My Top 10 most Attractive AirCrafts

[Teaser]

In my Opinion

10. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aeromil-yf/FINLANDE_Mig_21_MK.jpg
The Russian Mig-21

9.http://ftp.k2.net/misc/pic/a-10.jpg
I gotta give it to the A-10

8.http://www.iiaf.net/archive/aircraft/images/f-5irancolore_jpg.jpg
Number eight goes to the classy F-5

7.http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/aircraft/mugu-f4.jpg
The one and only U.S. made F-4

6.http://www.hellas.org/military/air_force/images/c130h-1.jpg
How can I forget the Kick ass C-130 Hercules

5.http://www.eagle.bewoner.antwerpen.be/f16-02.jpg
The very attractive American F-16

4.http://public.andrews.amc.af.mil/jsoh/images/planes/f-18-3_large.jpg
The great F-18

3.http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/b/m/bmb210/f22.jpg
The beautiful F-22

2.http://www.flygplan.info/images/MIG-29-2.jpg
Close but I have to give second place to the Russian made Mig-29

1.http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/su30_01.jpg
The AWESOME And Crazy as hell Russian SU-32. I have to admit Russians know their AirCraft!!!

[Blarney]

well, your sense of beauty is a bit off, mostly baised towards russin equipment and unprofessional at that. and the F15 isnt in there.

[Brute]

Imho, the Su-27 and its variants have the lines of italian race cars. I've heard, some people were wondering how this fighter could've been designed in Russia, instead of somewhere in Italy, by Pininfarina.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/863725/L/

[Brute]

well, your sense of beauty is a bit off, mostly baised towards russin equipment and unprofessional at that. and the F15 isnt in there.


So, are you saying that his sense of beauty would be more on, and professional, if it were mostly biased towards US equipment?

What exactly makes his sense of beauty unprofessional?


P.S. your typing skills are a bit off, mostly biased towards making typos and/or spelling mistakes, and quite unprofessional at that. Oh, and, ' isn't in "isn't", but should be.

[msnger]

I think migs are beautiful :)

[Galileo]

Phantom F 4 is not a french made plane

[jtv3062]

SR 71,A 10, F 14,SU 37, AC 130, P 51 MUSTANG. 3 out of 10 and are russian.

[I love Rachael Leigh Cook]

And the C-130 is neither a bomber, or good looking.

[muede]

Phantom F 4 is not a french made plane
It fared so badly against cheap and simple MiGs in Vietnam so i think the Yankees would love to blame it on French so lets give them that.. hssss. ;)

Unlike that superduper American made Mirage III that kicked lots of MiG-ass in same time period.. ;)

[Kingswat]

And the C-130 is neither a bomber, or good looking.


Well, it does drop the daisy cutters or whatever those big ass bombs are.

[FuturePara]

Where's the F-14? I always loved those along with the F-8 Crusaders, those were beauties as well.

"It fared so badly against cheap and simple MiGs in Vietnam"
I wouldn't call a 3:1 (Three MiGs for every one Phantom) faring badly. And this was before the US Navy gave birth to Naval Fighter Weapons School. Or "Top Gun."

Taken from http://www.danshistory.com/airwar.shtml
Service
US Navy loss ratio from From 1965 to March 31,1968: 3.7 to 1.
1972 on-12.5 to 1

Get your facts straight.

[jtv3062]

sorry misread the reply

[)I(EHbKA.]

hey Teaser, don't listen to anyone, you were right to give the SU-32 1st place, we have some people here that like to put down Russia

[Hawaii_Light]

I love the russian designs, but i think that the F-5 deserves a bit higher recognition, its definitly one of the most beautiful.

[pathfinder82]

wheres the F-14, no seriously.

[Impulse_t0]

negative. The Spitfire is the most beautiful. and the A-10 shouldn't even be on there, what a hunk of ugly metal!. Where's the F-15??? Oh and the F4 Phantom is not french, maybe you're thinking about the Mirage?

[Ria]

The Stealth Bomber is my favorite. Looks just like it sounds...

http://www.gowallpapers.com/wallpapers/military/b2stealth.jpg

[Mk11]

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4330/F14flyby.jpg
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6247/F14taxi.jpg
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/5655/f1420flyby6zj.jpg

[Teaser]

Phantom F 4 is not a french made plane

I have found a site on google where it states that it was build in France but it probably is an American plan

[Teaser]

Phantom F 4 is not a french made plane
I have found a site on google where it states that it was build in France but it probably is an American plane

[Teaser]

hey Teaser, don't listen to anyone, you were right to give the SU-32 1st place, we have some people here that like to put down Russia

I feel Russia is the Number 1 nation in building great military planes. They are genious!

