Military Aircraft and Wars

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War, war never changes. Or does it? Throughout time, people have been searching for more and more to make their military prowess bigger and better. One of these emergences was the warplane. It came to battle just over 100 years ago, and has completely altered the scope of warfare. From its slow start to its permanent place that it holds now, the plane has become a legend of the battlefield, an either terrifying or comforting sight. The plane has foreseen a lot of change in itself throughout its time, and likely will in the future, but if there is one thing for sure, it is that the world has adapted to it.
The place of aircraft in the military dates back to 1911. That year in a war between Italy and Turkey, Italy had the bright idea to utilize aviation technology to further their campaign by dropping grenades from a monoplane of theirs (Unikoski). Once the First World War broke out, about a decade after the exodus of planes as an invention, the role of planes in the world changed drastically. Every side of the war caught on to this rising phenomenon, with things like France’s 140 aircraft at the beginning of the war becoming something near 4,500 at the end being commonplace (Unikoski). Still, warplane technology was primitive. It did not take until World War II for planes to really revolutionize within and of themselves. Countries began to implement smart aerodynamics, durable, efficient, and effective materials, and weapons that were powerful and accurate to gain an advantage in the new war (Fighter). The plane also started to take on reconnaissance roles during this time. The results of this refined attention to detail were immediate and cemented the planes’ role in warfare. More improvements took place between then and the mode...

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... advanced technology enough to produce the aircraft needed to match up with and even surpass their opponents strength and strategy on the battlefield.

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