Just realized, this isn’t posted under machinery of war section. Wonder how long until this gets locked :P
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It is rather dubious because what radar would the F-117 use? Why did they attach pylons with coolants for the AIM-9s?
I think something like that would be like giving a biplane missiles, like yeah maybe it could but it’s a logistical nightmare and not good for anyone ;)
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That picture kills me. Lol. Lmfao.
Anyways… the F-117 has no viability in WT, not to mention that a fair bit about it is still classified iirc. It’d just be dead weight and we already have entire lines of dead weight aircraft for every nation. Thanks, Gaijin, very cool.
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Wikipedias not a good/reliable source
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We are talking about the first stealth to be added
YF-12 is better with air to air.
But does its 2300kg payload allow it to destroy a base?
That’s false, it is a actual fighter jet that Japan bought
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Like the red Baron’s airplane
Japan never bought the F-16 currently found in the Japanese tech tree. They trailed the jet (they even trialed the F-14), but that was it as they never purchased it. Instead they went on to purchase and use the F-15, & eventually develop the Mitsubishi F-2!
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Japan never bought any F-16s, the “F-16AJ” is fictional / a paper design.
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“The F-16AJ Fighting Falcon represents the proposed introduction of a Japanese F-16A closely resembling a YF-16 into JASDF service, as proposed by General Dynamics in their corporation brochure and advertisement during exhibition in Japan by the 1980s. The JASDF had plans to select a winner from 13 candidates proposed by different aircraft companies as part of a program to replace its ageing fleet of F-104Js and to serve alongside their F-4EJ aircraft. Ultimately, the program came down to a choice between the F-14, F-15, and F-16 where the F-15 emerged as the victor, becoming the F-15J; while the concept of Japanese “F-16” eventually evolved into the Mitsubishi F-2 which became the first jet to be equipped with AESA radar by 2000.”
The War Thunder Wiki page for the F-16AJ
Then why is it in the Game?
Let’s get the Swiss Saab JAS-39C Gripen then
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That’s photoshop
That’s the point
Actually a Brazilian F-39 for Germany would be better
Bro this isn’t an educational institution, it’s a pixel military vehicle forum
In that case it won’t be first. It will be added alongside the F-22 and J-20. F117 will be first and serve as a live test, similar to the F-14 with ARH.
Cause there’s no in-service equivalent for 12.7/13.0 [well, F-15J would’ve been if it had 9Ls only].
With Thailand F-16A OCU can replace it.
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