Multirole combat aircraft

United States Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs, fifth-generation multirole stealth fighters

A multirole combat aircraft (MRCA) is a combat aircraft intended to perform different roles in combat.[1] These roles can include air to air combat, air support, aerial bombing, reconnaissance, electronic warfare, and suppression of air defenses.

  1. ^ "multirole"; Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. Military-Dictionary.org. Cambridge Dictionary only list "multirole", and not "multi-role".