best looking modern fighter
 

I was having a talk with a few friends of mines and the subject of best looking light weight fighter came up. The two fighters in hand were the F16 and Rafale. how do you guys feel about both aircrafts and also what is your top 5 favorite combat planes.

1.

Sukhoi PAK FA

http://pravda-team.ru/eng/image/photo/6/4/9/67649.jpeg

2.
Chengdu J-20
http://dmn.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/w...J-20-2-wlr.jpg

3.
F22 RAptor

http://www.allaviationsites.com/news...2_raptor_3.jpg


4.
Sukhoi SU 47 Berkut

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../9/1622952.jpg

5.

Sukhoi SU 27 Flanker

http://aviones.herobo.com/su27c.jpg


And none of these above have anything on the

Chance Vought F4U Corsair

http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1221618856

nice selection The Artist

I'm going to have to go with the following F4 Phantom and 15 tomcat. Always been a favorite of mine, but the new raptor looks impressive.

F15.

F15 and Sukhoi 27.

After seeing a F22 at an airshow, I must say that jet is extremely impressive. As was the SU-37 if it had actually made it to production. I like the F14 also, it was the first (I believe) to be able to fire long range atam. Then I'm for the F15/SU27 (different countries but extremely similiar). Then the F16/ F/A-18 (again very similiar.

F15/F22/F16/Mustang F4 are among my favs.

I love SR-71 but isn't a true combat fighter...
F-15 is really amazing.. is a sat fighter.. but is so old...
Today Eurofighter and F-22 are our air guardians!

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aka. "Warthog"

Almost 40 years in service with the same unique and amazing design.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...n-flight-2.jpg

Way to give a post a second life. Stoppie was banned over a year ago. Post something new son.

http://img.over-blog.com/500x334/3/1...y-web-0184.jpg


-mig 29

I see no reason this thread can't be brought to life. Why the attitude?

6th gen fighters are very nice:
F35, Boeing F/A-XX and Northrop Grumman X-47B:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...light_test.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ql84Ms0Cf8...mannedPRES.jpg

Here the story:
Fighter Generations

The definition of fighter generations has long been subject to debate. However, most agree that the generations break down along these broad lines:

Generation 1: Jet propulsion (F-80, German Me 262).

Generation 2: Swept wings; range-only radar; infrared missiles (F-86, MiG-15).

Generation 3: Supersonic speed; pulse radar; able to shoot at targets beyond visual range (“Century Series” fighters such as F-105; F-4; MiG-17; MiG-21).

Generation 4: Pulse-doppler radar; high maneuverability; look-down, shoot-down missiles (F-15, F-16, Mirage 2000, MiG-29).

Generation 4+: High agility; sensor fusion; reduced signatures (Eurofighter Typhoon, Su-30, advanced versions of F-16 and F/A-18, Rafale).

Generation 4++: Active electronically scanned arrays; continued reduced signatures or some “active” (waveform canceling) stealth; some supercruise (Su-35, F-15SE).

Generation 5: All-aspect stealth with internal weapons, extreme agility, full-sensor fusion, integrated avionics, some or full supercruise (F-22, F-35).

Potential Generation 6: extreme stealth; efficient in all flight regimes (subsonic to multi-Mach); possible “morphing” capability; smart skins; highly networked; extremely sensitive sensors; optionally manned; directed energy weapons.

yes ive always loved the mig-29 and variant you have in the picture is a mig-29 ovt. my favorite model is the mig-35, which has a all glass cockpit,fly-by-wire, more powerful engines among other new toys