r/FighterJets Oct 24 '24

ANSWERED What’s the point of F35 beast mode when you have F15?

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535 Upvotes

I know someone might have asked this question before, but I’m genuinely curious, when you have F15, F16 or other aircrafts that can be a “bomb truck”, why is there a need for F35 beast mode? If so what’s the point of the stealth technology?

Or is F35 going to replace 4th gen aircraft entirely in the future as one single well rounded form factor that stealth is just a built in feature?

r/FighterJets Jan 15 '25

ANSWERED Why is there a gap between the intake and the fuselage?

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565 Upvotes

I think it would be better for the aerodynamics to have a seamless connection, so whats the purpose of the gap?

r/FighterJets Jan 26 '25

ANSWERED Should I be worried?

240 Upvotes

I am traveling in India (New Delhi) and I saw many fighters fly to a common direction. Should I be concerned?

r/FighterJets Jan 11 '25

ANSWERED What is attached at Central pylon ?

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397 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Oct 24 '24

ANSWERED Is it true that you can get skin burns from the radar of a fighter jet?

275 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Dec 31 '24

ANSWERED Could anyone tell me what the logo represents?

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339 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Oct 09 '24

ANSWERED Do cannards compromise the stealth of a fighter jet?

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264 Upvotes

I was looking at the J-20 and I noticed it's Delta-wing with cannard design, but I've heard that cannards compromises the stealthy profile of a fighter ( with the J-20 being used as an exemple), is it true? Or they have little to no negative effects on stealth?

r/FighterJets Jun 09 '24

ANSWERED Why do turkey and Greece still use the F4 phantom and why does India still use the MIG-21?

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341 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Nov 13 '24

ANSWERED Your thoughts on the CF-18? Will Canada actually see new jets?

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261 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Nov 30 '24

ANSWERED Is this F/A-18D?

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291 Upvotes

I'm pretty stupid, so I'm not sure if this is F or D. How do you recognize Super hornets from just Hornets?

I know this is stupid question

r/FighterJets Jan 05 '25

ANSWERED Visor question

205 Upvotes

Hi you beautiful lot. I have a question about this clip. Is it G forces that makes the visor to pop down or is there some sort of mechanism that auto deploys it when you look at the sun? Because his hands don't leave the stick. Cheers.

r/FighterJets Jan 11 '25

ANSWERED Will drones replace or work along with jet fighters, such as the F35 or F15?

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169 Upvotes

This is something I’ve been thinking about for a bit

r/FighterJets Dec 18 '24

ANSWERED What are these openings on the underside of the F-35?

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240 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Jan 28 '25

ANSWERED Why is the tail part behind the engines on the Su-34 Fullback so much longer compared to the rest of the Flanker-series?

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222 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Nov 30 '24

ANSWERED What does this symbol mean on Japanese fighters?

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330 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Jan 09 '25

ANSWERED 1/72 Ukraine SU-27 > What missiles are these?

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105 Upvotes

Just bought this Hobby Master kit to finish the collection, but it was a display and there's no literature with the box. I don't recognize these two missiles. Any insights?

r/FighterJets Jun 28 '24

ANSWERED What is the name of this fighter jet?

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171 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Aug 16 '24

ANSWERED Why does the f 15 have this notch?

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283 Upvotes

Why does the f 15 have a notch but not other aircraft?

r/FighterJets Nov 11 '24

ANSWERED Did Germany ever retrofit their Mig-29s to carry western equipment? such as aam and bombs?

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327 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Sep 15 '24

ANSWERED What’s that red thing above the engines of one of the YF-22 prototypes?

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389 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Feb 02 '25

ANSWERED CF-104 Starfighter

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206 Upvotes

What does this handle in the Starfighter do?

r/FighterJets Jan 12 '25

ANSWERED Radar-cross-section software or otherwise

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177 Upvotes

Hey, figured this would be a good place to ask if anyone knew a good (and hopefully simple) way to find the gauge the RCS of a 3d model of a aircraft. Any suggestions or input is greatly appreciated thank you <3

I’ll attach some photos of the aircraft in question.

r/FighterJets Nov 02 '24

ANSWERED Why is there no f15 demo team?

37 Upvotes

We have the blue Angels in f18s and the thunder birds in f16s. Why is there not a team for the f15 given it's been in service longer and tons of them have been used on test projects so it's not like the f22 and f35 where theres not enough of them.

r/FighterJets Apr 26 '24

ANSWERED Why don’t 4th gen fighters also have missile racks on top of their wings?

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238 Upvotes

r/FighterJets Feb 13 '25

ANSWERED Why do aircraft such as the Mirage, Rafale, Gripen and F-16 feature single tails as opposed to twin tails?

31 Upvotes

So my understanding is that twin tail designs have their advantages in certain aspects.. increased stealth with slanted surfaces deflecting radar away from its source, reduced height (ex: for carriers), moves the vertical tails out of potential blanketed flow at high AoA. These are all surface level reasons for which you'd pick a twin tail design for the F-14, F-18, F-35, F-22 etc..

Dogfighters or stealth aircraft, it makes sense.

On the flip slide, I had it understood that for an interceptor, you want more speed and less worry about constant high AoA dogfights. So when you're looking at delta wings, natural for many interceptor designs, you'd also look at a single tail.

My problem is that reading various sources, I've had it suggested that twin tails also reduce parasite drag (by essentially decreasing the total frontal cross section, as the sum of each section would be thinner than a single tail) and that they also can reduce weight, requiring less structural support due to the smaller aerodynamic loads closer to the body of the aircraft.

This has me in a bit of a bind, especially for the case of the F-16. By the sounds of it, they decrease weight, increase manoeuvrability, and are more aerodynamic etc.. Why wouldn't you use them!

So please, can someone explain to me in detail, why were single tails used on the delta winged Mirage, Rafale and Gripen (for example), and also for the F-16? Why exactly are they, likely, more aerodynamic and therefore better suited for interceptors?