The Way the Warplane Revolutionized Warfare and its Advancements Today
The warplane is key in winning wars; if you control the skies you can cause massive damage on the ground. There have been many great stories of combat pilots and their planes since the warplane was first created. Today, to be the superior air force, you need the newest and best technology. The warplane changed warfare forever by making a whole new battle field, the sky.

World War 1 After a year of fighting in Europe during the heat of World War 1; countries realized they needed a game changer. Germany’s idea was the warplane. Oswald Block was one of the first fighter pilots for the Germans and he had the first operative flight with the Fokker Eindecker plane. The plane had two fontal machine guns that were timed to shoot between each blade of the propeller. The Allies quickly realized the warplanes importance and came up with their own to stop the Fokker’s destruction. The invention of the warplane came only a decade after the Wright brothers had their first flight. …show more content…
This created pilot aces (an ace is someone who has shot down multiple aircraft) and led to some of the war’s most famous heroes and villains. Though there was not much fame that came with this, bombers could go long ranges and strike more accurately. Germany found, after light bombers were unsuccessful, that “the bigger the better.” Germany built bombers so large to bomb London that they were actually bigger than the ones they used in World War 2. Towards the end of the war Germany came up with aircraft technology that was much more advanced than the allies but the allies out produced the starving German