Editing Combat Aircraft (section)

===Fighters===
Fighters are the predominant aircraft type in most air forces; they mainly engage other aircraft, though depending on their design, they may have some flexibility in their combat capabilities:

*'''Air Superiority''': These fighters are dedicated solely to fight enemy aircraft. As such, they have enhanced aerodynamic performance and will outmanuever other types of aircraft. This comes at the cost of a lack of ground-attack capability. Because they are more expensive to produce, and are used solely for taking airspace, most air forces use a limited number of these.
*'''Interceptor''': Also called point-defense fighter. They were a key defensive component of nuclear deterence back when long-range bombers where the only nuclear weapons platform. While they had limited range, they were extremely fast, and thus could intercept any aircraft that threatened their airspace. With the introduction of ICBMs, they were reduced to keeping out enemy spy aircraft, until ground-based SAMs made them obsolete entirely, the role having been folded into Air Superiority fighters when they don't carry Air-to-Ground ordnance, which is pretty much all the time.
*'''Multi-Role''': Most fighters today fall under this category. They are general all-rounders and can take both airborne and ground-based weaponry, depending on the mission profile. As technology improves, the once new Air Superiority fighters will eventually be upgraded for service as Multi-Role fighters (i.e. [[wikipedia:F-15 Strike Eagle|F-15 Strike Eagle]] & F-22 Raptor) to get more use out of the old generation.
*'''Strike Fighter''': A type of multi-role fighter that puts more emphasis on ground-attack strikes, probably not a dedicated platform but upgraded from last generation dedicated Multiroles to again get more use out of expensive gear.
*'''Fighter-Bomber''': A fighter that has been converted into dropping bombs, usually dropping ordnance at nearest available target of opportunity before returning to fighter mode. These have since been phased out as dedicated ground attack aircraft emerged.
*'''Heavy Fighter''': Usually twin engine frames used to carry loads of heavy machine guns or cannons to hunt down bombers and also carried bombs and rockets for ground attack. The design mostly ended up being used for long range missions like the P-38, as recon planes or as nights fighters equipped with radar in World War 2. Became obsolete after Korea like the Fighter-Bomber.
*'''UCAVs''': While still a few years off, Turkey's MIUS program has gotten production greenlight as the "Red Apple" and it seems to be the next big thing in air-to-air warfare.