Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon WWII, masu jigilar jiragen sama suna ɗaukar nau'ikan jiragen sama guda uku: masu fashewar bama-bamai, waɗanda kuma za a iya amfani da su don fashewar bam na kwance na al'ada da kuma bincike; masu fashewar bama-bamai, waɗanda kuma ake amfani da su don bincike; da mayakan don kare rundunar jiragen ruwa da kuma aikin rakiyar bom. Saboda ƙuntataccen sarari a kan masu jigilar jiragen sama, waɗannan jiragen sama kusan koyaushe ƙananan ƙananan jirage ne masu amfani da injin guda ɗaya. Na farko na gaskiya na nuna ikon iska na jirgin ruwa shi ne nasarar Royal Navy a yakin Taranto.
a 1940, wanda ya shirya mataki don mafi girma da kuma shahararrun harin Japan a kan Pearl Harbor a shekara mai zuwa.