There is a lot of debate over what the best jet in the world is. I am going to leave this one up to you guys to decide. The f-22 Raptor is stealthy and fast and is a great technologically advanced Fighter, while the F-15C has the best combat record out of any Fighter in the world. All of the jets are great fighters for different reasons. What do you think the best Jet in the world is?
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the raptor is sooooooooo cool its got stealth, fire power, handling and speed. the only downside is that the f-22 as its that the machine can take control.
Posted on September 28th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
what really determines the best, you know? Really, the f-35 is stealthy as well, and it has VSTOL, which allows it to operate on a much more up close and personal role. F-22 for deep strikes and aerial dominance, F-35 for air-support and immediate strike priorities all the way.
Posted on September 29th, 2007 at 2:17 am
The US has plenty of weird weapons at their dispossal,(thank God) the Axis will try to match if not make better weapons, The US needs to stop too much transparency with it’s advanced Future weapons programs and plans. Keep the info deep in area 51 and make up more crap! Stop the axis from knowing what the we know because if these guys take control, the things that you and I take for granted will be nothing but a faded memory and blame because we made a mistake, we showed them what we’ve got. Poker
Posted on October 3rd, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Where are soem of the other fighter jets? I know im british but i know theres alot more other great fighters around the world harrior, Tornado, and not forgetting the Eurofighter Typhoon, Sukhoi47-Berkut is another one……….
Posted on October 19th, 2007 at 9:22 am
in your poll of the best planes in the world, you oitted the MiG 35/1.42 from consideration. It is claimed by the Russians that their plane is in fact superior to the F-22. An analysis of the two would be interesting
Posted on November 15th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Well I think that F-22 is the best fighter jet in the world but china is also making a simler jet j xx and it might be batter then F-22
Posted on December 19th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
the stealth characteristics of the F-35 makes iy difficult to utilize certain weapon systems eg Israeli python 5 or air to ground smart missiles like the popeye lite. This would limit the choice to the Su-37 or F-22. Little to choose from. I would have liked to see the Mig-35 included in the poll, then there would be no difficulty making the choice.
Posted on December 21st, 2007 at 6:11 pm
I’d definitely have to say the F-35 for this one. It’s just plain awesome. And yeah, I can’t wait for the J-12 (J-XX).
Posted on January 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
China? I don’t mean to belittle the guys, but they can’t even make a decent jet engine. Did you notice they are using Russian one’s in the J-10’s that actually fly? Making a plane look nice and claiming capabilities is one thing… but they are still technologically decades behind Europe let alone the US.
Posted on February 22nd, 2008 at 6:48 am
Which do you think is better? The F-22 has stealth features (not completely stealth) and the Su-37 has super-maunverability on it’s side (front canards+thrust vectoring). No doubt if there was no stealth and it was an actual dog fight, the Su-37 would undoubtly win. But how effective the F-22’s stealth is not completely verified. IMO, i would say that the Su-37 ‘Terminator’ is better, as it has supermanuverability (it can perform the world-reknowned kulbit, which is basically doing a somersault within it’s own length). If we knew more about how effective the stealth is on the F-22, i might sway my decision, but at least for the time being, i say the Su-37 is better. What’s your take on this?
Posted on March 11th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
The F 22 is just as maunverable as the Su 37. http://youtube.com/watch?v=PyKYw_p1Hrc watch this video. I would like to know if the Su 37 could make a 180 degree turn in 3 seconds like the raptor did.
Posted on March 24th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I love f-22 raptor
Posted on March 25th, 2008 at 2:05 am
None of those ! The best is the french “Rafale”!
Posted on April 6th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Why is there even a poll with the aformentioned aircraft? There should be a poll about which aircraft is the 2nd best in the world.
The F-22 is lightyears ahead of any aircraft.
1 - It has the highest degree of thrust vectoring along the “Y” axis. Thus giving it an edge in a turning fight. It can also perfom just about any airshow maneuver.
2 - It possesses the most advanced avionics system in the world.
3 - It has the most powerful jet engines in a warplane, thus providing it with superior acceleration.
4 - It has ZERO wing loading when in wartime operation. IE - Low drag
5 - It stores it weapons internally. IE - Stealthy and Low drag
6 - It’s a next generation US Stealth warplane.