[jtv3062]

F 4s are built by McDonald Douglas I believe and they are American made planes I dont know if they licensed any other countrys to build them http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avf4.html Phantom had been in active U.S. military service since it was first delivered to the Navy in 1960. It joined the services of both the Air Force and Marines in 1962. It had served in both Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm. It had become known as the "world's leading distributor of MiG parts" due to its kill record and had demolished the Iraqi air defense system from http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/f4/last.htm

[Blarney]

So, are you saying that his sense of beauty would be more on, and professional, if it were mostly biased towards US equipment?

What exactly makes his sense of beauty unprofessional?


P.S. your typing skills are a bit off, mostly biased towards making typos and/or spelling mistakes, and quite unprofessional at that. Oh, and, ' isn't in "isn't", but should be.

your serious? i mean really, hes just stating his favorite jets, and I decided id crack a joke and say he was biased since his top 2 are russian. All in good fun buddy, all in good fun

p.s. really this is mp.net, no one cares about splling, in fact we love OMEGA7 for his horribly literacy and use of words. lighten up

[Teaser]

Who ever feels like sharing their 10 favorite planes well you are more than welcome to do so! I would find it interesting, but in my opinion every body should have at least 1 or 2 Russian planes on their list. MIG'S ROCK!!!

[goldman]

Dude what the hell? You must of forgotten about F14 Tomcat.

[Teaser]

Dude what the hell? You must of forgotten about F14 Tomcat.

OK! GOD you people are annoying. Tommorow I will post top 20 planes without Russian AirCraft included because if I did include them you all will be like "Hey put more American planes!". OR BETTER YET! RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT V.S. U.S. AIRCRAFT!!! Yeeeaaaahhh I am a genious! Expect them tommorow!!!! I will call it the "Rumble in the Jungle!" LOL! Yeah you will love what I have in store for you guys tommorow!

"Oh Yes, there will be blood"

[Brute]

your serious? i mean really, hes just stating his favorite jets, and I decided id crack a joke and say he was biased since his top 2 are russian. All in good fun buddy, all in good fun

p.s. really this is mp.net, no one cares about splling, in fact we love OMEGA7 for his horribly literacy and use of words. lighten up


Are you? The needle on my joke-o-meter didn't move one bit, tbh. Your post sounded more like an accusation of his bias towards Russian planes, than a joke.

Oh well, in this medium you can never tell for sure, if someone is joking or is for real. Maybe add a smiley next time? *shrug*

[Buckeye67]

My "Top Ten" (in no particular order):

F4U Corsair:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/8415/f4u4jh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

P51D Mustang:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/314/p51d0yj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Nieuport 28:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/6875/nieuport283ix.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Spad VII:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/440/spad72oh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

C47 Dakota:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/1378/c47b5mo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Spitfire:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/8509/spitfirea277av.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

P47 Thunderbolt:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/7518/p471yd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

F86 Sabre:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/3671/f86banking20degreesleft1gr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

AV-8B Harrier:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/729/av8bhovering3to.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

B17G Flying Fortress (thumbnailed for size):
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/6765/b17g3gq.th.jpg (http://img349.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b17g3gq.jpg)

[Teaser]

My "Top Ten" (in no particular order):

F4U Corsair:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/8415/f4u4jh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

P51D Mustang:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/314/p51d0yj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Nieuport 28:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/6875/nieuport283ix.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Spad VII:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/440/spad72oh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

C47 Dakota:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/1378/c47b5mo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Spitfire:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/8509/spitfirea277av.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

P47 Thunderbolt:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/7518/p471yd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

F86 Sabre:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/3671/f86banking20degreesleft1gr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

AV-8B Harrier:
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/729/av8bhovering3to.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

B17G Flying Fortress (thumbnailed for size):
http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/6765/b17g3gq.th.jpg (http://img349.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b17g3gq.jpg)

LOL! the last one looks great, the one with the big picture.

[Buckeye67]

LOL! the last one looks great, the one with the big picture.

Yeah, B17's are sexy :)

The Corsair though, is art:
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9789/f4u1jo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[usm2b]

Dude...you must like some ugly beezies

p-)

[ronin2172]

all of you have no idea of what you are talking about...the most beautiful military plane ever built was the Avro Vulcan.....


http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8708/vulcanb110242rx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[sergey31]

It had served in both Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm. It had become known as the "world's leading distributor of MiG parts" due to its kill record

Really? How many ACES did U.S had in the entire Vietnam war? And how many North Vietnamese had? You should really research the subject and stop spreading aircraft manufactures propaganda.

