Yet the Air Force is scheduled to buy 2,200 short-range tactical aircraft in the coming decades, and zero bombers.
This type of airstair is found on many short-range aircraft such as Boeing 737s, DC-9s, and some Airbus A320 series aircraft.
The new carriers allowed military forces to transport short-range aircraft all over the world.
The Photographic Squadrons were largely equipped with short-range second-line aircraft from the 1930s.
The Me 323 was also a short-range aircraft, with a typical range (loaded) of 1,000-1,200 km (620-750 mi).
T.W.A. is also expected to buy an undisclosed number of Airbus A318's, which are short-range aircraft that Boeing's European rival is developing to compete with the 717.
The Bristol Type 200 was a proposal for a short-range aircraft by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1956.
The short-range aircraft were launched off the escort aircraft carrier HMS Premier.
Earlier, the company had cut production of its best-selling short-range aircraft, the 737, by 33 percent, to 14 planes a month from 21.
Both companies want to build a short-range aircraft that the Chinese call a Trunkliner.