7 - The plane costs more then any other fighter in the world. Money means capabilities in a dogfighter.
8 - It’s driven by the USAF. Enough said.
9 - The F-22 is not a concept aircraft. It’s fully operational. NOW.
Posted on April 19th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
I admit that I had concerns if the F 22 could maneuver as well as the SU 37. That is until I saw the Raptor youtube video named “F-22 RAPTOR DEBUT presented by Leo Mann”. The raptor in the video pulled an unbelievable 180 degree turn in like 3 seconds. Here’s the link(http://youtube.com/watch?v=PyKYw_p1Hrc). Lets just say that I’m no longer concerned.
Posted on April 24th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
The F 22 is the class of fighters. It’s not even close. It’s the most advanced jet in the world and can maneuver with any fighter. And we only know a fraction of the full capability. Which is good because the Russians would love to get as much info as they can. They put forward a challenge between the Raptor and the SU 37, which was nothing but a front to see as much of what the raptor can do to try and design a jet the beat it. Just like they designed the SU 27 the beat the F 15. And when we don’t fall for there bull they try to make it seem as if we were afraid or something. I’ll say one thing about the Russians, they sure have a good poker face.
Posted on April 24th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
As far as U.S. defence knows, the F-22 is the best fighter in the world. It can sneak attack, and even if it is found, it can out-maneuver anything in the sky.
Except the Su-37 Super Flanker, which has 360 degree thrust vectoring, and GIANT air to air missiles the size of Harpoon Anti Shippers. If some Cold War rumors are true, the Su-37 could produce a plasma bubble, dense enough to absord radar, hot enough to burn air. If the Su-37 can do this, it will be able to go to mach 3, and have stealth.
I have been reviewing your opinions and most of you are informed badly. Generally spoken you can say that the Americans have superior technology and that the Russians build better planes. I heard that the Russians dared the Americans to combat their Su-47. The Americans never responded. That pretty much sums it up. It’s pretty sad seeing the Americans spend billions of dollars in Research & Development in order to develop their cloaking devices and that a student at a Technical University finds a relatively simple way to counteract the stealth technology. To make it short the Russians will use 100% anti-stealth radars and the Su-47 is the best and most manouverable fighter ever build.
Posted on April 28th, 2008 at 5:15 am
THIS IS WHY RUSSIAN JETS ARE BETTER
READ POST ABOVE
Posted on April 28th, 2008 at 5:16 am
joe H
The SU 37 does have 360 degree thrust vectoring. But the nozzles on the F 22 move faster and have a higher degree of movement. Plus how well does this plasma stealth work? I have been asking if any of the Russian fighters can turn like this raptor did in this video between 00:09 to 00:12 seconds at that speed. http://youtube.com/watch?v=PyKYw_p1Hrc We know that they can do it at extremely slow speeds. Like I said before, they put forth that challenge to learn as much as they can about the raptor. Judging by that turn, the F 22 can maneuver with anything.
Posted on April 28th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
well, F-117 was also stelt and fall down in Serbia against old systems.
If you didn’t noticed that Su-37 can do 360 turn then you should try to find on YouTube video with that.
Posted on April 29th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Gisse
I never siad the SU 37 couldn’t do it. It does it in a lot of video’s at very slow speeds. I just want to know if it can it at combat speeds like the raptor did.
Posted on April 29th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
“joe H
THIS IS WHY RUSSIAN JETS ARE BETTER
READ POST ABOVE”
Stealth is only a fraction of the cost of the F 22.
Posted on April 29th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
China will eventually steal the technology from
the west just read the Cox report on stolen US tech
Posted on May 8th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
The people who consider chinas and russian aircrafts to be the best in the world are just a group of ignorants with low IQ
The F-22 makes the SU-37 a big pile of junk in the air,No one can satnd the power of this airplane,no one
Russsians will have to suck it very hard to U.S
Posted on May 19th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Of course the Chinese will steal it, just read my article on the “newest armor of china”
Posted on May 21st, 2008 at 3:14 pm
i didn’t see the rafale ,french fighter jet
it is for me the best fighter jet after the f 22
Posted on June 6th, 2008 at 4:23 am
The f-22, f-35, eurofighter, rafael, and their Russian conterparts have not been proven in combat. The f-15 has! The only thing the others got, is who has th best radar. Let me know if a f-22 or any of the others have ev en come within visuale range of an opposing aircraft. I consider the best fighter as one that can win in a in close dogfight, not who has the most tech.
