Fighter Aircraft Since, 1945

Fighter Aircraft Since, 1945

by Frank Schwede
Fighter Aircraft Since, 1945

Fighter Aircraft Since, 1945

by Frank Schwede

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Overview

The world's first jet engines were already available shortly before the end of the Second World War, but they had not been developed to a high enough standard to take part. This changed after 1945 when, on both sides of the Iron Curtain, one technological development surpassed the others and records tumbled almost every week. The era of the piston engine was finally over and jet fighters now dominated the skies. By the mid-1950s their speed had already reached double that of the speed of sound; an achievement which a few years earlier, would have sounded to many like science fiction.

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ISBN-13: 9781473891319
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 01/24/2020
Series: Fact File
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Frank Schwede has worked as a freelance journalist for several daily newspapers, including the 'Süddeutsche Zeitung' and the 'Münchner Abendzeitung', as well as numerous radio stations. His hobbies include collecting international police badges and model police vehicles.

Table of Contents

Foreword 4

Introduction 5

USA 9

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger & F-106 Delta Dart 9

General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon 15

Grumman F-14 Tomcat 18

Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor 22

Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF 27

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter 30

McDonnell Douglas F-101 Voodoo 33

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II 35

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle 39

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet/Boeing Super Hornet 43

North American F-86 Sabre 47

North American F-100 Super Sabre 50

Republic F-84 Thunderstreak 52

Vought F-8 Crusader 56

Europe 59

Dassault Mirage III/5 59

Dassault Mirage 2000 62

Dassault Mirage F1 64

Dassault Rafale 66

English Electric Lightning 68

Eurofighter Typhoon 70

Hawker Hunter 73

Hawker Siddeley Harrier/Sea Harrier 75

Panavia Tornado ADV 77

Saab 35 Draken 79

Saab JA 37 Viggen 81

Saab JAS 39 Gripen 84

Soviet Union/Russia 86

Yakovlev Yak-15 86

Yakovlev Yak-17 87

Yakovlev Yak-23 88

Yakovlev Yak-25 89

Yakovlev Yak-28 91

Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-9 92

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 & MiG-17/MiG-19 94

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed 97

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 99

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 101

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum 103

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31 107

Suchoi Su-9 109

Suchoi Su-15 Flagon 110

Suchoi Su-27 Flanker 111

Suchoi Su-47 Berkut 113

Suchoi T-50 114

The People's Republic of China 117

Chengdu J-7 117

Chengdu FC-1 118

Chengdu J-10 120

Chengdu J-20 122

Nanchang Q-5 124

Shenyang J-8 125

Shenyang J-11 126

Shenyang J-31 127

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