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IAI F-21 Kfir, a 1973 Israeli-built all-weather, multi-role combat aircraft; Lockheed Martin F-21, a variant of the F-16 designed for the Indian Air Force; KAI KF-21 Boramae, a South Korean/Indonesian stealth fighter currently under development; Farman F.21 Moustique II, a French interwar airplane; Taylorcraft F-21, an American light aircraft
A KF-21 prototype 003 taxiing for a maiden flight at Sacheon Air Base The KF-21 prototype 002 taking off. The KF-X advanced multirole jet fighter project, intended to produce modern warplanes to replace South Korea's aging F-4D/E Phantom II and F-5E/F Tiger II aircraft, was first announced in March 2001 by South Korean President Kim Dae-jung at a graduation ceremony of the Korea Air Force ...
The 12 F-21 aircraft leased to the U.S. Navy, painted in a three-tone blue-gray "ghost" scheme, were operated by Fighter Squadron 43 (VF-43), based at NAS Oceana, Virginia. In 1988, they were returned and replaced by the F-16N .
Lockheed Martin offered India on Wednesday a new combat jet to be made locally, the F-21, in an attempt to win a large military order worth more than $15 billion. The U.S. defence firm had ...
In the US Air Force the naming convention for fighter aircraft is a prefix "F-", followed by a number, ground attack aircraft are prefixed with “A-” and bombers with “B-”. Fighter aircraft from the second world war onwards are sorted into generations, from 1 to 5, based on technological level. [1] [2] An American F-16 fighter jet
The F-35, however, is designed to be a family of three aircraft, a conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) fighter, a short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter, and a Catapult Assisted Take Off But Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) fighter, each of which has a different unit price and slightly varying specifications in terms of fuel ...
Maritime strike aircraft carrying Sea Eagle missile. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21: Soviet Union: Interceptor: MiG-21 Bison: 40 [13] Being phased out. [14] AEW&CS; Embraer R-99: Brazil: AEW&C: Netra Mk1: 3 [15] equipped with a Netra AEW&CS. Beriev A-50: Soviet Union AEW&C A-50EI: 3 [15] equipped with the EL/W-2090 radar. 2 more planned. [16] [17 ...
The F-22 Raptor is the top US fighter, known for stealth, speed and agility. A USAF pilot describes how the jet handles for airshow demos vs. combat.