For anecdote the word plane comes from the Latin which means bird.

Historically the fighter plane called also hunter appeared during the First World War to be able to cut down the enemy planes.

During the second world war the fighter plan became an essential element because it allowed a domination at the air level what ensured already a future victory.
The first hunters powerful were those of German; they were called Messerschmitt 262 in the same line there were F-86 Sabredes American and the Migones.
Russian.

Today in terms of reliability, equipment? etc the hunter is equipped with a powerful radar to detect any potential target around him. And it is also equipped with electronic countermeasures.
Moreover it has extremely powerful weapons like air-to-air missiles since the Fifties.

There are 65 apparatuses indexed in the Fighter plans category:
Oldest is Mig-15 of Russian origin and young person is F-35 Ligtning II (Joint Strike Fighter) of American origin which will leave in 2013.

F-35 is a relatively light apparatus (20 tons in order of combat) and competitive in price (between 60 and 100 million dollars according to the estimates and the alternatives), whose production should reach more than 3000 specimens. Although it is in the beginning an American program, many foreign countries are implied financially and technically in its development; these countries are, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Australia, and Turkey. To a lesser extent Singapore, but especially Israel is interested, the Hebrew State wishing to acquire 100 specimens