[AlexNenadic]

Really? How many ACES did U.S had in the entire Vietnam war?

http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/wwwroot/aerial_victory_credits/avc_sea_vietnam_ad.html

Count for yourself. This is just the USAF.

[Panzer laid]

F14 ! where is F 14 ?

[toki]

No particular order (i know sounds like a strange mix)

F-15
A-4 Skyhawk
F4-U Corsair
P-47 D Thunderbolt
Rafale

Rafale:
http://digilander.libero.it/aereiemissili/images/rafale/Rafale082.jpg

loved to watch the Bitburg AB Eagles take off when i was a kid, begged my dad to drive to Bitburg and watch planes all the time, so he bought me a scale model of a F-15 and said "here you go, you can watch that all day long". I think they were withdrawn in the early nineties.
http://www.weagle.nl/bitburg/f15btcockpit1.jpg

[daktari]

Well, French aircrafts has some Mig kill records too
but not in frenches pilots hands :roll:

and the french Vautour is the only tactical bomber (he's no fighter) that had "killed" some Migs in air combat :)

http://www.histoiredumonde.net/images/20_eme_siecle/avions/vautour/prof.gif
http://caea.free.fr/imagcoll/vautour/caea_v2b_636.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aeromil-yf/LORRAINE%20Vautour%20IIN.jpg
http://funix.chez-alice.fr/aviation/images/francais/vautour.jpg
best light bomber of his generation woot


and don't forget
the Mirage III, very good plane too
http://www.vectorsite.net/avmir3_3.jpg

[drummerguy5]

heres mine teaser :)

1st: mig-29: I just love the desing more than than the flanker for some reason, even though the flankers design is pure art ;) everything about the 29 seems perfect to my tastes :)

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/7816/iprussmig29farnboro909xh.jpg

....so SU-27 flanker family goes to: 2nd! LOL personly i prefer the canardless 27s over the superflankers, though id place them in a '2.5' catagory

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5589/iprusssu27farnboro9011hr.jpg

3rd: Tu-160 The Swan.

http://photo.sohu.com/20041231/Img223730792.jpg

4th: TU-22 Backfire

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/bomber/tu22m/tu22m_03.jpg

5th: Su-24M: this aircraft has a real formidible look to it

http://www.aeronautics.ru/sukhoi/su-24_fencer/su-24m-026.jpg

regards

[muede]

Where's the F-14? I always loved those along with the F-8 Crusaders, those were beauties as well.

"It fared so badly against cheap and simple MiGs in Vietnam"
I wouldn't call a 3:1 (Three MiGs for every one Phantom) faring badly. And this was before the US Navy gave birth to Naval Fighter Weapons School. Or "Top Gun."

Taken from http://www.danshistory.com/airwar.shtml
Service
US Navy loss ratio from From 1965 to March 31,1968: 3.7 to 1.
1972 on-12.5 to 1

Get your facts straight.
All in All MiG-21 to F-4 its 2:1 not to mention that MiGs shot down numerous attack aircraft and also many of the kills you officially credit to AAA or SAMs were actually lost to MiGs and many of those credited to AAA in turn to SAMs, US lost several thousand fixed wind aircraft downed or badly damaged in Vietnam.

MiG-21s alone shot down 103 F-4 and lost 54 of their own (1966 to 1972), thats not in favor of americans but nearly 2:1 for Vietnamese.

Im not the one that need to get anything straight, its you kid.

Regards.

[variable]

Northrop F-5 Tiger is some kickass plane, in my opinion. Such a beauty =)

http://images.airliners.net/photos/photos/3/9/5/960593.jpg

And of course my one and only Typhoon...pretty as hell

http://www.machtres.com/eurofighter%2000.jpg

cheers

[crim_head]

hey Teaser, don't listen to anyone, you were right to give the SU-32 1st place, we have some people here that like to put down Russia
Sorry Dude, but Russia is (almost) down already... p-)
And Mig 29 is a crap with F16..

[sergey31]

http://www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/wwwroot/aerial_victory_credits/avc_sea_vietnam_ad.html

Count for yourself. This is just the USAF.

