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An A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-86 Sabre, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fly in formation

during an air show at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The formation displays three

generations of Air Force aircraft - three of them fighters

A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking otheraircraft, as

opposed to abomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping

bombs. Fighters are comparatively small, fast, and maneuverable. They were developed

in response to the fledgling use of aircraft and dirigibles in World War Ifor

reconnaissance and ground attack roles. These early fighters were mostly woodenbiplanes with light machine guns. As aerial warfare became increasingly important, so

did control of the airspace. By World War II, fighters were predominantly metal

monoplanes with wing-mounted cannon. Following the war,turbojets replaced piston

engines as the means of propulsion, and missiles augmented or replaced guns. For

historical purposes, jet fighters are classified by generation. The generation terminology
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was initiated by Russian defense parlance in referring to the F-35 Lightning II as a "fifth

generation" plane. Years are not exact and intended as a guideline. Modern jet fighters

are predominantly powered by one or two turbofan engines, armed primarily with

missiles (from as few as two on some lightweight day fighters to as many as eight to ten

on air superiority fighters like the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet orF-15 Eagle), with a cannonas backup armament (typically between 20 and 30mm in calibre), and equipped with a

radar as the primary method of target acquisition.

Fighter aircraft are the primary means by which armed forces gain air superiority. At

least since World War II, air superiority has a crucial component of victory in most

modern warfare, particularly "conventional" warfare between regular armies, and their

acquisition and maintenance represent a very substantial proportion of military budgets in

militaries that maintain modern fighter forces.

Contents

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1 Prop-powered fighters

o 1.1 World War I

o 1.2 1919-1938

o 1.3 World War II

2 Jet-powered fighterso 2.1 First generation jet fighters (1944-1953)

o 2.2 Second generation (1953-1960)

o 2.3 Third generation (1960-1970)

o 2.4 Fourth generation (1970-1990)

o 2.5 Generation 4.5 (1990-Present)

o 2.6 Generation 5

3 See also

4 External links[edit]

Prop-powered fighters

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World War I

A Sopwith Camel 2F1 bi-plane at the Imperial War Museum in London.

Combat between aircraft has its origins in encounters between opposing scout aircraftearly in World War I. Since early scout aircraft were unarmed, early encounters between

opposing scouts were peacefulpilots would often wave to one another as they passed

by. Crafty pilots attempted to bring down their counterparts in a manner of amateur ways,

including grappling hooks, small arms, and grenades. As militaries realized the

importance of aerial reconnaissance by aircraft and dirigibles, they also realized the

importance of arming aircraft to destroy enemy scouts. One early solution was to mount a

swiveling machine gun for the backseater or a forward-facing machine gun on the top

wing to clear the propeller. In the case of the Vickers F.B.5 Gunbus of 1915 the propellor

was behind the cockpit and the machine gun had a unobstructed forward arc. There was

no easy solution for the single seater aircraft; a top wing mounted machine gun being

difficult to aim and reload. The central obstacle was firing a machine gun through the arc

of the propeller without hitting the blades. French aviatorRoland Garros's solution was to

fit deflector plates to his propellers where the machinegun would strike. This was an

imperfect solution as the plates could not withstand repeated fire. A copy eventually

ended up in German hands after a prototype crashed in German territory. Inspired by this,

Anthony Fokker's team invented the more reliable interrupter gear, which enabled the

widespread design of single-seat fighters.

Notable aircraft: (with year of introduction)
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Fokker Dr.I replica at theILA 2006, the "Red Baron" triplane

Vickers F.B.5 (1915)

- One of the firstpurpose-built fighter

aircraft.

Nieuport

Rumpler Taube

Fokker: Fokker

Eindecker(1915)

Fokker Dr.I (1917)

Fokker D.VII

SPAD S.XIII, or

"Spad" (1917)

Sopwith Camel

(1917)

Royal Aircraft

Factory S.E.5 (1917)

Albatros D.III (1916)

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1919-1938
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biplane

fighter and

widely used

in North

Africao Gloster

Gladiator-

operated in

the

Mediterranea

nduring

World War II

o Hawker Fury

- served in

Spanish Civil

War

Monoplanes

o Boeing P-26

Peashooter

o F2A

Brewster

Buffaloo Polikarpov I-

16

o PZL P.11

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World War II
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A Supermarine Spitfire.

Aerial combat formed an important part of World War II military doctrine. The ability of

aircraft to locate, harass, and interdict ground forces was an instrumental part of the

German combined-arms doctrine, and their inability to seize air superiority over Britainrendered an invasion infeasible. Erwin Rommel noted the effect of airpower with the

following quote: "Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against

an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European

troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success."

