5 Aircraft That Still Play A Key Role In US Defense Strategy

Most countries call their militaries defense forces, and they frame offensive actions against other nations as defense. Basically, every country, throughout modern history, that invades another will say it is acting in self-defense. US military aircraft are unique in the world for the scale to which they deploy overseas, often to help defend allies such as those in Europe or East Asia. The US likes to describe this as forward defense. However, for this article, the actual defense of the US homeland and its airspace will be emphasized.