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  • ...he Royal Air Force and other allied forces, playing crucial roles from air defence to ground support across various theatres of the Cold War. <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m
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  • ..., the Firefly F Mk I is a Rank III aircraft situated early on in the Fleet Air Arm line. The distinctive feature of the Firefly Mk I is its characteristic <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m
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  • ...such as a chase or escape manoeuvres. Hurricanes are mostly flown as turn-fighters. Using as many energy conserving manoeuvres as you can, turn-fight opponent ...'t have that many options and typically you'll end up in a sort of turning defence. You can't really run and diving away isn't going to help you in most cases
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  • ...ally designed in 1940 as a carrier-borne fighter-interceptor for the Fleet Air Arm's B-37 specifications, which called for a long range, high performance, <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m
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  • <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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  • ...rly jets such as the F-80C and F-2H Banshee. The Hornet starts with an air defence fighter spawn. This allows the Hornet to climb to very high altitudes from <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m
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  • <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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  • <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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  • <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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  • <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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  • <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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  • <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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  • <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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  • <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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  • ...ll .30 cal machine guns. This will not help to ward off any pursuing enemy fighters and thus leaves the plane vulnerable to any other planes save for another h <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m
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  • ...campaign and the New Guinea campaign. It had an advantage over the Allied fighters such as the [[P-40 (Family)|P-40 ''Warhawk'']] and the [[F4F (Family)|F4F ' ...gement, as pursuing the enemy may expose the Zero to interception by other fighters. If faced with a Boom-N-Zoom attack, the pilot must avoid the enemy's fire
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  • ...allowed the Japan Air Self Defence Force in 1953. A year later, after the air force was established, they picked the F-86F to be their main fighter. 29 F <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m
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  • ...s of the Pacific War. It gained air superiority against Chinese and Soviet fighters, but was outperformed by newer Allied planes. The Ki-27 was also operated b <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m
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  • <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m ! Combat flaps !! Take-off flaps !! Landing flaps !! Air brakes !! Arrestor gear
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  • ...ximal speed. The single forward-mounted 7.7 mm in a wing could be used for defence as the Ki-32's manoeuvrability allows it to dictate the fight with monoplan <!-- ''Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the m
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