I don't see any ACES on that list. You know what ACE is, right?
There were only 2 American ACES compared to how many NVAF?
http://www.acepilots.com/vietnam/viet_aces.html

[DvdW]

Here are my favourit top ten, not in a special order:
the B-17
http://www.btinternet.com/~lee_mail/B17-5.jpg

Supermarine Spitfire
http://www.todo-aviones.com.ar/ingles/spitfire/Spitfire-2.jpg

Dutch Fokker G.IA
http://www.fighter-planes.com/full/fokker.jpg

He-111
http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/wwii/photos/gallery_005/Heinkel%20He%2011H-6%20Zwilling.jpg

Su-37
http://digilander.libero.it/aereiemissili/images/flanker/Su-37-000.jpg

Mig-29
http://www.chez.com/tolky/Airzone/Aircrafts/Photos/mig29-14.jpg

F-22
http://www.edwards.af.mil/openhouse/docs_html/images/aircraft_gallery/images/f-22-01.jpg

F-35
http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRTypen/Fotos/lockheed/X-35AWu.JPG

F-16i
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/IsraeliAirForcePilot/22054.jpg

F-15i
http://www.tribulation.com/images/f15i.jpg

[Mark Sman]

Pretty simple really, a fly till you die policy for the NVA. As opposed to one tour and out for the US pilots.

Anyway.

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/bomber/tu160/tu160_04.jpg
10: TU-160

http://www.fas.org/irp/world/uk/program/canb_1024.jpg
9: Canberra.

http://www.seaspotter.com/PAE/Others/ME-262.jpg

8: ME-262

http://www.copyright-free-pictures.org.uk/USAF/p-38-lightning.jpg

7: P-38 Lightning

http://www.astronomija.co.yu/istorija/letovi/buran/An225_2.jpg
6: AN-225. Nobody admits it, but everyone needs a big girl now and again.

http://www.rcplanetalk.com/images/gee-bee.jpg
5: GeeBee racer. And whats better than a big girl? A fast chubby girl!

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/YankeeAirMuseum2002/Venom/VenomBankingLeft20Degrees0930.jpg

4: de Havilland Venom, could also say the Vampire and Sea Vixen derivatives.

http://www.americanairpowermuseum.com/images2/P-40%20a.jpg
3: P40-K Kittyhawk


http://artur54.no.sapo.pt/images/sr71.jpg

2: SR-71 You could maybe make the case that the U-2 is more graceful.


http://static.flickr.com/7/8916571_aa64ff57b7_m.jpg

1: Office Avenger, and variants like the Classroom Avenger

[Graspol]

Well, it does drop the daisy cutters or whatever those big ass bombs are.

Nevertheless it's designated C-130, where C stands for Cargo. If it was a bomber it would have been named B-130 eh?

[JoaMei]

Just in terms of beauty the Mirage 2000 wins hands down, its the most elegant plane ever built.

[ranger75bn]

http://static.flickr.com/7/8916571_aa64ff57b7_m.jpg...that is a beautiful plane...http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif

[attackong]

Here it goes:
GunShip:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3892/ac1309eu.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/221/030128o9999j0264gx.jpg
B1
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8749/050930f5040d0257ne.jpg
Beautiful Tu:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7643/0038vq.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/6284/0014io.jpg
Migs:
Mig-29:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5841/mig2920russian20swifts20200332.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5005/mig202920tiger20slovak8jk.jpg

Su:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7928/duo1uo.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3306/s3740vm.jpg

Harrier:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/968/harrier21wv.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/949/harrier42qk.jpg

[kayaker]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Personally I find that the F35 looks like a boat. My personal fav are the G1, P38/Mosquito, F16, SU27, F15, UH-1, Lynx, B17, FW 190, BF110

[Lamer]

mine: mig29, f16, f-22, a10, typhoon, su35, spitfire, p51, harrier (in my eyes they are equal)

[Kalasj]

My top 10

10. Mirage 2000
http://rafaleair.free.fr/photo2/mirage%202000-5%20F.jpg
9. Typhoon
http://www.futura-dtp.dk/Flysiden/images/Typhoon.jpg
8. F-22
http://aeroflt.users.netlink.co.uk/types/usa/lockheed_martin/f-22/raptor1.jpg
7. He 162
http://jg1.ic.cz/oesau/images/gallery/heinkel/23he162a.jpg
6. Ju 287
http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/wwii/books/germany_secret_weapons_wwii/ju_287_02.jpg
5. HE 111
http://www.ww2guide.com/he-111.jpg
4. Su-27
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~fta/su-27.jpg
3. MiG-29
http://www.sci.fi/~fta/mig29_012.jpg
2. ME-262
http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/wwii/photos/gallery_005/Me%20262%20-%20Kommando%20Nowtony.jpg
1. BF-109 Emil
http://aeroaficion.iespana.es/images/Bf109/me109g61.jpg

[Roaming East]

