Fighters

Designed for maneuvering engagements, these aircraft offer the greatest variety of tactics to use. Fighters are divided into the following groups according to nation, design school, and the ways in which they can be employed in battle: (1) aircraft for vertical combat ("boom-n-zoomers"), aircraft for horizontal combat (turnfighters) and multi-role aircraft that are superior to turnfighters in dynamics and to boom-and-zoomers in maneuverability.

Fighters are nimble and fast aircraft that employ strong engines and light airframes to get the maximum flight performance. Their purpose is to gain air superiority and fight other aircraft. Fighters differ greatly among each other; a German high-altitude fighter may concentrate on speed and firepower, while a Soviet low-altitude aircraft's strengths lie in its ability to turnfight and stay on the enemy's tail.

Air defense aircraft also come in a light version, again displayed as a rhombus. This will be red for ADAs defending enemy bases, blue for ADAs defending your own bases and white for ADAs guarding bases that are not yet captured. Both neutral and enemy ADAs will attack you, killing them will result in capture points.

Light ADAs will be aircraft of the group displayed below. There are set choices for each battle tier.

Fighters appear as solid green or red rhombus on the mini-map and over target marker.

American

II

Curtiss P-23

II

Curtiss XP-31

III

Brewster F2A-1 Buffalo

III

Curtiss Hawk 75M

III

Boeing YP-29

IV

Seversky 2PA

IV

Curtiss Model 81A-1

IV

Curtiss P-36 Hawk

IV

Curtiss P-36C Hawk

IV

Grumman XF4F-3

IV

Curtiss XP-36F Hawk

V

Bell XFL-1 Airabonita

V

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

V

Bell XP-77

V

Chance-Vought XF4U-1

VI

Bell P-39N-1 Airacobra

VI

North American P-51A Mustang

VI

Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender

VII

North American P-51D Mustang

VIII

Curtiss XF15C

VIII

North American P-51H Mustang

VIII

P-80A Shooting Star

IX

Vought F6U Pirate

IX

North American FJ-1 Fury

IX

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin

X

North American F-86A Sabre

British

II

Bristol Bulldog

III

Bristol Type 133

III

Hawker P.V.3

III

Supermarine Type 224

IV

Bristol Type 146

IV

Fairey Fantome

IV

Hawker Hurricane Mk. Ia

V

CAC CA-12 Boomerang

V

Miles M.20

V

Supermarine Spitfire I

V

Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia

V

Vickers Venom

VI

North American Mustang Mk.I

VI

North American Mustang IA

VI

Supermarine Spitfire V

VI

Supermarine Spitfire Vb IM

VI

Supermarine Spitfire Vb

VII

Gloster Meteor F. I

VII

Supermarine Spitfire IX

VIII

Supermarine Spitfire XIV

VIII

De Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.1

IX

Supermarine Attacker

X

Supermarine Swift

German

II

Arado Ar 67

II

Arado Ar 68

II

Focke-Wulf Fw 56 Stosser

II

Heinkel He 51

III

Arado Ar 80

III

Focke-Wulf Fw 159

IV

Messerschmitt Bf 109 B

IV

Heinkel He 112

V

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E Emil

V

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3

V

Messerschmitt Me 209 V4

V

Heinkel He 100 D-1

VI

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F Friedrich

VI

Supermarine Spitfire V DB 605

VII

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G Gustav

VIII

Messerschmitt Me 209 A

VIII

Horten Ho 229

VIII

Focke-Wulf Ta 152

IX

Messerschmitt Me P.1092

IX

Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein

X

Focke-Wulf Fw 252

X

Messerschmitt Me P.1101

Soviet

II

TsKB I-7

III

Polikarpov I-15bis DM-2

III

Polikarpov TsKB-12bis

IV

Polikarpov I-153 DM-4

IV

Polikarpov I-153P DM-4

IV

Polikarpov I-17

V

Polikarpov I-180-3

V

Ilyushin I-21 (TsKB-32)

V

Lavochkin LaGG-3

V

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3

V

Yakovlev Yak-1

VI

Mikoyan-Gurevich I-210

VI

Lavochkin La-5

VI

Bell P-39Q-15 Airacobra

VI

Yakovlev Yak-1M

VII

Mikoyan-Gurevich I-220

VII

Kostikov 302

VII

Lavochkin La-7

VII

Lavochkin La-9RD

VII

Yakovlev Yak-3

VII

Yakovlev Yak-3RD

VII

Yakovlev Yak-3T

VIII

Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250

VIII

Lavochkin La-11

VIII

Lavochkin La-9

VIII

Yakovlev Yak-15

IX

Lavochkin La-160

IX

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9

IX

Yakovlev Yak-19

X

Lavochkin La-15

X

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis

X

Yakovlev Yak-30

Chinese

II

Curtiss Hawk II

III

Breda Ba.27 Metallico

IV

Nakajima Ki-43-Ic

V

Curtiss Tomahawk IIb

VII

North American P-51K Mustang

VIII

Shenyang JL-1A-37

Japanese

II

Nakajima A4N

II

Kawasaki Ki-10

II

Kawasaki Ki-5

II

Nakajima Ki-8

III

Mitsubishi A5M

III

Mitsubishi Ki-18

III

Nakajima Ki-27

III

Mitsubishi Ki-33

IV

Mitsubishi A6M1 Zero

IV

Nakajima Ki-43-I Hayabusa

V

Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero

V

Mitsubishi A6M3 (experimental)

V

Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa

VI

Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero

VI

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien

VI

Kawasaki Ki-88

VII

Mitsubishi A7M Reppu

VII

Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate

VIII

Mitsubishi J8M Shusui

VIII

Tachikawa Ki-94-II

IX

Tachikawa Ki-162-I

X

Tachikawa Ki-162-III

French

II

Blériot-SPAD S.510

IV

Caudron-Renault C.714

V

Arsenal-Delanne AD 10C2

Czech

III

Avia B-534

III

Avia Bk-534