10. Su-30
The new Su-30 planes quite trump the US F-35 aircraft that have a bunch of flaws in the design, thus is on the 10 th place of the list and the F-35 is not at all on it.
F-35 was built to be the deadliest plane fighter of all time, but he literally became the hunted. In any scenario against Su-30 Flanker, Russian planes were winners.
Sukhoi Su-30 is a twin-engine fighter aircraft of the fourth generation. It is made in the aircraft factory in Irkutsk. This factory since 1932 to date has produced more than 7,000 aircraft in 20 different types.
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09. JAS 39 Gripen
JAS-39 Gripen is designed as a typical multi-role fighter aircraft, as its acronym in Swedish JAS actually means: Jakt (Hunter), Attack (attack on ground targets) and spaning (scouting), which is designed to meet the specific needs of Sweden army.
To this day, each new generation of fighter aircraft came into being on the basis of combat experience of the previous generation participation in local wars. Gripen is formed without such base and can not be justified in terms of combat, but still in the exercises showed excellent.
08. F-16 Fighting Falcon
The famous American fighter aircraft F-16 flights since 1974, so they have “tenure” of about 40 years.
The United States today are no longer ordering new F-16 aircraft, but they are still produced for foreign clients (approximately 25 countries in the world). The same aircraft were manufactured in Europe, Turkey and South Korea. It is interesting that F-16 is a lightweight fighter that uses the same jet engine as well as heavier F-15 Eagle. But the F-16 has only one such engine and a pilot, and the F-15 has the same two engines and two crew members.
The first conflict of F-15A Eagle with rival fighters took place on June 27, 1979 over Lebanon. In the air fight between the Israeli and Syrian fighters was destroyed one F-15A and one Kfir versus five MiG-21.
It has been developed from the hunter for air superiority – F15 Eagle. The first fight of the Strike Eagles was in Desert Storm, where they proved its ability to deep strikes against Iraqi targets of high importance
06. Dassault Rafale
Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engined multi-role fighter aircraft. Conceptually, this plane is based on the aerodynamic scheme of delta wings. Rafal is recognizable by the sloping (reclining) seat of pilot at an angle of 29 degrees. Sloping seat allows the pilot to work in half-lying position. In a half-lying position pilot can more easily tolerate “g” force during the fighting.
05. F/A-18EF Super Hornet
Since the F-18 Hornet reached its peak in the modernization, the next step in the development of the aircraft had to allow him to remain competitive in wartime even after 2020. The main difference between the Hornets C / D and Super Hornet is in size. Engineers have increased Hornet fuselage, and thereby increased the amount of of internal fuel and aircraft weight.
The Super Hornet has 25% larger wing, 35% more powerful engines and can carry 33% more of internal fuel.
Engineers have designed the Super Hornet so that in wartime there is at least 10 times more likely to survive than its predecessor. Although the surface is larger, vulnerable surface is 25% lower than the Hornet.
04. Sukhoi Su-35
Russian Su-35 by many characteristics is better than American fighter of fourth generation F-16. Su-35 is a major threat to any western fighter, and it is estimated that the competition can only be the American equivalent F-22. It is an improved version of the Su-35 and is considered as fighter of fourth ++ generation.
It is capable for supersonic cruise, without the use of forced combustion. It is estimated that has one of the most powerful radar station in the world, and should be a bridge between the planes of the fourth and fifth generation.
Eurofighter Typhoon is considered one of the most advanced fighter in the world and is often compared with the F-22 Raptor and the Dassault Rafale. Like the F-22, Typhoon has impressive capabilities in air-to-air combat and also in the fight beyond the visual range, and in a close fight. It can carry the majority of air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons in the NATO arsenal, and almost all smart weapons currently available.
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02. Sukhoi PAK FA
The goal of PAK FA program is replacing the Su-27 and MiG-29 from the service of the Russian Air Force. The first flight of Sukhoi PAK FA, for a period of 45 minutes has been successfully implemented on 29 January 2010. It belongs to the fifth generation fighters. Of fire weapons is installed 30 mm gun, with a total of 300-450 grenade. Air to air missiles are built in two identical internal tanks, placed one after the other. The aerodynamic configuration of PAK FA is a bit conservative compared to the F-22 Raptor, but without a doubt, the plane was carried out a series of measures to reduce its visibility
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F-22 Raptor is in development for nearly twenty years, and currently is the most advanced fighter in the world. Able to fly at extremely high altitudes and speeds, carries the AIM-120 AMRAAM but can destroy enemy fighters to fifty kilometers away. It has the latest stealth technology that makes it reduced visible on radar. If still being discovered in close combat, Raptor relies on exceptional mobility to avoid enemy fire. Several countries want to buy it, but the US Congress has put a ban on the sale, which demonstrates how truly is technologically advanced.
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Despite frequent competition in the field of technology in air warfare and the appearance of the first true competitor of the fifth-generation Raptor still holds a high position as the only operational fifth generation fighter aircraft.