I don't see any ACES on that list. You know what ACE is, right?
There were only 2 American ACES compared to how many NVAF?
http://www.acepilots.com/vietnam/viet_aces.html
You might be unaware of this but the US military doesnt keep its pilots in theatre for duration. In other words total kills for US pilots are spread amongst many pilots who rotate in and out of Vietnam and return stateside to instruct new pilots whereas the Vietnamese depend on a handful of pilots to account for the majority of the kills. In any event its worth pointing out that the NVAF never achieved air dominance the way the USAF and USN did so the war was pretty much a tactical and strategic victory in terms of air power to the yanks

[roland]

F16 (here a Belgium one with French Mirage 2000)
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/F16_Belge_M2000Fr.jpg

F14 (here with the first BVR missile: the famous AIM54 Phoenix)
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/F14_Tomcat-AIM54_Phenix.jpg

Mirage IV
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/Mirage_IV-10.jpg

Rafale
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/Rafale3-noir-super.jpg

Tu 160 BlackJack
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/tu160.jpg

Vulcan
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/vulcan.jpg

Spad XIII: the best plane of WW1 ;)
http://www.bjimportsusa.com/webart/Products/425_3.jpg

Me 262
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/wwii/Me262-2.jpg

P47 Thunderbolt (I know it's ugly but I like it)
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/wwii/P-47_Thunderbolt_4.jpg

P51 Mustang
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/wwii/P-51-4.jpg

Spitfire XIV
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/wwii/SpitireMK14.jpg

Hawker Tempest
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/wwii/tempest-mkv-1.jpg

[sergey31]

You might be unaware of this but the US military doesnt keep its pilots in theatre for duration. In other words total kills for US pilots are spread amongst many pilots who rotate in and out of Vietnam and return stateside to instruct new pilots whereas the Vietnamese depend on a handful of pilots to account for the majority of the kills. In any event its worth pointing out that the NVAF never achieved air dominance the way the USAF and USN did so the war was pretty much a tactical and strategic victory in terms of air power to the yanks

Not so, many U.S jets fell victim to NVAF fighters throughout the war, especially fighter bombers like F-105. Majority of experienced U.S pilots stayed several tours of duty and sometimes without any say in it.
It is true that U.S had illusion like air dominance over Vietnam and the only reason is it's because of the # of aircraft they deployed to the theater. Without a doubt if NVAF enjoyed the #'s U.S did they for sure would have devastated U.S air forces over that region to the point of no recovery.

[Resurrection]

My top 5:


5. Dassault Rafale

http://img491.imageshack.us/img491/9971/rafale287vb.jpg


4. Lockheed Martin C-130

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/9591/9197405tl.jpg


3. Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle

http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/2628/fotof1554yc.jpg


2. Sukhoi Su-37

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5315/su375ve.jpg


1. SAAB JAS-39 Gripen (of course I'm biased but still... :p)

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6595/airjas39gripenbehindlg6un.jpg

[daily666]

De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum. If that's his choice it's ok for me though...and the Ruskies are making beautiful planes, especially from the Mig-29 and Su-27 lines. And I also miss F-14 in this gallery, a great plane for me.

[ed316]

Phantom F 4 is not a french made plane

x2....McDonnell Douglas I believe(USA)

[ed316]

I have found a site on google where it states that it was build in France but it probably is an American plane

Don't believe everything you read on the internet

[Maskirovka]

I have soft spot for SAAB 35 Draken and Mirage F1.

http://www.airshowactionphotography.com/gilze02/061top.jpg
http://www.airshowaction.com/zltwg2000/zltw012.jpg
http://www.aeromagazin.hu/rovatok/friss/katonairepules/9800005/draken2.jpg
http://www.fighter-planes.com/full/f1c.jpg

[Impulse_t0]

I don't know what my top 10 fighters are. But i'll just post these sexy planes instead ;)


http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/images/spruce_goose_flight_750.jpg

Owned




http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/sr-71-ec97-43933-4.jpg
The gorgeous Sr-71 Blackbird

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/recon/sr71/sr71_08.jpg
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/recon/sr71/sr71_07.jpg (javascript:window.close();)

http://www.sibat.mod.gov.il/airforce/image/kfir/kfir-big5_jpg.jpg

The Israeli Kfir. Such a good plane, that the Americans told the Israelis to cease production. rofl

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/2848/kfir3_2.jpg

http://www.americanantigravity.com/graphics/nick-cook/b2-bomber-lg.jpg

The B2 Stealth Bomber. Man is that a scary plane.

http://www.darkgovernment.com/b2-1.jpeg

http://www.synapse.ne.jp/~save/model/FMTF/FMTF1.jpg

Who could forget the TIE Fighter?

