Military aviation

Military aviation is the design, development and use of military aircraft and other flying machines to conduct or enable aerial warfare. It includes national airlift capacity that supplies forces stationed in a war theater or along a front. Airpower encompasses a nation's means of conducting this warfare, including transport and warcraft. Military aircraft include bombers, fighters, transports, trainers and reconnaissance aircraft.

Purpose

Conducting or enabling aerial warfare

Airlift role

Logistical supply to forces in a war theater or along a front

Aircraft types

Bombers, fighters, transports, trainers and reconnaissance aircraft