Top fighter planes
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First jet fighter. He was far superior to any allied airplanes in WW II. Available already in 1941. Had the Germans produced them in bigger numbers the allies could never have had the supremacy in the air. But the Nazis did favor other airplanes, because in their ignorance they thought the war would soon be over. War production of air fighters did not start in Germany befofre 1944. Then it was too late.
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It was a long-range single seat fighter aircraft that came up to operation in the year 1941 during World War II serving as a bomber escort in raids over Germany.
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The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger, was a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s. It became the best fighter plane of Germany during World War II.
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The only Stealth Fighter cuurently in service , Excellent Maueverablility , and its amazing technology
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Originally conceived as an interceptor, it was later developed to fulfill multiple tasks, serving as bomber escort, fighter bomber, day-, night- all-weather fighter, bomber destroyer, ground-attack aircraft, and as reconnaissance aircraft.
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It is a supersonic fighter jet built by Soviet Union. The MiG-21F, a continuation of Soviet jet fighters MiG-15, 17 and 19, is a short-range day fighter-interceptor and the first major production version of the popular MiG-21 series.
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The Sukhoi Su-35BM is a heavy class, long-range, multi-role fighter. It is an improved variant of the Su-27M/Su-35 and is considered to be 4++ generation by its manufacturer - Sukhoi.
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This is the most famous fighter design in the history of military aviation.
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Russia's counterpart to the F-15. World's best fighter in the 90ies and still superior to the F-15, F-16 and F/A-18.
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Fastest plane for its time at 1,307mph. It would've gotten upgraded if they weren't closed down by USA.
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Generally regarded as one of the best military aircraft designs ever, the F-4 Phantom II is - at the very least - the pinnacle of Cold War fighter design on any level.
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It is a Supersonic carrier-capable fighter aircraft. There is a single-seat variant as well as a tandem-seat variant which is larger and more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and D Hornet.
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the SR-71 is not a fighter.
SR=stealth reconnaissance.
How can you really list ANYTHING above the F-22?! There is nothing in the world that can outperform an F-22. The F-15 is ranked #1 on here, but the F-22 was designed to replace the F-15, which it has.
The YF-12 "Blackbird" was an experimental fighter-interceptor version of the Lockheed A-12 design and more especially the similar A-12 aircraft, which had a lower radar cross section. In Air Force flight tests on May 1, 1965, the YF-12 set a speed record of 2,070.101 mph and an altitude record of 80,258 feet. It was never accepted as an operational aircraft--but it could have. If it had had anything to try to fight at Mach 3+
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This is a British designed military jet aircraft capable of Vertical/Short takeoff and landing via its thrust vectoring.
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Dealt crippling blows to Imperial Japanese air power in the Pacific at the Marianas Turkeyshoot.
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Europe's best fighter now. Without stealth abilities, but in dogfights superior to the F-22.
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Retiring the Tomcat will go down in history as one of the dumbest decisions the US has ever made. With BVR, multiple kill capability unmatched in its day, smart bogeys elected to leave rather than face the 'cat, thus low kill numbers while in service with the USN. However, Iran's F-14 fleet racked up scores of kills against unfortunate Iraqi pilots who had no choice but to engage.
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Russia's first full jet fighter. Like the F-86 that fighter bases on German technology from WW II (Messerschmitt P.1101)
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Russian interceptor. Fastest fighter plane ever. Hold several world records for speed and altitude.
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