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A tactical bomber is a relatively small aircraft used in the battle zone to attack troops and military equipment for tactical bombing.

Tactical bombers of note include:

World War II

• B-26 Marauder
• B-25 Mitchell

• DeHavilland Mosquito
• Hawker Typhoon

• Dornier Do 17
• Heinkel He 111
• Messerschmitt Bf 110
• Messerschmitt Me 410
• Henschel Hs 129
• Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
• Junkers Ju 88

• Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik
• Ilyushin Il-10
• Tupolev Tu-2
• Petlyakov Pe-2
• Petlyakov Pe-3

Korea

• F4U Corsair

Vietnam

• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17

• A-1 Skyraider
• F-105 Thunderchief
• F-4 Phantom
• A-6 Intruder

Angola (Angola, South Africa, Cuba)

• Dassault Mirage F1
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

• Sukhoi Su-17
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27

Iraq/Afghanistan

• A-10 Thunderbolt II
• F-16 Fighting Falcon
• Panavia Tornado
• Lockheed F-117

Chechnya

• Mikoyan MiG-29
• Sukhoi Su-24
• Sukhoi Su-25

[edit] See also

• Tactical bombing
• Strategic bomber