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1st Gen - Early jet aircraft armed only with Cannon or MG's / supersonic in a dive - Meteor/Vampire/F86/Swift/Hunter
2nd Gen - Aircraft designed to use IR AAM as primary armament and/or supersonic in level flight - Lightning
3rd Gen - Swing role / Radar guided MRAAM - Phantom FGR2
4th Gen - Swing Wing / Analogue FBW / Pulse Doppler radar - Tornado F3
4.5 Gen - Digital FBW / high maneuverability - Typhoon
5th Gen - Stealth and data fusion - F35
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They stand down, of course. Therefore, as you would expect for anything military, there is a lot of standing to be done.
As regards the RAF
1st Gen - Early jet aircraft armed only with Cannon or MG's / supersonic in a dive - Meteor/Vampire/F86/Swift/Hunter
2nd Gen - Aircraft designed to use IR AAM as primary armament and/or supersonic in level flight - Lightning
3rd Gen - Swing role / Radar guided MRAAM - Phantom FGR2
4th Gen - Swing Wing / Analogue FBW / Pulse Doppler radar - Tornado F3
4.5 Gen - Digital FBW / high maneuverability - Typhoon
5th Gen - Stealth and data fusion - F35
1st Gen - Early jet aircraft armed only with Cannon or MG's / supersonic in a dive - Meteor/Vampire/F86/Swift/Hunter
2nd Gen - Aircraft designed to use IR AAM as primary armament and/or supersonic in level flight - Lightning
3rd Gen - Swing role / Radar guided MRAAM - Phantom FGR2
4th Gen - Swing Wing / Analogue FBW / Pulse Doppler radar - Tornado F3
4.5 Gen - Digital FBW / high maneuverability - Typhoon
5th Gen - Stealth and data fusion - F35
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As regards the RAF
1st Gen - Early jet aircraft armed only with Cannon or MG's / supersonic in a dive - Meteor/Vampire/F86/Swift/Hunter
2nd Gen - Aircraft designed to use IR AAM as primary armament and/or supersonic in level flight - Lightning
3rd Gen - Swing role / Radar guided MRAAM - Phantom FGR2
4th Gen - Swing Wing / Analogue FBW / Pulse Doppler radar - Tornado F3
4.5 Gen - Digital FBW / high maneuverability - Typhoon
5th Gen - Stealth and data fusion - F35
1st Gen - Early jet aircraft armed only with Cannon or MG's / supersonic in a dive - Meteor/Vampire/F86/Swift/Hunter
2nd Gen - Aircraft designed to use IR AAM as primary armament and/or supersonic in level flight - Lightning
3rd Gen - Swing role / Radar guided MRAAM - Phantom FGR2
4th Gen - Swing Wing / Analogue FBW / Pulse Doppler radar - Tornado F3
4.5 Gen - Digital FBW / high maneuverability - Typhoon
5th Gen - Stealth and data fusion - F35
Typhoon does not have AESA, amongst other things, and is very firmly 4th Gen.
"Swing wing" is definitely not a 4th gen characteristic either. It's a 1950s concept that became technically possible in the 60s and featured heavily in the 70s.
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A bit harsh, and inaccurate. Finningley Boy sums things up correctly.
I was attempting to flog Typhoon in the late nineties when the terms 4th and fifth generation became increasingly and loosely used - with no specific definition; which aroused a deal of uninformed debate! Typhoon is most certainly 4.5
A bit harsh, and inaccurate. Finningley Boy sums things up correctly.
I was attempting to flog Typhoon in the late nineties when the terms 4th and fifth generation became increasingly and loosely used - with no specific definition; which aroused a deal of uninformed debate! Typhoon is most certainly 4.5
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