[Fenna]

F16 (here a Belgium one with French Mirage 2000)
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/F16_Belge_M2000Fr.jpg


Roland is this pic available in high res? thanks

[Graspol]

[quote=attackong]Here it goes:
GunShip:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3892/ac1309eu.jpg
Well, these are Spectres and not Hercules' so still it doesn't make a C-130 a bomber. http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/221/030128o9999j0264gx.jpg

[ed316]

10
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1186/a462d47qv.jpg

9
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2162/ap7ecb2ci.jpg

8
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1156/b1mk822ax.jpg

7
http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/6536/b220dropping20bombs9de.jpg

6
http://www.aviation.ru/MiG/15/MiG-15.jpg

5
http://www.holloman.af.mil/airshow2005/images/A-10%201.jpg

4

http://www.lakenheath.af.mil/images/three%20shot_0089.jpg


3
http://public.andrews.amc.af.mil/jsoh/images/planes/f-18-3_large.jpg
2
http://www2.arnes.si/~terlih/slike/su-35.jpeg

1
http://www.delphieng.com/images/services/f-22-lrg.jpg

[Impulse_t0]

Good choice. I think the F-22 is the sexiest plane around.

[theg]

http://www.aeronautics.ru/img001/s37berkutlarge.jpg
my favorite is su 47

[corran.pl]

Just look at this beauties
http://lotnictwo.net/pic/0511/0511120027.jpg
http://lotnictwo.net/pic/0505/0505210061.jpg
http://lotnictwo.net/pic/0508/0508110011.jpg
http://lotnictwo.net/pic/0511/0511120002.jpg

[roland]

Roland is this pic available in high res? thanks

contact alex.paringaux AT wanadoo DOT fr

[Teaser]

heres mine teaser :)

1st: mig-29: I just love the desing more than than the flanker for some reason, even though the flankers design is pure art ;) everything about the 29 seems perfect to my tastes :)

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/7816/iprussmig29farnboro909xh.jpg

....so SU-27 flanker family goes to: 2nd! LOL personly i prefer the canardless 27s over the superflankers, though id place them in a '2.5' catagory

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5589/iprusssu27farnboro9011hr.jpg

3rd: Tu-160 The Swan.

http://photo.sohu.com/20041231/Img223730792.jpg

4th: TU-22 Backfire

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/bomber/tu22m/tu22m_03.jpg

5th: Su-24M: this aircraft has a real formidible look to it

http://www.aeronautics.ru/sukhoi/su-24_fencer/su-24m-026.jpg

regards

I preffer the SU-32 getting first but your list is preety reasonable

[artistoli]

Phantom F 4 is not a french made plane

Galileo is 100% correct. The F4 Phantom was never even used by the French, and was certainly NEVER EVER produced there. I think the confusion has derived from the fact that the Vought F-4U Corsair was used by the French in Indo-China; though as far as I know it was never produced by the French either, though I could be wrong on that last point, as they may have built some under-license, from kits in the late 40s.

[Teaser]

http://static.flickr.com/7/8916571_aa64ff57b7_m.jpg...that is a beautiful plane...http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif

LOL! I actually agree, it should have gotten 1st!!!!

[Teaser]

F16 (here a Belgium one with French Mirage 2000)
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/F16_Belge_M2000Fr.jpg

F14 (here with the first BVR missile: the famous AIM54 Phoenix)
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/F14_Tomcat-AIM54_Phenix.jpg

Mirage IV
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/Mirage_IV-10.jpg

Rafale
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/Rafale3-noir-super.jpg

Tu 160 BlackJack
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/tu160.jpg

Vulcan
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/vulcan.jpg

Spad XIII: the best plane of WW1 ;)
http://www.bjimportsusa.com/webart/Products/425_3.jpg

Me 262
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/wwii/Me262-2.jpg

P47 Thunderbolt (I know it's ugly but I like it)
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/wwii/P-47_Thunderbolt_4.jpg

P51 Mustang
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/wwii/P-51-4.jpg

Spitfire XIV
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/wwii/SpitireMK14.jpg

Hawker Tempest
http://nancyetroland.free.fr/public/PhotosMilitaires/wwii/tempest-mkv-1.jpg

The mirage looks very nice, I forgot to put it on the list, and I also forgot to add the tornardo

[Teaser]

x2....McDonnell Douglas I believe(USA)

Yeah I knew it was an American plane because they used it in 'Nam, but in some stupid corrupt website it said that it was made by the French

[Teaser]

Ok guys I just edited the pic's and I put that the F-4 is American made. :)

[Tygryssek]

http://www.samoloty.ow.pl/fot/fot119.jpg

Republic XF-12 Rainbow.