Posted on June 19th, 2008 at 4:44 am
Well Said. I was waiting for someone to come out in defense of the combat proven F-15. Some people may say it doesn’t belong on this list, but it does have the best combat record out of any modern fighter.
Posted on June 19th, 2008 at 5:32 am
su37 has a good aerodynamic, that mean a great capacity of maneuver.
Posted on June 25th, 2008 at 2:01 am
You can’t beat stealth! To those that say that the F-22 isn’t 100% stealth, even if it’s 80% stealth, nobody in the world can currently match it on maneuverability and being the least detectable on radar!
Posted on June 27th, 2008 at 12:44 am
Uh?
Where is Rafale?
Posted on July 5th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
In dogfight exercises, the Rafale outflies F-15, F-16 and F-18 opponents, and in technical and performance evaluations, we have systematically won against the F-15 and the Eurofighter Typhoon.” Col. F.Moussez (CEAM)
Posted on July 15th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I see everyone is facinated with the f-22 stealth capabilities but in orther to usit to it advantage the f-22 needs to stores it weapons internally. remember the airplene was built with stealth capavilities not the armament that can carry on four hardpoints on the wings, each rated to carry 2,270kg, if you see all publicity pictures don,t show the pilons why becouse this will compromise it’s stealth. the f-22 was build as direct result of scenarios where they proof that the su-37 can beat any airplane in our inventory so as result whe build the f-22. I will say they are both magnificent air planes and a testament to both nations. and don’t forget the su-37 is a multi role and the f-22 is a figther in order to become multy roll it must compromise it’s talent and trust me in a dogfigth stealt don’t matter is the pilot experience what count’s. there are examples in history like the mig -21 better aircraft than the mirage 2000 and israely pilots out perform the mig’s I will say time will tell. the Rafale is a good airplane but with all due respect Col Moussez the delta wing desing adopted by french figther has proof to be a doble edge sword in the hand of a good pilot can be use to it avantage as you know in a turn you will lose a lot speed an in that time if the other pilot know this and his airplane has a tigther turn radio you are done so again it’s depend’s on the pilot. but afact that not everyone knows is that The Rafale carries, for the first time in aviation history, an integrated electronic survival system named SPECTRA which features a software-based virtual stealth technology. The most important sensor is the Thales RBE2 passive electronically scanned multi-mode radar. So Brian as you see the f-22 is not the only one able to fool a radar. Joe.h for your information the SU.47 (berkut) ther was only one built and test and the concept of inverted swep wings is not knew we did that with the x-31 and also have trust vectoring and flew in 1990 and the berkut su-47 in 2000 but that other story. ATT SGT Moralesandino,eugenio USA.
Posted on July 25th, 2008 at 2:53 am
the conclusion is like below
1.su 47 berkut=eurofighter typhoon
2.f 22 raptor=su 37 terminator.
3.f 35=su 35 super flanker
4.f 18 super hornet= su 30 mki/mkm super flanker
5.f 16= gripen
the final conclusion.
Posted on July 28th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
IMHO the F-22 fighter is the best of all by far,it can bring down a SU-37 from long distances without even noticed.
Even if the F-22 is found by the old,slow tech SU-37 (Higly doubtful),the F-22 will out-manevuer and destroy it instantly,like playing a vodegame,one shot one kill.
Rmember that the F-22 is the only 5th generation fighter of all,actally deplyed fighters and on papers.
The berkrut is joke BTW
Posted on August 2nd, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Recently , the USAF invited some Rafale F2s to do some advanced dogfighting against some F-16s Blk 52 .
It was a one v one confrontation repeated multiple times . The drill did last 3 days . The French and the Americans pilots had to find each other in a big portion of sky (100×100 km/square), then close in and go dogfighting .
The French Airforce only released the results of the first day :
6-2 in favor of the Rafale .
It has been on the French news on the main TV channel TF1 .