Fighter aircraft of the second world war featured all the innovations of the 1930s. Piston-

engined fighters continued to be refined and developed with increasing performance and

capabilities, up until the advent ofjet aircraft such as the Messerschmitt Me 262 and

Gloster Meteor. Many of these fighters would do over 400 mph (600 km/h) in level

flight, and were fast enough in a dive that they started encountering the transonic

buffeting experienced near the speed of sound, occasionally breaking up in flight due to

the heavy load placed on an aircraft near the so-called "sound barrier". Dive brakes were

developed late in World War II to minimize these problems and restore control to the

pilots.

Radar, invented shortly prior to World War II, was fitted to some fighters, such as the

Messerschmitt Bf 110 and Northrop P-61 Black Widow to enable them to locate targetsat night. Another innovation of this period was the strike fighter. Short on aircraft,

Marines in the Pacific bolted bomb racks on to theirF4U Corsairs. This proved a

versatile concept, as the fighters were able to fight enemy fighters once they had relieved

themselves of their bombload.

Notable Aircraft:
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Focke-Wulf Fw 190 France

o Bloch

MB.150

o Dewoitine

D.520

o Morane-

Saulnier

M.S.406

Germany

o Messerschmit

t Bf 109

o Messerschmit

t Bf 110

o Focke-Wulf

Fw 190

o Messerschmit

t Me 163o Messerschmit

t Me 262

o Heinkel He

100

o Heinkel He

112

o Heinkel He

162

Italy

o Macchi

C.200

o Macchi

C.202
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch_MB.150http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch_MB.150http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewoitine_D.520http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewoitine_D.520http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_M.S.406http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_M.S.406http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_M.S.406http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_100http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_100http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_112http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_112http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_162http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_162http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.200http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.200http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.202http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.202http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FW190-D9.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FW190-D9.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch_MB.150http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch_MB.150http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewoitine_D.520http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewoitine_D.520http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_M.S.406http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_M.S.406http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_M.S.406http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_190http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_100http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_100http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_112http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_112http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_162http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_162http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.200http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.200http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.202http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.202


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o Macchi

C.205

o Fiat G.55

o Fiat G.50

Japano Kawanishi

N1K-J

o Nakajima Ki-

43

o Nakajima Ki-

44

o Nakajima Ki-

84o Kawasaki Ki-

61

o Kawasaki Ki-

100

o Mitsubishi

Zero

o Mitsubishi

J2M

Romaniao IAR-80

Yakovlev Yak-9

Soviet Union

o Yakovlev

Yak-9o Yakovlev

Yak-3

o Yakovlev

Yak-1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.205http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.205http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.55http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.50http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K-Jhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K-Jhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-44http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-44http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-61http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-61http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-100http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-100http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Zerohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Zerohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_J2Mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_J2Mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAR-80http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Yak_9_1.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Yak_9_1.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.205http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_C.205http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.55http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_G.50http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K-Jhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawanishi_N1K-Jhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-44http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-44http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-84http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-61http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-61http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-100http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-100http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Zerohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Zerohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_J2Mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_J2Mhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAR-80http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-1


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o Lavochkin

LaGG-3

o Lavochkin

La-5

o LavochkinLa-7

o Mikoyan-

Gurevich

MiG-3

United Kingdom

o Supermarine

Spitfire

o Hawker

Hurricane

o Hawker

Typhoon

o Hawker

Tempest

o De Havilland

Mosquito

o Gloster

Meteor United States

P-51 Mustang

o Grumman

F4F Wildcat

o Vought F4U

Corsair

o Grumman

F6F Hellcat

o CurtissP-36

Hawk
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o Lockheed P-

38 Lightning

o BellP-39

Airacobra

o Curtiss P-40o Republic P-

47

Thunderbolt

o North

American P-

51 Mustang

o BellP-63

Kingcobra

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Jet-powered fighters

[edit]

First generation jet fighters (1944-1953)

Me 262 A-1a circa 1944

The first generation represents the first attempts at using turbojets for propulsion,

providing greatly increased speed (the efficiency of piston-driven propellers drops off

considerably at transsonic speeds). Many of these early jets resembled their piston-drivencounterparts in several ways. Many were straight-winged aircraft armed primarily with

cannon; radar was not yet in common usage except on specialized night fighters.

The first jets were developed during World War II and saw combat in its last year.

Messerschmitt developed the first operational jet fighter, the Me 262. It was considerably

faster than piston-driven aircraft, and in the hands of a competent pilot, was practically
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untouchable. Due to German fuel shortages, however, it saw little use. Nevertheless the

plane indicated the obsolescence of piston-driven aircraft. Spurred by reports of the

German jets, Britain'sGloster Meteorentered production soon after and the two entered

service around the same time in 1944. By the end of the war almost all work on piston

powered fighters had ended. Mixed-propulsion designs such as the Ryan FR Fireball sawbrief use, but by the end of the 1940s virtually all new combat aircraft were jet-powered.

