Next Major Update - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 1)

So F-2A confirmed.

Almost no chance it’s 7.7, but I’d also be very happy if it was for my 7.7 lineup.

errm a Buffalo plane??

JASDF E-767 or T-33A soon

@Hamamatsu Airbase

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F-2 this F-2 that. yall already have the F-2 just called the F-16 literally the same thing just fatter

Bait used to be believable.

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If it looks like an F-16 flies like an F-16 it’s an F-16

“It flies like an F-16” only if gaijin messes up it’s flight model. Its flight performance should be more like an F/A-18 with a bit of F-16 mixed in.

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Ahh ok so a worse F-16 got it. It’s literally just a supersized F-16

Hey if gaijin actually modeled AESAs well or had electronic warfare or had JP missiles not be gimped to hell it would be way better then the F-16s we have in game.

(Sadly Gaijin will continue to not add any of these things)

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Nationalism is a helluva dr*g.

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How am I being Nationalistic and to who?

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JP missiles are not the only ones gimped rn both the MICA and PL12 are also gimped atm

Yeah, but are either of those on F-16s?

IRL the F-2 is an outstanding plane, that was decades ahead of the main F-16 family due to things such as Electronic Support/Counter Measures, it’s AESA, weapons, flight computer, entirely redesigned airframe with carbon composites, and decreased detectability. None of these things except maybe the flight computer are coming to game.

So, honestly? yeah, in game the F-2 at this point isn’t much more then an F-16, but IRL it was by a longshot. For a few kinda short years, the F-2 was literally the most advanced in service fighter jet on the planet untill the F-22 came along. People have kinda forgotten that cause stuff that has came since has overshadowed it, but it was a standout plane in it’s own right.

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please no

Note: i think in my humble opinion that this is very likely fake
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Reddit post

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warthunder/comments/1kphqt4/just_released_leak_list_credit_to_iron_elf/

Chinese profile picture checks out

Leaklist? More like a Wishlist.

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yeah my thoughts too