Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A farkon WWII, masu jigilar jiragen sama suna dauke da nau'ikan jiragen sama guda uku: masu fashewar bama-bamai, wadanda kuma za a iya amfani da su don fashewar bam na kwance na al'ada da kuma bincike; masu fashewar bama-bamai, wadanda kuma ake amfani da su don bincike; da kuma mayakan don kare rundunar jiragen ruwa da kuma aikin rakiyar bama-bamai. 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 nuni na sojan ruwa iska ikon shi ne nasara na Royal Navy a
Yaƙin Taranto a 1940, wanda ya shirya fagen don mafi girma da kuma shahararren harin Japan a kan Pearl Harbor a shekara mai zuwa.