Despite the advantages, the early jet fighters were far from perfect. Their operational

lifespans could be measured primarily in hours; the engines themselves were fragile and

bulky, and power could be adjusted only slowly. Innovations such as swept wings,ejector

seats, and all-moving tailplanes were introduced in this period.

Notable aircraft:

Germany

o Heinkel He

280 the

world's first

jet powered

fighter(protot

ype only).

o Messerschmit

t Me 262

the first

operational

jet powered

fighter

aircraft.

o Heinkel He

162 second

jet enginedfighter

aircraft to be

fielded by the

Luftwaffe
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o Arado Ar 234

The world's

first

operational

jet poweredbomber.

o Horten Ho

229 also

known as the

Horten Ho

IX orGotha

Go 229, a

flying wingwith turbojet

engines.

France

o Dassault

Ouragan

o Dassault

Mystre IV

Soviet Union

A MiG-15 inPolish markings.

o Mikoyan-

Gurevich

MiG-15
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o Mikoyan-

Gurevich

MiG-17

o Lavochkin

La-15 Sweden

o Saab Tunnan

United Kingdom

o de Havilland

Vampire

o Hawker

Hunter

o Gloster

Javelin

o Gloster

Meteor

United States

o Lockheed P-

80 Shooting

Star

o North

American F-86 Sabre

o NorthropF-

89J Scorpion

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Second generation (1953-1960)

A "second generation" North American F-100 Super Sabre. This was the first American

jet aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight.
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The second generation describes the integration of many new technologies to greatly

improve the fighting capability of the jet fighter. The introduction of guided missiles such

as the AIM-9 Sidewinderand AIM-7 Sparrow moved combat to beyond visual range

(though it often devolved into dogfights in visual range), necessitating the standardization

of radar to acquire targets. Designers experimented with a variety of aeronauticalinnovations, such as the swept wing,delta wing, variable-geometry wings, and area ruled

fuselages. With the aid of swept wing, these were the first production aircraft to break the

sound barrier.

The primary specializations of this era were the fighter-bomber(such as the F-105 and

the Sukhoi Su-7), and the interceptor (English Electric LightningandF-104 Starfighter).

The interceptor was an outgrowth of the vision that guided missiles would completely

replace guns and combat would take place at beyond visual range. As a result,

interceptors were designed with a large missile payload and a powerful radar, sacrificing

agility in favor of speed and rate of climb.

Notable aircraft:

Canada

o Avro Arrow

France

o Dassault

tendard IV

India

o HAL HF-24

Marut

Sweden

o Saab Draken

Soviet Union

o Mikoyan-

GurevichMiG-21

o Mikoyan-

Gurevich

MiG-19

United Kingdom
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o English

Electric

Lightning

o De Havilland

Sea Vixeno Gloster

Javelin

United States

o Chance-

VoughtF-8

Crusader

o Grumman F-

11 Tigero Republic F-

105

Thunderchief

o Lockheed F-

104

Starfighter

o ConvairF-

102 Delta

Daggero ConvairF-

106 Delta

Dart

o North

American F-

100 Super

Sabre

[edit]

Third generation (1960-1970)
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A third generation F-4 Phantom II.

A Soviet 3d generation MiG-25.

The third generation is marked by maturity in the innovations introduced in the first

generation. At this time aeronautical development approached maturity, and growth in

combat capability grew via the introduction of improved missiles, radar, and other

avionics. Most significantly, as a result of combat experience with guided missiles,

designers conceded that combat could and would degenerate into close dogfights. Guns

again became standard, and maneuverability was once again a priority.

These innovations, while greatly improving the capabilities of fighters (the F-4 could

carry a payload greater than the B-24 Liberator, a World War II heavy bomber), also

came at a considerable increase at cost. Whereas militaries had previously specialized

fighters for specific roles, such as night fighter, heavy fighter and strike fighter, in order

to counter the growing cost of fighters, militaries began to consolidate missions. The

McDonnell F-4 Phantom II was designed as a pure interceptor for the United States

Navy, but became a highly successful multi-role aircraft for the Air Force, Navy and

Marine Corps as well as many other nations. It is the only combat aircraft to be

simultaneously flown by all three American service branches.

Notable aircraft:

China

o Shenyang J-8

France
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o Dassault

Mirage F.1

o Dassault

Super

tendardo Dassault

Mirage III

Soviet Union

o Mikoyan-

Gurevich

MiG-23

o Mikoyan-

GurevichMiG-25

o Sukhoi Su-15

o Sukhoi Su-17

o Tupolev Tu-

28

United Kingdom

o Hawker-

Siddeley

Harrier United States

o General

Dynamics F-

111

o McDonnell

DouglasF-4

Phantom II

o

NorthropF-5Freedom

Fighter

[edit]

Fourth generation (1970-1990)
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Main article: 4th generation jet fighter.

