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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:00:07 AM EDT

No politics, no letting yourself know what features it have sway your opinion. Just what pops into your mind when you think of a jet fighter/attack aircraft.

I only ask because a youtube vid I watched said the f/a 18 Hornet was ugly, which I had never thought about, and after actually looking at it, it kinda is..

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:01:33 AM EDT

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F-86

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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:02:21 AM EDT

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I like the F4.

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:02:37 AM EDT

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Without regard for modern developments or other details, what comes to mind as simple "the jet fighter" will always be the 262.

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:04:24 AM EDT

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The one that was never built. The F-108 Rapier.
Of actual, flying fighters... Probably the F-5.

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:05:52 AM EDT

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Whose got the looks? F-14 hands dowm.

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:06:32 AM EDT

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F22

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:12:02 AM EDT

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Over the years I've learned to revel in pointing out to my trainees the pull start on the front of the engine.

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:13:07 AM EDT

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Facts

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:21:52 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:21:53 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:22:35 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/25/2022 4:23:49 AM EDT

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F-16

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:29:00 AM EDT

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Phantom.

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:30:58 AM EDT

[#14]

You all spelled F-104 wrong

Posted: 11/25/2022 4:59:25 AM EDT

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The F-104 was always my favorite when I was a kid, I had a bunch of models around my room and shit.

Posted: 11/25/2022 5:01:46 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:02:58 AM EDT

[#17]

Purely based on looks?

A-4
F-5
F11F
F-15

Posted: 11/25/2022 5:03:30 AM EDT

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Viper until further notice

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F-5 is a close second

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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:15:44 AM EDT

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All the more modern US jets are badass. F15, F16, F18, F22, F35.

I'm partial to the 16 and 18 though.

Posted: 11/25/2022 5:17:50 AM EDT

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I like the F4.

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This is the only correct answer

Posted: 11/25/2022 5:31:46 AM EDT

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F-104 Starfighter

Posted: 11/25/2022 5:37:59 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/25/2022 5:39:55 AM EDT

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F-22, followed by the SU-57

Posted: 11/25/2022 5:49:29 AM EDT

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I like the MiG-21 for the bizarre shape and vintage look.

Posted: 11/25/2022 6:15:33 AM EDT

[#25]

F-22 or F-14

Posted: 11/25/2022 6:17:28 AM EDT

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I've always been partial to the F/A-18. I don't see how it could be called ugly.

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Posted: 11/25/2022 6:18:56 AM EDT

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F-106

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Posted: 11/25/2022 6:19:04 AM EDT

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F-16.

Posted: 11/25/2022 6:24:23 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/25/2022 6:30:24 AM EDT

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I've always been partial to the F/A-18. I don't see how it could be called ugly.

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I think maybe that just it's profile it looks a little off but good at certain angles? Like it looks good when it is taking a selfie.

Posted: 11/25/2022 7:07:56 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/25/2022 7:10:48 AM EDT

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I like the way you think

Posted: 11/25/2022 7:10:53 AM EDT

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The F14A Jolly Rogers. No contest. My favorite scene from a movie when I was a kid.

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Posted: 11/25/2022 7:19:27 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/25/2022 7:26:45 AM EDT

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F22

Posted: 11/25/2022 7:31:46 AM EDT

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I'm probably a bit biased, but I'm an F-15 guy.

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Posted: 11/25/2022 7:46:09 AM EDT

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It wasn't this tail #, but an F4 from the same unit (Selfridge) was flown over to Bitburg, Germany back in 1989. Beautiful old gal flew all the way from Michigan Code 1.

She wasn't on the ground for more than an hour before the ABDR classes started.