Tactical bomber

Tactical bomber

A tactical bomber is a relatively small aircraft used in the battle zone to attack troops and military equipment for tactical bombing.

Tactical bombers of note include:

;World War II
* B-26 Marauder
* B-25 Mitchell

* DeHavilland Mosquito
* Hawker Typhoon

* Dornier Do 17
* Heinkel He 111
* Messerschmitt Bf 110
* Messerschmitt Me 410
* Henschel Hs 129
* Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka"
* Junkers Ju 88

* Ilyushin_Il-2 "Sturmovik"
* Ilyushin Il-10
* Tupolev Tu-2
* Petlyakov Pe-2
* Petlyakov Pe-3

;Korea
* F4U Corsair

;Vietnam
* Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
* Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

* A-1 Skyraider
* F-105 Thunderchief
* F-4 Phantom
* A-6 Intruder

;Angola (Angola, South Africa, Cuba)
* Dassault Mirage F1
* Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
* Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23

;Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
* Sukhoi Su-17
* Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
* Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27

;Iraq/Afghanistan
* A-10 Thunderbolt II
* F-16 Fighting Falcon
* Panavia Tornado
* Lockheed F-117

;Chechnya
* Mikoyan MiG-29
* Sukhoi Su-24
* Sukhoi Su-25

ee also

* Tactical bombing
* Strategic bomber


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