The main ships of the U.S. Navy aircraft carriers are always ready not only to strike at the enemy, but also to reflect the Vietnam War revealed the limited capabilities of us carrier-based fighters for the conquest of the air. Assessing the first results, the management of the fleet air arm in 1965 has supported research of the company “Grumman” on the program of creating a multi-purpose carrier-based fighter and, having their priorities in this program, in July 1968, officially declared the competition for carrier-based fighter-interceptor VFX (Variable Geometry Fighter Experimental). Their proposals presented to the company “Grumman”, the “North American”. “McDonnell-Douglas, General dynamics and Ling-Temko-out”.
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In 1933 A. N. Tupolev proposed to make the Soviet analogue of “Martin”. He undertook this task, but decided it differently. His ANT-40 in no way resembled an American bomber. For maximum speed the fuselage is very compressed, completely abandoned corrugated cladding and outer charms of bombs.
In 1933, after the purchase by the Soviet Union license on 760 HP engine “Islamo-Suiza” 12ybrs. N. N Polikarpov again returned to the idea of creating a fighter with a liquid-cooled engine. The planned armament of two synchronised ShKAS machine guns and two promising guns ShVAK (nonsynchronous) caliber 20 mm. To achieve high speed, the fuselage is compressed to the limit, causing the cockpit was very cramped. Flight tests of the first instance And-17 began in the fall of 1934, but due to the identified deficiencies was short-lived. 
SB was briefly the fastest bomber in the world. In June 1936 in the UK launched the “Blenheim” at about 30 km/h. This aircraft was created initially as a high-speed passenger type “142”, which had the engines “mercury”. But under the influence of his high flight data military was required to remake the car into a bomber. Prototype combat “type 142M” building did not immediately proceed to the serial production. 
In the early 1930s in the US, the bombers appeared a new generation of high – speed twin-engined all-metal cantilever monoplanes with retractable landing gear. At the rate they are ahead of the then fighters-biplanes. The most successful was Martin 139.
Japanese seaplane E14Y. The first production Е9W1 hydroplanes equipped with boats I-7 and I-8, after which in 1937 the serial production of these aircraft continued. Just released 32 Е9W1 instance, the majority of which were operated on submarines for six years or more. A submarine with a seaplane on Board participated in intelligence operations in the China sea during the blockade of China.
Etendard — his predecessors and successors. iavlenie nuclear weapons not only changed the balance of power in the world, but also determined the path of development of military aviation in the first five years after the Second world war. A priority for the countries possessing nuclear weapons was the creation of the heavy bombers to deliver nuclear bombs, and fighters to escort their bombers destruction of others.
After Sukhoi in an unspoken competition to build aircraft of the battlefield joined OKB S. V. Ilyushin. The main difference between the Il-102, su-25 table a second cockpit for the gunner. The aircraft has ejection seats K-36L pilot and K-36L-102 from air gunner. The main landing gear retracted on the fairings under the wing.
The MiG-27 with a laser sighting system “Kyra” based on fighter-bomber MiG-23БК. In contrast to the predecessor, the air intakes have become unregulated. The first flight took place in 1975, the MiG-27K was one of the first carriers of high-precision weapons of missile of class “air — ground” with a television (KH-29T) and laser (KH-29L, KH-25ML) targeting systems, as well as corrected bombs KAB-500L and KAB-500KR. To combat enemy radar intended for the KH-27PS (X-25МП). 
The history of the MiG-15 began after the Soviet trade representatives in 1946, Britain was able to purchase from the company a Rolls-Royce turbojet engine the most advanced of its time Derwent 5 with a thrust of 1,590 kg, Nene I with a thrust of 2040 kg and Nene II with traction 2270 kg. In the USSR, these engines received the designation RD-500, RD-45 and RD-45F, respectively. After that, it became possible to create a fighter with a flight speed of about 1000 km/h and a ceiling in excess of 13 000 m.