What's your favorite fighter jet and why?

Was the Harrier Jumpjet. But now it is the JSF.

F16

fast, agile and versatile..

I like the A-10 warthog. Why? Because BRRRAAAPPPP!!!!

I guess the oxcart, just cuz it's basically a sr 71 blackbird refitted a little. and the blackbird seems like a wild kinda plane.

F-4 Phantom ... long service multiple roles ... payloads ... dogfighting ... and carrier launched


Had to have been the best

F-14 is next

French Mirage

Russian Migs are last ... pour record in an aspects of battle

F16...most beautiful fighter ever built. Single engine blaster

I have no favorite fighter jet. The infantry is the queen of the battlefield.

F-22 Raptor. Best fighter yet created.

F-18 then the GR1 Tornado. Tough, dependable, lots of firepower.

Also the mustang..pinnacle of WWII fighter power and had kills again German late war jet

MiG-29 FULCRUM. I built model kits of Soviet and Western fighters as a kid, and that one was one of my favorites. It came out the best, so I've always had a soft spot for it.

typhoon

Love the F22 - no fighter so far dominates the battle space quite the same way.

P-51 Mustang - most decisive WW2 Fighter - protected the bombers that won the bombing campaign, and best combination of aerial characteristics.

Supermarine Spitfire: won the most decisive air battle in history, and is the most beautiful of the WW2 fighters; proved very versatile and continued development for 4-5 years after the war.

F4U Corsair (variants): best fighter/bomber combination of WW2, beloved by its pilots and had one of the most enduring careers deep into the jet age.

I am partial to the Sabre, love the styling and look of it!

F15 was a beast and could fly with half a gd wing blown off.

F-16

Eurofighter Typhoon

French Mirage

Sukhi35

From the simple standpoint of combat effectiveness, nothing beats the 3 US Radial Engine mid WW2 fighters - the P47 and F4U were adequate in air-to-air and dominant in ground attack roles and the F6F gutted the Japanese Naval Air Arm.

The follow-up P51 may be the best pure dogfighter ever.

Interesting question...I never thought of it. I must say I love the F22... it looks like the ultimate flying machine, with Supercruise, stealth, and superb systems. As a pure fighter jet, though, one has to admire the F16 for it's multi-functional capability and sheer good looks, and the Korean Era F-86, as a pure (good-looking) gun slinger.

French Rafale seems missing from the entire list!

I also like the Su-27. Beautiful bird.

Boeing X-32. It had simplicity of design, a lower price tag, and far greater vertical stability than the X-35. The X-35 was only chosen over it because it looked prettier and more menacing.

F/A-18F Super Hornet. That's what I worked on in the Navy. In the right hands its the deadliest thing in the sky. Before all the Raptor babies start talking trash, one of my pilots took one with the gun in a Red Flag.

Everytime I see the F-22 fly I am totally amazed. Makes me intrigued on how good the F-35 will really be when fully opertional, but damn the F-22 simply blows me away

Sukhoi F16 viper and list goes on and on... Griphen

I'm partial to the Mirage 2000. Sleek and very good looking. A real classic jet.

F-16, because I've worked on them and flown in one.

Me. Now you know why!
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Sukhoi-30

SU 35

Can it be a historic jet, like one from the past?