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| [[Arthuristan Dynamics/Ahuriri Aerospace Cyclone]] || {{wp|Jet Fighter}} || {{flagicon|Arthurista}} [[Arthurista]]/{{flagicon|Onekawa-Nukanoa}}[[Onekawa-Nukanoa]] ||  Unknown || 1973 || 1975 - Present  
| [[Arthuristan Dynamics/Ahuriri Aerospace Cyclone]] || {{wp|Jet fighter}} || {{flagicon|Arthurista}} [[Arthurista]]/{{flagicon|Onekawa-Nukanoa}}[[Onekawa-Nukanoa]] ||  Unknown || 1973 || 1975 - Present  
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|[[Arthuristan Dynamics Fury]]|| {{wp|Jet Fighter}} || {{flagicon|Arthurista}} [[Arthurista]] ||  Unknown || 1975 || 1978 - Present  
|[[Arthuristan Dynamics Fury]]|| {{wp|Jet fighter}} || {{flagicon|Arthurista}} [[Arthurista]] ||  Unknown || 1975 || 1978 - Present  
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|[[Arthuristan Dynamics Kestrel]]|| STOVL Jet Fighter || {{flagicon|Arthurista}} [[Arthurista]] ||  Unknown || 1968 || 1972 - 2018  
|[[Arthuristan Dynamics Kestrel]]|| {{wp|STOVL|STOVL jet fighter}} || {{flagicon|Arthurista}} [[Arthurista]] ||  Unknown || 1968 || 1972 - 2018  
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|[[Aigios/Arthuristan Dynamics Whirlwind]]|| STOVL Jet Fighter || {{flagicon|Arthurista}} [[Arthurista]]/{{flagicon|Belfras}} [[Belfras]] ||  Unknown || 1988 || 2004 - Present  
|[[Aigios/Arthuristan Dynamics Whirlwind]]|| {{wp|STOVL|STOVL jet fighter}} || {{flagicon|Arthurista}} [[Arthurista]]/{{flagicon|Belfras}} [[Belfras]] ||  Unknown || 1988 || 2004 - Present  
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|[[Aigios Ifrit]]|| {{wp|Multirole fighter aicraft}} || {{flagicon|Belfras}} [[Belfras]] || 300+ || 1979 || 1982 - Present
|[[Aigios Ifrit]]|| {{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}} || {{flagicon|Belfras}} [[Belfras]] || 300+ || 1979 || 1982 - Present
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|[[Aigios Shrike]]|| {{wp|Multirole fighter aicraft}} || {{flagicon|Belfras}} [[Belfras]] || 200+ || 1997 || 2000 - Present
|[[Aigios Shrike]]|| {{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}} || {{flagicon|Belfras}} [[Belfras]] || 200+ || 1997 || 2000 - Present
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| [[Falcus Designs Me-550]] || {{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}} || {{ORE}} || 295 || 1996 || 1998 - Present  
| [[Falcus Designs Me-550]] || {{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}} || {{ORE}} || 295 || 1996 || 1998 - Present  
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| {{wp|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|Mi-10.2 Taguate}} || {{wp|Multirole combat aircraft|Multirole}} {{wp|Fighter Aircraft}} || {{flag|Sante Reze}} || Unknown || 1974 || 1976 - Present
| {{wp|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|Mi-10.2 Taguate}} || {{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}} || {{flag|Sante Reze}} || Unknown || 1974 || 1976 - Present
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|{{wp|Saab JAS 39 Gripen|Geem E-39 Grifo}}||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flagicon|Ghant}}[[Ghant]] || Unknown || 1988 || 1996 - Present
|{{wp|Saab JAS 39 Gripen|Geem E-39 Grifo}}||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flagicon|Ghant}}[[Ghant]] || Unknown || 1988 || 1996 - Present
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|{{wp|KAI T-50 Golden Eagle|GN-340 Alpensegler}} || {{wp|Trainer Aircraft|Advanced Jet Trainer}} || {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Brumen.png}} [[Brumen]] || 25 || 2001 || 2005 - Present
|{{wp|KAI T-50 Golden Eagle|GN-340 Alpensegler}} || {{wp|Trainer aircraft|Advanced jet trainer}} || {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Brumen.png}} [[Brumen]] || 25 || 2001 || 2005 - Present
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|{{wp|AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo|Mach Aerospace MV-25 Eagle}} ||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flag|Daobac}} ||100+ ||1990 ||1994 - Present
|{{wp|AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo|Mach Aerospace MV-25 Eagle}} ||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flag|Daobac}} ||100+ ||1990 ||1994 - Present
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|[[Mikasa Gallienus MiK-88]]||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flagicon|Elatia}}[[Elatia]]||Unknown||1978||1982 - Present
|[[Mikasa Gallienus MiK-88]]||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flagicon|Elatia}}[[Elatia]]||Unknown||1978||1982 - Present
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|[[Sorranus So-30]]||Air superiority fighter||{{flagicon|Elatia}}[[Elatia]]/{{flagicon|Jhengtsang}}[[Jhengtsang]]||Unknown||1985||1988 - Present
|[[Sorranus So-30]]||{{wp|Air superiority fighter}}||{{flagicon|Elatia}}[[Elatia]]/{{flagicon|Jhengtsang}}[[Jhengtsang]]||Unknown||1985||1988 - Present
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|[[Ferron Cojgé]]||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flagicon|Wazheganon}}[[Wazheganon]] || Unknown || 1988 || 1994 - Present
|[[Ferron Cojgé]]||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flagicon|Wazheganon}}[[Wazheganon]] || Unknown || 1988 || 1994 - Present
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|[[NA48 Chainbreaker]]||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flag|Talahara}}||679||1998||2004-Present
|[[NA48 Chainbreaker]]||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flag|Talahara}}||679||1998||2004-Present
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|{{wp|Chengdu J-10|VA-15 Falken}}|| {{wp|Multirole combat aicraft}} || {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Brumen.png}} [[Brumen]] / {{flag|Onekawa-Nukanoa}} || XXX|| 2008 || 2012 - Present
|{{wp|Chengdu J-10|VA-15 Falken}}|| {{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}} || {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Brumen.png}} [[Brumen]] / {{flag|Onekawa-Nukanoa}} || XXX|| 2008 || 2012 - Present
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|{{wp|F-15 Eagle|Kai-79 Hayabusa}}||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flagicon|Tsurushima}}[[Tsurushima]]||Unknown||1979||1981-Present
|{{wp|F-15 Eagle|Kai-79 Hayabusa}}||{{wp|Multirole combat aircraft}}||{{flagicon|Tsurushima}}[[Tsurushima]]||Unknown||1979||1981-Present

