The CL-41G model supplied to Malaysia was built as a ground-attack aircraft.

Su-7B and its variants became the main Soviet ground-attack aircraft of the 1960s.

Advanced jet trainer and light ground-attack aircraft.

They also functioned as light ground-attack aircraft in the support of advancing Japanese ground troops.

"You can't fight a guerrilla war with missiles, bombers or even ground-attack aircraft," a Western diplomat said.

Furthermore the shortage of ground-attack aircraft in 1941 forced it into that role as well, for which it was totally unsuited.

It also served as a ground-attack aircraft, especially near the end of the conflict, when it was outclassed in the air-to-air role by newer fighters.

The P-40 offered the additional advantage of low cost, which kept it in production as a ground-attack aircraft long after it was obsolete as a fighter.

Although ostensibly remaining a ground-attack aircraft like the A-10, in both the cartoon and comic book the Rattler was often depicted more as a fighter.

The aircraft types can include advanced trainers, ground-attack aircraft, transports and helicopters.