A common type of combat spacecraft designed to be small and fast, and often manned by a single pilot. Frequent in many science fiction works.

For a real life jet fighter, see F-104 Starfighter.

Notable examples

• Colonial viper (Battlestar Galactica)
• Variable Fighter (Macross series)
• Cosmo Falcon (Space Battleship Yamato)
• Cosmo Tiger (Space Battleship Yamato)
• Cosmo Zero (Space Battleship Yamato)
• TIE Fighter (Star Wars)
• X-wing (Star Wars)

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