AVIATION HISTORY

Lecture 10: Military Aviation

By: Zuliana Ismail, 2010

What is Military Aviation??

 Military aviation is used to attack or

defend a country through the sky.

 There are many types of military aircraft.

 What are the common types?

Categories of Military Aviation
 Bombers
 Bombers are normally larger,
heavier, and less maneuverable
(moving) than fighter aircraft.
 They are capable of carrying large
payloads of bombs.
 Designed primarily to attack ground
targets by dropping bombs.
 Example : B-2 Spirit, have stealth
capabilities that keep them from
being detected by enemy radar.
B-2 Spirit,
Fighter aircraft
 Fighters are fast, highly
maneuverable, and capable of
destroying enemy aircraft and
ground targets.
MiG-29.
 They are capable of carrying a
variety of weapons, including
machine guns and guided missiles.
 Designed primarily for attacking
other aircraft from a great distance,
before the enemy even sees them.
 Examples of air-superiority fighters
include the F-22 Raptor and the
MiG-29. F-22 Raptor
Reconnaissance aircraft
 Reconnaissance aircraft are primarily used to gather
intelligence (collect information).
 They are equipped with photographic, infrared, radar,
and television sensors.
 Reconnaissance aircraft are normally the fastest aircraft
in the military, an example being the SR-71 Blackbird.
 Mach No: 3.3
 Service Ceiling 85’000ft

SR-71 Blackbird
 Multirole aircraft
 Many aircraft today have a
multirole ability.
 Can be a fighter or a bomber,
depending on what the
mission calls.
 Operable at night and in all
weather.
 An example of a multirole
plane is the F/A-18 Hornet-
an aircraft capable of attacking
both ground and aerial targets. F/A-18 Hornet-
Royal Malaysian Air Force
(RMAF)
 Royal Malayan Air Force (Tentera Udara
Diraja Persekutuan).
 Today, the RMAF operates a unique mix
of modern US, European and Russian
made aircraft.
 (RMAF) operates some 80 combat aircraft
such as Hawks, MiG-29N, F/A-18D
Hornets and Sukhoi Su-30MKM.
 Altogether, RMAF has about 200 aircraft
of various makes.
 Military Aircraft operated by Royal
Malaysian Air Force (RMAF)

Multirole aircraft
Sukhoi-30

Hawk

Four TUDM F/A-18 Hornet A TUDM Mig-29 Fighter Pilatus PC-7

Multirole aircraft Trainer Aircraft