It was one of the first attempts at a faster pursuit aircraft using the monoplane configuration.
He argued strongly for pursuit aircraft in combination with bombers.
This work took place without any protective support from accompanying pursuit aircraft.
It was also the first mass-produced bomber whose performance was superior to that of the Army's pursuit aircraft of the time.
Carrying a crew of two, it was as fast as the standard pursuit aircraft in service at the time.
Then he heard the sound of a pursuit aircraft.
Swanson knew how the designs would be gotten out: a string of pursuit aircraft flying up the coastal bases under diplomatic cover.
Because of his lower rank, he was in no position to challenge the bomber mafia, and instead strove to work around their restrictions on pursuit aircraft.
Armed with this information, ground controllers guided pursuit aircraft to the objective.
The U.S. Army called their fighters "pursuit" aircraft from 1916 until the late 1940s.