Video :
http://videos.tf1.fr/video/news/0,,3931177,00-contre-rafale-vrai-faux-combat-.html
Quick translation of the video (the good bits):
French pilot : ” we ‘re going to separate in the zone and then try to find each other , one Rafale and one F-16 , then go do WVR . We feel that the USAF is very curious about the Rafale and we think that they know what they are up against , so I think that we ‘re going to bluff them ”
Second French Pilot talk :
” It went well , the F-16s were very cool to fight against and we managed to shootdown them from time to time , it was good ”
Commentator :
“The Americans admit that they have been impressed by the French fighter ”
The USAF pilot :
” The Rafale is an aircraft with unique capabilities which can be flown in a very aggressive manner , more than the F-16 . But you know , the most important is the capabilities of the pilot (!)”
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I think that sums up a lot , BUT I remind you that the Rafale pilots are not allowed to use active jamming during drills with Allies (SPECTRA and OSF have only been used to find the opponent).
It also shows that the APG-68(v9) radar (with a quoted range of 300km )doesn ‘t give an adge to the Falcon against the PESA RBE2 and the “discret” RCS of the Rafale .
It also shows that MICA is a very good dogfighting missile and does its job and it also shows that Rafale is more manoeuvrable than the F-16 Blk52 (which is the best dogfighther that the USAF has) .
I dare to say that if SPECTRA was used to its full extent (active jamming), the result would have been 6-0 .
Posted on August 5th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
US fighter are good for sale.
Russian fighters are good for fight.
Posted on August 14th, 2008 at 5:25 am
Why do Brits always think the Harrier is so great. A family friend of ours is a retired Marine Harrier pilot. Let’s be clear, the Harrier was a useful plane in its time, but it was never a true air superiority fighter. It is now hopelessly outdated, especially since the US is replacing it with the VSTOL version of the JSF.
The amount of nationalistic bias and ignorance on this subject amazes me.
The F22 is handsdown better than anything else. The Eurofighter is amazing, but simply can’t compete with the F22’s better speed, manuevarability, and lower radar observability.
The Russian fighters are absolutely amazing when it comes to manueverability and speed(especially the SU-48, only 1 ever made) but they lack the avionics, stealth, and good composite materials the Americans and Euros have. Manueverability in a fighter just doesn’t cut it if you are seen on radar 100 miles away, and you have no indication of the stealth bird that is about to blow you out of the sky.
Posted on August 22nd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Remember when we started Operation Iraqi Freedom-
The Russians said they sold GPS jamming devices to Iraq and US bombs will be useless? Bullcrap! “Russian Technology” lol, Thats like saying “Mexican Luxury Car”
The Russians always said the T-80 would destroy the M1A1 on the battlefield.. What happened?
The same thing would happen if Russia could even afford to make more than the 10 SU-35 that they have. The F-22 would destroy it, I bet the F-18 sh would probably win in the dogfight.
We already proved how superior US technology was-
The only thing I worry about is numbers.. although, We have Swarm missle technology for that
Posted on August 28th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
This is fascinating. I love these high tech fighter planes. I was amazed at the 180 3 second turn the F-22 displayed. The Sukhois are beautiful looking machines.
Posted on August 29th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Okey, this is stupid. ever aircraft got its own “main purpose”. and those who think we still live in the 50s please stand up!
Id say that the F22 is the absolute best for the USAF, since their main propose would be to defend their ground troops, bomb ground targets, fight non 4th gen aircrafts and to avoid getting shot down by old sam missiles witch any 3d world country could obtain.
I rly cant say how the F22 would do agenst a SU37 or how fast an X winged plane could do a 360 and what that would do for good in a dog fight, but i actually doubt most fights would come to a pure “dogfight” nowdays since most 4th gen aircrafts got state of the art radars (who could detect any F22) from miles away, (sorry guys)
The gadgets witch will dominate are the networking between the aircrafts, and or whit any ground unit.
Say for an example that US invades Sweden whit a modest assult force. (for some reson that i dont know).
