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Air-superiority fighters are primarily tasked to perform <a href="/wiki/Aerial_combat" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerial combat">aerial combat</a> against agile, lightly armed aircraft (most often enemy fighters) and eliminate any challenge over control of the airspace, although some (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Strike_fighter" title="Strike fighter">strike fighters</a>) may have a secondary role for <a href="/wiki/Airstrike" title="Airstrike">air-to-surface attacks</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Evolution_of_the_term">Evolution of the term</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_superiority_fighter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Evolution of the term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and through the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, fighters were classified by their role: <a href="/wiki/Heavy_fighter" title="Heavy fighter">heavy fighter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">interceptor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Escort_fighter" title="Escort fighter">escort fighter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Night_fighter" title="Night fighter">night fighter</a>, and so forth. With the development of heat seeking and radar guided missiles in the 1950s, design diverged between fighters optimized to not fight in range of the enemy’s guns; as these missile technologies progressed, so did fighter doctrine. In the United States, the influential prevalence of radar guided missiles with longer ranges developed fighters with no forward-firing gun, such as the original <a href="/wiki/F-4_Phantom_II" class="mw-redirect" title="F-4 Phantom II">F-4 Phantom II</a>, as it was thought that they would never need to resort to a <a href="/wiki/Dogfight" title="Dogfight">dogfight</a>. In 1982 long range radar missiles like (<a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a>) were first successfully tested creating the <a href="/wiki/Beyond_visual_range" class="mw-redirect" title="Beyond visual range">beyond visual range</a> (BVR) regime (interceptors).These aircraft would sacrifice high manoeuvrability, and instead focus on other performance characteristics, as they presumably would never engage in a <a href="/wiki/Dogfight" title="Dogfight">dogfight</a> with enemy fighters.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_first_air-superiority_fighters">The first air-superiority fighters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_superiority_fighter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The first air-superiority fighters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After lessons learned from combat experiences involving modern military air capacity, the U.S. Navy's <a href="/wiki/VFAX" title="VFAX">VFAX</a>/VFX and U.S. Air Force's F-X (Fighter Experimental) reassessed their tactical direction which resulted in the U.S. Navy's <a href="/wiki/F-14_Tomcat" class="mw-redirect" title="F-14 Tomcat">F-14 Tomcat</a> and US Air Force's <a href="/wiki/F-15_Eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="F-15 Eagle">F-15 Eagle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Davies_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two designs were built to achieve air superiority and significant consideration was given during the development of both aircraft to allow them to excel at the shorter ranges of fighter combat. Both aircraft also serve as <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">interceptors</a> due to their high maximum speed and advanced radars.<sup id="cite_ref-Spick_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spick-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gillcrist_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gillcrist-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sukhoi_Su-30SM_in_flight_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sukhoi_Su-30SM_in_flight_2014.jpg/220px-Sukhoi_Su-30SM_in_flight_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sukhoi_Su-30SM_in_flight_2014.jpg/330px-Sukhoi_Su-30SM_in_flight_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sukhoi_Su-30SM_in_flight_2014.jpg/440px-Sukhoi_Su-30SM_in_flight_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>A Russian Air Force <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30" title="Sukhoi Su-30">Sukhoi Su-30</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>By contrast, the Soviets (and the succeeding Russian Federation) developed and continue to operate separate types of aircraft, the interceptor <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-31" title="Mikoyan MiG-31">MiG-31</a> and the short-range <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29" title="Mikoyan MiG-29">MiG-29</a> for air superiority, although the long-range <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-27" title="Sukhoi Su-27">Su-27</a> can combine the roles of air superiority and interceptor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evolution_of_secondary_ground-attack_capability">Evolution of secondary ground-attack capability</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_superiority_fighter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Evolution of secondary ground-attack capability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the US Navy, the F-14 Tomcat was initially deployed solely as an air-superiority fighter, as well as fleet defense interceptor and tactical aerial reconnaissance. By contrast, the <a href="/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">multirole</a> <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18 Hornet</a> was designed as strike fighter while having only enough of an edge to defend itself against enemy fighters if needed. While the F-14 had an undeveloped secondary ground attack capability (with a Stores Management System (SMS) that included air-to-ground options as well as rudimentary software in the AWG-9), the Navy did not want to risk it in the air-to-ground role at the time, due to its lack of proper defensive electronic countermeasures (DECM) and radar homing and warning (RHAW) for overland operations, as well as the fighter's high cost. In the 1990s, the US Navy added <a href="/wiki/LANTIRN#LANTIRN_with_the_F-14_Tomcat" title="LANTIRN">LANTIRN</a> pods to its F-14s and deployed them on precision ground-attack missions.