Howard Hsu

Computers 8

December 2010

Table of Contents

Fighter Jets in Combat American Fighter Jets Flying Speed Records Weapons and Abilities Top 5 Fighter Jets

Fighter Jets in Combat

Military aircraftAir-to-Air combat Bombing ground forcesProvides air-support

Key point of victory

American Fighter Jets

Fighter F-15 Eagle & F-22 Raptor

Lightweight F-104 Starfighter & F-16 Viper

Navy F-4 Phantom & F-14 Tomcat

Strike Fighter F-111 Aardvark & F-117 Nighthawk

All equipped with heavy weapons

F-15 Weapons and Abilities

Excellent close and medium range combat Falcon machine guns Short-Range sidewinder missiles Medium-Range sparrow missiles Extreme manoeuvring skills

Flying Speed Records

Record Jet Speed World Record MiG-25 Foxbat 2115

mph

USA Fighter F-15 Eagle 1875 mph

Seaplane MC-72 440 mph

Strategic Bomber F-111 Aardvark 1850 mph

Heavy Bomber Tupolev Tu-160 1380 mph

Top 5 Fighter Jets

Jet Cost

1.) F-22 Raptor ($137.7 Million)

2.) F-18 Hornet ($57 Million)

3.) F-16 Falcon ($14.6 Million)

4.) F-15 Eagle ($27.9 Million)

5.) F-14 Tomcat ($38 Million)

Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WFighter_his.png http://www.aviationtrivia.info/THE-100-FASTEST-AIRCRAFT.php http://www.flightsimbooks.com/jfs/page31.php http://www.gunslot.com/blog/top-active-united-states-military-fighter-jets