A fourth generation F-15 Eagle.

The 4th generation F-14 Tomcat

In reaction to the continually rising cost of fighters and the demonstrated success of the

F-4 Phantom II, multirole fighters became popular during this period, and even aircraft

designed for a specific role (as the F-4 had) acquired multi-role capability. Fighters such

as the MiG-23 and Panavia Tornado have versions specially suited for various roles,

while true multirole warplanes include the F/A-18 Hornet and Dassault Mirage 2000.

This was facilitated by avionics which could switch seamlessly between air and ground

modes. As development costs increased, economics further pushed the development for

multirole aircraft.

Unlike interceptors of the previous era, most modern air-superiority fighters have been

designed to be agile dog-fighters. Fly-by-wire controls and relaxed stabilityis common

among modern fighters. Aircraft here make up most of the "fourth generations" of fighter

jets.

Notable Aircraft:

China, (People's

Republic of China)o JH-7 Flying

Leopard

o FC-1 Fierce

Dragon

France
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o Dassault

Mirage 2000

India

o HAL Tejas or

Light CombatAircraft

Israel

o IAI Kfir

Japan

o Mitsubishi F-

2

Pakistan

o JF-17

Thunder

Taiwan, (Republic of

China)

o AIDC F-CK

Indigenous

Defence

Fighter(IDF)

Soviet

Union/RussianFederation

o Mikoyan

MiG-29

o Mikoyan

MiG-31

o Sukhoi Su-27

o Yakovlev

Yak-38 Sweden

o Saab Viggen

United

Kingdom/Germany/I

taly
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o Panavia

Tornado

United

Kingdom/United

Stateso McDonnell

Douglas/BA

E Harrier II

United States

o Grumman F-

14 Tomcat

o McDonnell

DouglasF-15Eagle

o General

Dynamics F-

16 Fighting

Falcon

o McDonnell

DouglasF/A-

18 Hornet

o NorthropF-20 Tigershark

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Generation 4.5 (1990-Present)

The Eurofighter Typhoon
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Russia's 4.5 Generation Su-30 MKI From Indian Air Force

This half-generation has been coined to describe the current generation of fighters in

service, marked by a stagnation of aerodynamic technologies (compared with the boom

of the 3rd generation) matched with a tremendous advance in avionics and other flight

electronics, as a result of applying the advances made in microchip and semiconductor

technology in the 1980s and 90s, as well as limited stealth shaping made possible with

supercomputers. A prime example of this generation is theF/A-18E/F Super Hornet, an

upgrade of the 1970s Hornet design. While the basic aerodynamic features remain the

same, the Super Hornet features improved avionics in the form of an all-glass cockpit, a

solid-state AESA fixed-array radar, new engines, the structural use of composite

materials to reduce weight, and a slightly modified shape to minimize its radar signature.

Of these, only the Super Hornet and Strike Eagle have seen combat action.

Notable examples:

People's Republic of

China

o Chengdu J-10

o Shenyang J-

11

France
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o Dassault

Rafale

India

o Sukhoi Su-30

MKI International:

o Eurofighter

Typhoon

(UK,

Germany,

Italy and

Spain)

Israel

o IAI Lavi

(cancelled)

Russia

o Mikoyan

MiG-35

o Sukhoi Su-

30/-33/-34/-

35/-37

o YakovlevYak-41

Sweden

o Saab JAS-39

Gripen

United States

o F/A-18E/F

Super Hornet

o

F-15E StrikeEagle

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Generation 5
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F-22 Raptor

The X-35 JSF, a prototype "fifth generation" jet fighter.

The current cutting edge of fighter design combines previous emphasis on versatility with

new developments such as thrust vectoring, composite materials,supercruise, and stealth

technology. To date, none of these aircraft have been used in combat. Current

developments include reducing the radarvisibility of fighterstechniques known as

stealthas well as increased range at supersonic speeds (supercruise) and better

maneuverability.

Of these, only the American F-22 Raptor, put into production in 2004 are operational,

and it is often regarded as the first of a new generation of fighters, termed the fifth

generation. (Although the European Eurofighter Typhoon is often considered a direct

rival to the F-22 Raptor with a similar performance). The in-development F-35 Lightning

II (formerly Joint Strike Fighter) has also been designed for stealth, and the F-22 has

influenced the continued development of the 4th generation designs, and the shape ofdesign work for other countries' long-term fighter development projects (for instance, the

rumoured Chinese Shenyang J-XX project, Indian Medium Combat Aircraft, and the

Russian PAK FA).

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