Light fighter
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A light fighter or lightweight fighter is a fighter aircraft towards the low end of the practical range of weight, cost, and complexity over which fighters are fielded. The light or lightweight fighte
Mikoyan MiG-29, General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon and Dassault Mirage 2000 are popular series of light fighters. Being Cold War designs, they are still influential to contemporary air forces.
Czech Saab JAS 39 Gripen
Even though most light fighters prefer single-engine designs, this is not the case with other significant examples such as the Mikoyan MiG-29, AIDC F-CK-1, and their related developments that pursue the two-engine configuration.
Light fighters are generally small, and their smaller RCS mechanically makes them harder to detect than larger and heavier fighters.
Fighter aircraft
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Fighter aircraft are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air superiority of the battlespace. Domination of th
An F-16 Fighting Falcon (left), P-51D Mustang (bottom), F-86 Sabre (top), and F-22 Raptor (right) represent four generations of American fighters.
Airco DH.2 "pusher" scout
The USAF Lockheed Martin F-35A
SPAD S.A.2, with gunner in "basket" up front