Fighter Jets

The first F/A-18C (BuNo 163427) was flown on September 3, 1987. Production F/A-18Cs were initially powered by the General Electric F404-GE-400, the same engine which powered the F/A-18A. The latest F/A-18C aircraft from FY 1988 onward have been equipped to full night-attack standard, with a Kaiser AV/AVQ-28 raster HUD that ...

China is believed to have been conducting preliminary research on its fourth-generation fighter aircraft since the late 1990s. The fighter, codenamed by Western intelligence as J-XX or XXJ, was described as an advanced F-22-class twin-engine stealth fighter with extensive radar cross section (RCS) reduction features such as internal weapon bay. ...

The Jian-8II (J-8II) is a single-set, twin-engine, supersonic fighter aircraft developed by Shenyang-based 601 Aircraft Design Institute and Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC). The aircraft was developed from the Jian-8 (J-8 Finback-A) fighter, with a redesigned forward fuselage and upgraded avionics. It was originally developed from an interceptor fighter to counter ...

The Su-35 single-seat multifunctional super agile fighter is intended to gain air superiority and to Implement tasks of combat application on aerial and ground targets during autonomous operation and group actions, round-the-clock under simple and adverse weather conditions. Application of the thrust vector control integrated into aircraft control system provides decrease ...

The F-22 Raptor is the United States Air Force's (USAF) newest fighter aircraft. Its combination of stealth, super cruise, manoeuvrability, and integrated avionics, coupled with improved supportability, represents an exponential leap in war fighting capabilities. The Raptor performs both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions allowing full realization of operational concepts vital to the ...