Heavy, fast strategic recon aircraft.
She has designed to photograph Japan main islands before invasion in the 1945.

[Digital Marine]

Im not seeing an F14 on that list! something MUST be wrong!:p

[ed316]

Im not seeing an F14 on that list! something MUST be wrong!:p

http://www.swordsmen.org/aviat-gall/tomcat22.jpg

[IRONHORSE]

Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder.
Some Of You Need Your Eyes Checked.

[ed316]

Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder.
Some Of You Need Your Eyes Checked.

where's your top ten?

[IRONHORSE]

Not In Order
P-51 Mustang
P-38 Lightning
Fj-3 Fury / F-86 Saber
A-4 Skyhawk
F4u Corsair
F8f Bearcat
F11f Tiger
Ra5c Vigilante
B-47 Stratojet
B-58 Hustler
BUT MY FAVORITE IS (DON'T LAUGH) IS THE AD SKYRAIDER.

[hammerlock]

Typhoon,
SU-27 and SU-37,
CF-105 Arrow because plane of the cold if it had made it into production,
Hawker SeaFury,
Canadair F-86 Sabre,
Mosquito
FW-190,
Vulcan,
SE-5A,
Spitfire XIV,
SAAB JAS-39 Gripen


Here's my list of the top 10, althought there is no order to the list. And as you can see you one can clearly create a list of awesome Military air craft with only one US designed plane the F-86 although one on my list is the Canadian built version. No need for the F-16, F-14, F-22 or F-35 all nice planes, but none make my list of most beautiful.

[Kekkonen]

http://music.jnu.edu.cn/air-net/WM-PIC/O-1/F-X/SAAB-37(H).jpg

In all the massive uglyness of the Viggen there is as well something so sexy about it.

[FallenAngel]

Nevertheless it's designated C-130, where C stands for Cargo. If it was a bomber it would have been named B-130 eh?

Designation means **** sometimes.

When was the last time a F-111 or F-117 carried an air to air missile let alone fire one in anger? p-)

[ABNINF]

http://www.synapse.ne.jp/~save/model/FMTF/FMTF1.jpg


Who could forget the TIE Fighter?


http://www.thestarwarsgalaxy.com/x-wing.jpg

http://perso.numericable.fr/~ddefeverdi77/acp37/images/MONTAGES/XWING/XWING_06.jpg

I'm partial to the X-Wing;-)

[cepera]

Not In Order
P-51 Mustang
P-38 Lightning
Fj-3 Fury / F-86 Saber
A-4 Skyhawk
F4u Corsair
F8f Bearcat
F11f Tiger
Ra5c Vigilante
B-47 Stratojet
B-58 Hustler
BUT MY FAVORITE IS (DON'T LAUGH) IS THE AD SKYRAIDER.

A true cowboy p-)

[IRONHORSE]

Weather Forecast For Tomorrow
80's F
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH "COWBOY" FROM THE LIST OF A/C?

[Brute]

Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder.
Some Of You Need Your Eyes Checked.




Not In Order
P-51 Mustang
P-38 Lightning
Fj-3 Fury / F-86 Saber
A-4 Skyhawk
F4u Corsair
F8f Bearcat
F11f Tiger
Ra5c Vigilante
B-47 Stratojet
B-58 Hustler
BUT MY FAVORITE IS (DON'T LAUGH) IS THE AD SKYRAIDER.


^ Beauty In The Eye Of the Biased

[I_hate_posers]

AH-64, Supercobra, AC-130U, Mi-24 (all versions, proven!), CH/MH-47 Chinook, C-17 Globemaster, MH-60 DAP, B-52 Stratofortress, F-15 (all versions, awsome fighter/bomber). I like mixtures of aircraft, especially modern and helicopters because they can move us!

[Berkut]

Every Jet is beautiful and Gorgeous in its own way. Maybe except for the A-7, sorry but this is the most ugly flying thing that I ever saw...

[cepera]

Weather Forecast For Tomorrow
80's F
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH "COWBOY" FROM THE LIST OF A/C?

Brute phrased it really well

[Angrykirill]

My favorites, allthough I am not an aircraft fan.

First of all, raptor looks like ****. I hate that plane for its looks, and for its performance nevertheless. But lets not take that here..

10 - Warthog. allthough oldfashioned, it looks like a classic sportscar.

9 - Mig-21. looks great

8 - F-16. not a bad look.

7 - Tiger (EF). nice way of continuing delta wing scheme

6 - Su-34 - big and beautiful

5 - Su-27 family (33, 37 etc) - legend

4 - Tu-160 - love the look and paintjobs

3 - Mig-31 - heh looks cool

2 - Berkut (S-37) - black beauty!!

and number 1..

