Tactical bomber
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A tactical bomber is a bomber aircraft with an intended primary role of tactical bombing—attacking tactical targets, such as enemy's troops and military equipment. This implies that either aircraft's range or ordnance is insufficient to use it effectively as a strategic bomber.
All light bombers, and most of medium bombers fulfill tactical role. Most heavy bombers are strategic.
A variety of aircraft classes performed tactical bombings through the course of history, although they are usually described using more precise names: ground-attack aircraft, interdictor, dive bomber, light or medium bomber, and fighter aircraft (most notably fighter-bomber, strike fighter, multirole fighter subclasses). Examples of aircraft that could be accurately described as tactical bombers "by design" include the: Airco DH.4, Fairey Battle, B-25 Mitchell, B-26 Marauder, A-26 Invader, or more recently F-111 Aardvark, and F-117 Nighthawk.