A ground unit spots 2x F22, sends the info to a nearby road witch got an underground hangar for 2x Jas 39 gryphon, they got the targets, takes off from an deserted road somewhare in the deep woods, (now they have already locked on to the targets) its just to intercept and fire the bvraam (witch are being developed for the Jas). But still, the Jas is only as good as its enviroment, as are the F22. 4th gen vs 4th gen will result in heavy losses for both sides. And to think that the stealth will save the F22 in a conflict whit an advanced enemy are plain stupid. if US developes stealth, russia will develop a radar that will unstealth them.
I think Jas 39 Gryphon are the nr1 figher jet for defending small countries. (as it was built for)
Due to:
the Stol capability.
the great Maintenense vs flighthours.
the cost vs perfomence
the soon to come bvraam.
the new state of the art radar and networking systems.
the size of the plain witch gives it about the same “stealth” as an F35.
the new engine that will come whit the “Super Gryphon” (whit larger fuel tanks)
and lets not forget, the state of the art avionics that makes the airplane extremly easy to manover, that lets the pilot put their focus whare it belongs.
But then agen, it can never compete whit an F22 or the F15 when its about the best offensive aircraft, Jas are meant for defence. (even tought that they are trying to change it in to a more assult friendly aircraft to improve its chanses of exports)
And a pure guess, i do think that the Gryphon would kick the living crap out of the F22s if engaged in a cannon, and sraam only dogfight.
And for the love of good ppl. you cant just look at the angle of a turn, or how fast it can turn 180 degrees, at airshows these airplanes are flying at minimum speed to make it look good, the airplane it self could surely manage it in higher speed but the pilot wouldnt. so its just stupid to messure an airplain from an airshow.
Good damn. even a spitfire could do a decent 360.
that sure as hell dosnt mean that it would outmanuver an F22.
And my english suck atm, im haft drunk tbh
Posted on September 1st, 2008 at 10:02 pm
well i think the f22 will kick the othe plins ass like it did to mine
Posted on October 24th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
f22 is the best fidhter plane in the world.. jojo frm philippines
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
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Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I think this is an interesting topic but it seems most people really haven’t checked up on the capabilities of the aircraft they champion compared to other aircrafts. The Typhoon is an excellent aircraft as well as the Rafale and others but to compare them to a Raptor is really not worth doing. The Raptor has the tightest turn radius of any fighter aircraft and the most powerful radar as well as thrust to weight ratio but that is not what makes it more dominant. That would only make it an air superiority fighter and that is not what a Raptor is. The Raptor is an air supremacy fighter which means it was designed to dominate the skies in any theatre, in any climate. In operation Northern Edge (an exercise in Alaska) it flew against F15’s, F16’s, and F18’s and it completely dominated them. I believe the kill ratio the Raptor racked up was 114 to no losses. In it’s first debut at Red Flag, I believe it racked up 200 kills to no losses and this was flying against not only US pilots but against Australian, Canadian, British, and other NATO pilots in assorted aircraft. For exact numbers, one can google Northern Edge or Raptors in Red Flag or something similiar. An Australian pilot expressed his frustration at not being able to get any kind of lock (radar or IR) on a Raptor even though he had eyes on the aircraft. The aircraft’s systems prevent you from getting a lock on it. This year’s Red Flag is suppossed to have British Typhoons for the first time and I believe the Indian Air Force were also invited to bring their Sukhoi’s. It’ll be interesting to see how well they do. In the end, pilot skills do have a lot to do with air to air engagements and all NATO pilots are similiarly trained and cross train with each other but this aircraft gives such an advantage that it is a scary proposition for any plot to have to fly up against anyone piloting a Raptor. As far as anti stealth radar is concerned, it is a myth. If such an animal exists, it is not radar but works on some other principle. If anyone has any information one this, I would be interested to know about it.
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
with out a doubt, f22 is the best fighter plane in the 21st century.. russia and china is suck……….. f22 can kill 6 su 37 in 1 min.. thats cool
Posted on November 5th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
congrats barrack obama being the next president of the usa
Posted on November 5th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Its interesting to note that most comments here are emotional and not logical.i have on quite a no. of ocassions listened to fighter pilots and technological advances not underestimated,they say that up in the air its the pilot that matters most.i would love to hear from someone who has technical expertise on both the su-37,and the f-22.
thanks.
Posted on November 6th, 2008 at 10:27 am
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