The competition in fighters is intense and growing.

He was a veteran command pilot with over seven thousand hours" flying time, all in tactical fighters.

They will outnumber us four or five to one in fighters.

At that time, he had more than 5,000 flying hours, with 4,500 of them in fighters.

"Bringing in hired fighters is not the answer necessarily," Smith said.

However the battle is also drawing in fighters from all sides.

His taste in fighters ran the same way.

This along with air blocking made air combat much more significant than in other fighters of the day.

He held operational jobs in air defense interceptors, tactical fighters and strategic bombers.

Synchronizing the Schwarzlose for use in fighters turned out to be a difficult engineering challenge.