Revision as of 22:57, 17 January 2023

Various features in jet fighters are described in terms of "generations", whereby a typical jet fighters of a given generation tends to have a certain class of engines, avionics, etc., and a typical jet fighter of the succeeding generation tends to have a different (and superior) set of engines, avionics, etc.

Classification

Fight aircraft in Ajax are classified into successive generations based on their technology and design elements. This system was initially developed by military historians in the 1970s and widely adopted by the world.

  • 1st Generation - High subsonic, conventional armament
  • 2nd Generation - Transonic air-to-air missiles, radar, Early supersonic radar, air-to-air missiles
  • 3rd Generation - Supersonic (limited purpose), Mach 2 air-air missiles only, Multi-purpose fighter-bombers
  • 4th Generation - Also 4+ and 4++. Supersonic (multirole), Supersonic multirole (4), high efficiency. High manoeuvrability (4), Enhanced capabilities, advanced avionics, limited stealth (4+, 4++)
  • 5th Generation - Advanced integrated avionics, low observable stealth


First generation (Post 1942)

Aircraft Role Primary
Builder 		Number
built 		First
flight 		Service
life
Falcus Designs Me-490 Jet Fighter  Orun Redisus Unknown 1947 1948 - 1955

Second generation

These jet fighters started to regularly use onboard radar and passive-homing infrared-guided (IR) missiles. Early IR missile sensors had poor sensitivity and a very narrow field of view (typically no more than 30°)

Aircraft Role Primary
Builder 		Number
built 		First
flight 		Service
life
Falcus Designs Me-500 Jet Aircraft  Orun Redisus 250 1954 1955 - 1970
Greenwich Tigress and Super Tigress Jet Aircraft ArthuristaArthurista 1954/1956 1955 - 1984
Geem E-35 Draco Jet Aircraft GhantGhant 1955 1960 - 1988
Mikasa Gallienus MiK-58 Jet Aircraft ElatiaElatia 1957 1959 - Present
AGMA Abelxir 60 Jet fighter-bomber Rubric Coast Partnership Flag.png Rubric Coast 193 1950 1951 - 1970
Ahuriri Aerospace Kokotere Jet Aircraft  Onekawa-Nukanoa Unknown 1947 1950 - 1968

Third generation

The archetype of this generation is the [Insert Aircraft], the [Insert Nation] jet fighter model with the highest production number to date.

  • improved air-to-air missiles
  • improved radar systems (look-down/shoot-down)
  • other avionics
  • air-to-air missiles became the primary weapons for air superiority fighters, which employed more sophisticated radars and medium-range RF AAMs to achieve greater "stand-off" ranges,
  • guided ground-attack missiles
  • first truly effective avionics for enhanced ground attack
  • terrain-avoidance systems.
  • Air-to-surface missiles (ASM) equipped with electro-optical (E-O) contrast seekers
  • laser-guided bombs (LGBs) became widespread
Aircraft Role Primary
Builder 		Number
built 		First
flight 		Service
life
Airing-Copwell Shark Bomber Escort\Penetration Fighter Belfras Belfras 120 1954 1955 - 1971
Airing-Copwell Spectre Jet Fighter\Interceptor Aircraft Belfras Belfras 158 1953 1956 - 1980
Airing-Copwell Super-Spectre Jet Fighter\Interceptor Aircraft Belfras Belfras 277 1958 1959 - 1992
Falcus Designs Me-510 Jet Fighter\Interceptor Aircraft  Orun Redisus Unknown 1953 1960 – Present
Continental Reaper Jet Fighter Belfras Belfras Unknown 1958 1960 – Present
Mikasa Gallienus MiK-70 Jet Fighter ElatiaElatia Unknown 1968 1972-Present
Geem E-37 Vikken Jet Fighter GhantGhant Unknown 1967 1971-2005
Ahuriri Aerospace Kērangi Fighter Bomber  Onekawa-Nukanoa Unknown 1957 1960 - 1989
K'akmul 5 Jet Fighter MutulMutul Unknown 1959 1959-Present
NA6 Tiara Interceptor aircraft  Talahara 288 1956 1961-1995

