if and when the F22 comes it will probably be the death of top tier, hopefully they lock it to a BR where it will only see other stealth aircraft like the F35, J20 and Su57 (if you can even call that thing stealth)
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Smin said it can also take much longer as well.
“In development” can mean a lot of things. From gathering information before making the model/flight model to finishing it. I highly doubt the F-22 will happen that soon.
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Or maybe make it so that only a certain amount of 5th gens can appear in one match. Like two or three max. The rest will all be 4++ fighters with AESA and very long range missiles such as AIM-120D, Meteor, PL-15, etc.
There have been vehicles that have been finished long before they’re released. Something being in development doesn’t mean that it’ll be added any time soon. The Leopard 2A7V, for example, was being developed when the 2A6 was added in 2020.
ehhhhhh maybe even then I think 5th gens should be locked to their own BR
if f22 leaked to be in development like a month or 2 ago, and my prediction is just over a year from now it still accomodates for that
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It wasnt in development it was said iirc that testing with it was being done
eh t3 and 4 typhoon with asraam/iris-t and metoer are fair fight against f22 with aim 120d and 9x from what ive heard on forums
though tbf f22 was made to revolutionize a2a combat while typhoon refines some 4th gen methods
the plane, or some of its features?
Mostly stealth
Id imagine ofc
Regardless we wont see the Raptor until 2026 at the earliest
i am hoping for some advanced eagle series aircraft to come to USA between F-15E and EX if raptor cant come earlier
Considering its been a year since the Gripen C was added and we dont even have the Typhoon/Rafale yet… Id guess atleast another year after T1 Typhoon for T2 Typhoon. Then another year or so for T3.
Now US do typically get things WAY earlier than would strictly be fair. But Id guess 2026-2027 for T3 Typhoons and its equals like the F-22
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The early 5th gen fighter aircraft for USA tech tree coming to winter 2026, maybe
Gaijin could add early 4+ gen fighter aircraft with AESA radar before early domestic american 5th gen fighter aircraft, my guess
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wouldnt mind that tbh
idk they might deceide to add t1 typhoon first 2025 major or the june update, with t3 and f22 december.
the fact is, with f18 almost definitely coming this winter major, we have run out of the yearly new US fighter airframes of teen series/4th gen
From what we know, the Typhoon was originally planned for next update a while ago but was pushed back, so yeah, one of the first two updates of next sounds about right for the first Typhoons. The Typhoon T3 and F-22 being added any earlier than late 2026 makes no sense whatsoever, however.
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idk, the jump from F-15A to C in half a year is pretty huge, from C to E not as much but still significant and keeping with tradition of yearly new airframe the f18 is gonna be the end of 2024 addition, from there logical step is the 22 for 2025. i expect f18c winter, then super hornet june with f14d first 2025 major
ohno america will have to be like everyone else and have to wait to be the top of the meta again
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say what you will lol but yearly new airframes, especially for winter update is a recorded phenomenon for not just USA. the next big jump would be to 22 but they might drag it out with 4+/++ jets for another year
i am biased towards it, it is imo by far the absolute best looking 5th gen by a landslide. mostly because it looks like an evolution of the f15 (which it kinda is) which is my overall favorite jet ever
look at an f15c and an f22 side by side and you can see it
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The jump from the F-15A to the F-15C is not even half as big as that of the Typhoon T1 to the F-22. It’d be a stretch to say it’s even a quarter.
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