Fighter planes

[Y_lifter]

Mig 25 Foxbat is the fastest/highest/most manuverable Fighter interceptor
plane currently in service or historically even.

As far as potential capability over all others to kick ass, anything anywhere,anytime it is it 100% IMO the new F-22 Raptor

Due to one word, Stealth.

Add in
SuperCruise capability(No afterburner for supersonic needed), Awesome Radar and avionics(even better than the current leader the F14), a majority of its components being hot swappable from external access in minutes,

 

[PBR]

im hard......

 

[bullett]

The military channel did an hour long special on this a few months ago...

They rated the planes based on feedback from military pilots, and used numerical ratings in a few categories like, armament, service record (kills vs shot downs), flyability, etc...

The F-15 was the current champion, BUT....the F22 Raptor was unanamously recoginized as the King Kong of them all, just needs to be put into service...

They interviewed a few pilots flying the F22, and one said they put his plane up against 5 F-15's at once, and he killed them all, and the F-15 pilots said they never even saw him....

Must be one hella aircraft....

 

[Y_lifter]

Just needs to be put into service..

DONE

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-22-deploy.htm

The F-22A Raptor achieved Initial Operational Capability [IOC] on 15 December 2005. The first combat-ready Raptors were assigned to the 27th Fighter Squadron, one of three squadrons assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing. The 27th FS combat deployment capability with the F-22A is a 12-ship deployable package designed to execute air-to-air and air-to-ground missions.

At Eglin, Elmendorf, and Mountain Home alternative bases, the operational F-15Cs would be replaced with operational F-22s. At Tyndall AFB, all F-22s for the Operational Wing would be additive to the base since there are no operational F-15C aircraft to drawdown. The three operational F-22 squadrons at Tyndall AFB would be under a new, separate wing. Personnel changes to support the beddown would follow the same sequence as the aircraft beddown.

 

[anthrax]

F-15

 

[manny78]

50's: F-100 Super Sabre

60's & 70's: F-4 Phantom

80's & 90's: F-15C/E and Mig-31 Foxhound. Both were aheads and had virtually no competitors for a while.

 

[ViperHMS]

20 years from now, my vote goes to the F22. Pictures coming

 

[ViperHMS]

F14 PICS

 

[ViperHMS]

F15 PICS

 

[ViperHMS]

F22 PICS