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/F-15_Eagle" class="mw-redirect" title="F-15 Eagle">F-15 Eagle</a> was envisioned originally as an air-superiority fighter and interceptor under the mantra "not a pound for air-to-ground".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the F-15C can carry "dumb" and GPS guided bombs, such capabilities which were first used by the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a>. In fact, the basic airframe proved versatile enough to produce a very capable strike fighter, the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle">F-15E Strike Eagle</a>. While designed for ground attack, it retains the air-to-air lethality of the original F-15.<sup id="cite_ref-Jenkins_p35_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p35-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, the <a href="/wiki/F-16_Fighting_Falcon" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a> was also originally designed as fighter but has since evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-4500-F16_sold_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4500-F16_sold-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the 1990s, with air-superiority fighters such as the F-14 and F-15 pressed into the strike role and/or having a strike derivative, the lines between air-superiority fighters and <a href="/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">multirole fighters</a> has blurred somewhat. The <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor" title="Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor">F-22 Raptor</a>, designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, would receive precision strike capabilities through mission system upgrades. Similarly the <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29" title="Mikoyan MiG-29">MiG-29</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-27" title="Sukhoi Su-27">Su-27</a>, despite originally designed for air superiority, have been commonly outfitted to use a range of air-to-surface armaments which would make them multirole fighters, indeed the <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-34" title="Sukhoi Su-34">Su-34</a> strike fighter has been derived from the Su-27. The <a href="/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon" title="Eurofighter Typhoon">Eurofighter Typhoon</a> is another example of an aircraft designed as an air superiority fighter, but became multirole fighters with strike capabilities in later production tranches. </p><p>With the retirement of the F-14 Tomcat, the US Navy has pressed its <a href="/wiki/F/A-18_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18 Hornet</a> and its upsized derivative, the <a href="/wiki/F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">F/A-18E/F Super Hornet</a>, into a fleet defence fighter, despite the Hornets being originally designed as multirole strike fighters. Due to the high costs of aircraft development, the next generation of USAF air superiority platforms will be multirole with strike capabilities designed from the outset.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_active_air-superiority_fighters">List of active air-superiority fighters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_superiority_fighter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of active air-superiority fighters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-15,_71st_Fighter_Squadron,_in_flight.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16</a> </td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">F-15 Eagle</a> </td> <td>1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin" title="Lockheed Martin">Lockheed Martin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor" title="Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor">F-22 Raptor</a> </td> <td>2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F-15EX_Eagle_II" title="Boeing F-15EX Eagle II">F-15EX Eagle II</a> </td> <td>2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Japan </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries" title="Mitsubishi Heavy Industries">Mitsubishi Heavy Industries</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_F-15J" title="Mitsubishi F-15J">F-15J</a> </td> <td>1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">Russia </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi" title="Sukhoi">Sukhoi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29" title="Mikoyan MiG-29">MiG-29</a> </td> <td>1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-27" title="Sukhoi Su-27">Su-27</a> </td> <td>1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-33" title="Sukhoi Su-33">Su-33</a> </td> <td>1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-35" title="Sukhoi Su-35">Su-35</a> </td> <td>2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-57" title="Sukhoi Su-57">Su-57</a> </td> <td>2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">China </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_Aircraft_Corporation" title="Shenyang Aircraft Corporation">Shenyang Aerospace</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-11" title="Shenyang J-11">J-11</a> </td> <td>1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-15" title="Shenyang J-15">J-15</a> </td> <td>2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a 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