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Top favorite real life jet fighters

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What are your top favorite real (NOT fictional) jet fighters that you think they look cool.

As for me I like these following jets:
1. F-15 Eagle
2. F/A-18 Hornet
3. A-10 Warthog
4. F-14 Tomcat
5. F-117 Nighthawk

EDIT: I forgot which Russian MIGs that I like.
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F-14 Tomcat
FA -18 Hornet
F- 86 Sabre
ME- 262
F-22 Raptor
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I would say F-117, but it's not actually a fighter, it's a bomber that required fighter pilots to operate.

I like the look of F-22 Raptor, F-5 Tiger (painted black and called the "MiG 29" in Top Gun), the Harrier, and the Kfir (an Israeli variant of the Mirage 5.)
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I loved the F-16 for a long time. I'm surprised that it isn't on anyone's list. It's just sleek and speedy looking.
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Don't forget the Russians here: Recent MiGs and Sukhoi fighters are damn impressive and sometimes outright superior in various ways to their American counterparts.
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P51 Mustang

(not a jet...but I had to take liberties, because it's my favorite fighter aircraft)
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P 51, fighter that turned the war around in WWII.
P 47 Jug, flying tank
F16 an aircraft that has the capability to pull more G's than any pilot can endure.
FD18 Super Hornet, just a sweet multipurpose aircraft
F4 Heavy, slow turning dragster. Damn fast plane
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I don't know that I really have any favorites, I like 'em all. I liked the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle a lot when I was younger, and the North American F-86 Sabre and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 are nice examples of the early jet fighters. Here's some obscure jet fighters that I like:

Saunders-Roe SR.A/1, a jet flying-boat fighter.

North American F-107 Ultra Sabre

The Lockheed YF-12, the interceptor version of the A-12 (SR-71 Blackbird).

The Republic F-103 Thunderwarrior and North American F-108 Rapier would have been interesting if they had been built.
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I thought the topic was jet fighters. half the planes mentioned either aren't jets or aren't fighters
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snoopy wrote:I loved the F-16 for a long time. I'm surprised that it isn't on anyone's list. It's just sleek and speedy looking.
I'm surprised, too.

I always liked the F-16's lines.
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I've glued more F-16s than any other model plane. It must be my favorite. There's something simple and elegant about it. The F-22 also has that elegant look, with much cooler toys.

The interesting thing is, there's said to be a Chinese counter plain to the F-22, called the J-20.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/05 ... tes-visit/#

What I find interesting is that it looks alot like Boeing's x-plane, x-32, that was competing for a contract against Lockheed Martin, which was beat by what's known as the F-22. It's like a hybrid between the two. edit: or not... on a second glance, it looks nothing like the x-32...
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We had Marine Harriers on our boat, so i like them the best. watching them land and take off all the time from the flight deck distracted me a lot because of how awesome it was. wanted to ride in one for my birthday but they were one seaters =] so i went on the LCAC.

other then that i liked the german Me 262.
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F-16
F/A-18
F-20 Tiger Shark (nice lines, but just a light fighter)
Saab JAS 39 Gripen (nice lines too)
Sukhoi Su-30MKI
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I with the old planes.

P51
Hurricane
Spitfire

Prop planes just do it for me.
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if your going prop then
P-38 Lightning. the first prop driven plane to pass 400 MPH in level flight, the first Allied fighter to fly over Berlin, and the plane flown by the top 2 U.S. Aces in history. just to name a few firsts

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1. F-22 Raptor
2. F-35 Lightning II
3. F-117 Nighthawk
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1: A-6E Intruder
2: B-1B Lancer
3: B-2A Spirit
4: F/A-18E Super Hornet
5: OV-22 Osprey
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