However, their bombers proved easy prey for the German day fighters.
The Air Force competition specified a day fighter with no strike capability.
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F7F-3 aircraft were produced in day fighter, night fighter and photo-reconnaissance versions.
However, as the F-84 was a day fighter only, its night alert was of limited use if necessary.
The Zerstörer was only to fly as a day fighter against unescorted formations.
The Crusader became a "day fighter" operating off the aircraft carriers.
In the 1950s, radar was fitted to day fighters, since pilots could no longer see far enough ahead to prepare for any opposition.
Farmers growing poppies in Taliban-controlled areas pay a tax to the insurgents, who then hire "day fighters."
A day fighter is a fighter aircraft equipped only to fight during the day.