations, and special
maneuvering techniques in recent years. With the advance of
stealth technology, many new and very effective aircraft
have been developed. The F-117A was used during Operation
Dessert Storm and every plane came back without a scratch.
The very expensive B-2 stealth bomber has never been used in
actual war, but during testing it was a success. The
Advanced Tactical Fighter program was started to make an
aircraft that could supercruise, the ability to cruise at
supersonic speeds, and didn't cost very much. The YF-22 and
YF-23 were the first planes to accomplish this. With all the
planes we know of, there are also top secret programs
probably going on right now. A new fighter that has never
been heard of before has been spotted. As John Welch, the
assistant secretary of Air Force said, "Stealth gives us
back that fundamental element of war called surprise"
(Goodall 9).  

After it was found that aircraft could be very
useful in war, it was used for large scale reconnaissance.
Then people started to add bombs to aircraft and then
airplanes started to become an essence of war. After World
War 2, new bombers were developed with fast speed, and could
travel far distances. They could also carry nuclear bombs
and missiles. The use of the bomber aircraft then led to the
fighter, which was equipped with guns and missiles.
Helicopters were also found to be good strike aircraft. They
were armed with cannons, machine guns, rockets, torpedoes,
and a variety of missiles. Vertical takeoff made the
helicopter an advantage.

The first flight of the F-117A was in June of 1981
in Groom Lake test facility. The total cost for the
development of the F-117A was...