20 turbo fan-turbojet engines which can reach speeds up to Mach 2. One of the best recent advances has been in the area of flight guidance and control such as the pilotless plane or drone. The Firebee is a pilotless plane that can be controlled by ground, plane, or by a computer. It can fly following a preset courseand return. Another advance is vertical takeoff. It is a big advantage when anairplane can land and takeoff almost anywhere. The British were the first to design it, but we built prototypes right away. With the advance of stealth technology, radar avoidance has become very important. If the enemy doesn't know you are coming then they won't even know what hit them if we want to attack them. When Donald Rice said, "Stealth saves lives, money, and does the job better" (Goodall 10), he was right. Operation Dessert Storm showed us that. With the many advances of military aircraft, it has become a main and effective part of war in recent years....