Fourth, 4+ and 4++ generation

Fourth-generation designs are heavily influenced by lessons learned from the previous generation of combat aircraft.

  • much higher maneuverability due to low static stability, made possible by fly-by-wire flight control system
  • advances in digital computers and system integration techniques
  • system upgrades such as AESA, digital avionics buses and IRST
Aircraft Role Primary
Builder 		Number
built 		First
flight 		Service
life
Arthuristan Dynamics/Ahuriri Aerospace Cyclone Jet fighter Arthurista Arthurista/Onekawa-NukanoaOnekawa-Nukanoa Unknown 1973 1975 - Present
Arthuristan Dynamics Fury Jet fighter Arthurista Arthurista Unknown 1975 1978 - Present
Arthuristan Dynamics Kestrel STOVL jet fighter Arthurista Arthurista Unknown 1968 1972 - 2018
Aigios/Arthuristan Dynamics Whirlwind STOVL jet fighter Arthurista Arthurista/Belfras Belfras Unknown 1988 2004 - Present
Aigios Ifrit Multirole combat aircraft Belfras Belfras 300+ 1979 1982 - Present
Aigios Shrike Multirole combat aircraft Belfras Belfras 200+ 1997 2000 - Present
Falcus Designs Me-550 Multirole combat aircraft  Orun Redisus 295 1996 1998 - Present
Mi-10.2 Taguate Multirole combat aircraft  Sante Reze Unknown 1974 1976 - Present
Geem E-39 Grifo Multirole combat aircraft GhantGhant Unknown 1988 1996 - Present
GN-340 Alpensegler Advanced jet trainer Brumen 25 2001 2005 - Present
Mach Aerospace MV-25 Eagle Multirole combat aircraft  Daobac 100+ 1990 1994 - Present
Mikasa Gallienus MiK-88 Multirole combat aircraft ElatiaElatia Unknown 1978 1982 - Present
Sorranus So-30 Air superiority fighter ElatiaElatia/JhengtsangJhengtsang Unknown 1985 1988 - Present
Ferron Cojgé Multirole combat aircraft WazheganonWazheganon Unknown 1988 1994 - Present
K'akmul 20 Multirole combat aircraft MutulMutul Unknown 1982 1985-Present
Jub'mulan 90 Multirole combat aircraft MutulMutul Unknown 1997 2003-Present
NA28 Spirit Wind Multirole combat aircraft  Talahara 523 1978 1984-Present
NA28/36 Sunray Attack aircraft  Talahara 247 1986 1991-Present
NA48 Chainbreaker Multirole combat aircraft  Talahara 679 1998 2004-Present
VA-15 Falken Multirole combat aircraft Brumen /  Onekawa-Nukanoa XXX 2008 2012 - Present
Kai-79 Hayabusa Multirole combat aircraft TsurushimaTsurushima Unknown 1979 1981-Present
ZLv.79/L-N Multirole combat aircraft TsurushimaTsurushima/OstrozavaOstrozava Unknown 1997 2004-Present
UFC Tempest Multirole combat aircraft United Fighter Corporation Unknown 1992 2003 - Present
Ahuriri Aerospace Whaitiri Kāhu Multirole combat aircraft  Onekawa-Nukanoa Unknown 1986 1991 - Present
OI-9.A Agbatere Electronic warfare aircraft  Sante Reze 150+ 2006 2008 - Present
Morgenroete F-103 Ótkon Strike aircraft Gristol-Serkonos Gristol-Serkonos 200 1973 1979 - Present
Tlo-45 Condor Multirole combat aircraft  Zacapican 450 1998 2000-present

Fifth generation

  • General design concern about radar cross-section (RCS), in particular:
  • commercial off-the-shelf main processors to directly control all sensors to form a consolidated view of the battlespace that is then shared via low observable data links.
  • newest generation of high performance jet engines
Aircraft Role Primary
Builder 		Number
built 		First
flight 		Service
life
UFC F-29 Hurricane Stealth Multirole combat aircraft United Fighter Corporation 300+ 2003 2002 - Present
Oxidentale Jet Works Mi-14 Harpy Eagle Stealth Multirole combat aircraft Oxidentale Jet Works 230 2005 2007 - Present
Morgenroete F-104 Ghost Stealth air superiority fighter Morgenroete Aerospace 126 1995 2012 - Present
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