SU-25/39! - Amazing machine

[cepera]

Undoubtedly

http://www.modelspot.com/photo/macs01/su27tpt1.jpg
http://www.modelspot.com/photo/macs01/su35front.JPG
http://www.modelspot.com/photo/macs01/su27k.jpg
http://www.avions-militaires.net/images/photos/photo2/su35.jpg

[Noble713]

9/10 Tu-160 Blackjack and B-1B Lancer. They look the same to me...
8. B-2 Spirit
7. F4U Corsair
6. SR-71 Blackbird
5. P-51 Mustang
4. MiG-29 Fulcrum
3. F-22 Raptor
2. Saab Draken (loved it when I first saw pics, didn't even know its name)
1. Su-27 Flanker

[Mk11]

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/803/4462yg.png

[Seiyuuki]

Not so, many U.S jets fell victim to NVAF fighters throughout the war, especially fighter bombers like F-105. Majority of experienced U.S pilots stayed several tours of duty and sometimes without any say in it.
It is true that U.S had illusion like air dominance over Vietnam and the only reason is it's because of the # of aircraft they deployed to the theater. Without a doubt if NVAF enjoyed the #'s U.S did they for sure would have devastated U.S air forces over that region to the point of no recovery.
It is ironic that you posted a website describing in good details the differential of VPAF's aces to their U.S.'s counterparts and yet spouted something afterward which by the very source you provided amounted to nothing but typical rhetorics.

American pilots rotated home after 100 combat sorties with very few exceptions that requested for a second tour of duty. "F-105 formations used to fly every day at the same time in the same flight paths and used the same callsigns over and over again," first thing, the "Thud" is not most maneuverable tin can around and it is not hard getting kills if your opponents are repetitive.

"Finally, the overwhelming US numerical superiority meant that, from the point of view of the Vietnamese pilots, the aerial battlefield was a "target rich environment." For the American airmen Vietnam was a "target poor environment." The Americans could not find enough enemy aircraft to pile up large scores simply because there weren't that many MiGs around; the VPAF never had more than 200 combat aircraft."

Having more aces mean little in term of air dominance in Viet Nam. It was no "illusion" on the U.S. part, if the VPAF has the same numerical standard, that in turn would have meant a "targe rich environment" for the American airmen. As Operation "Bolo" proved, it would be a 7:0 ratio for the F-4 magnify several times. Eventually, with the implementation of "Top Gun" and the F-4E Vulcan-equipped, whatever edge the North had would have been neutralize.

[Seiyuuki]

10.
http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicles/Thunderbolt/ThunderboltHeader.JPG

9.
http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/tiedefender/img/eu_bg.jpg

8.
http://www.steelfalcon.com/Macross/Images/VF17fighter.gif

7.
http://www.robotechresearch.com/rpg/mecha/ref/veritech/vf_6/vf_6h_fighter1.jpg

6.
http://www.macrossworld.com/macross/art/mcr358l.jpg

5.
http://www.steelfalcon.com/Macross/Images/YF21fighter.gif

4.
http://www.steelfalcon.com/Macross/Images/VF11fighter.gif

3.
http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_051111-F-5480T-007.jpg

2.
http://fansub.hosteol.com/upload/covers/1077404721_yukikaze1_front.jpg

1.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/kaemmerite/YF19_sky_1024.jpg

[larryzou]

great photos,thinks lot.

[eATS]

hmmm

T10-v5
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2971/jk7vftv35t8xk4eowgyj39lkmtynob.jpg
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3205/0ppnqxfgn3zmu399ltajxosjyteqps.jpg

B1b
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5299/119tj.jpg
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/2569/513nf.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6/2b1lancer7nr.jpg
Ef2000
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/7530/ef200010gb.jpg
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/2364/ef2000102ws.jpg

F/A-22
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/9401/f22chase0nf.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/598/fa22d3ye.jpg

MIG29SMT
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/417/mig29smt1jpg8tt.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3859/mig29smt00011bo.jpg
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/2928/mig29095smt6ht.jpg

[eATS]

JSF
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/259/yr5rg1tu.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6913/aadsized8dh.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2823/65360ia.jpg

Mirage2000
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3024/fmira2000p01l9xa.jpg
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9817/fmira2000p02l8nm.jpg

[Roaming East]

Designation means **** sometimes.

When was the last time a F-111 or F-117 carried an air to air missile let alone fire one in anger? p-)
the key word in fighter bomber is fighter...im sure the designations have some kind of arcane history in regards to payload size or what not...