And F-15 = US plane?
At least the Japanese ones are made there with some actual differences, and the Israeli ones are domestically modified. Everyone else has American designed ones and most were tested or even operated by USAF/Boeing
Because those nations don’t have an equivalent — they’re falling behind in capabilities. Ideally, they’d get domestic or unique additions, but if there’s truly no other option, then borrowing something like the F-14 or Hornet becomes a necessary stopgap. Meanwhile, the U.S. has plenty of top-tier options already. You’re not exactly hurting for choices.
4 Likes
Doesn’t need 15 more though
1 Like
Japans next jet (more real than the AJ)
13 Likes
Imho Nations like the US should haul for awhile to let other nations catch up, the US is fine for not getting an aircraft for a couple of updates since they added three Hornets already.
1 Like
There is already stuff at F-14 BR area and F-18 BR area.
BR’s aren’t everything of that was so then Germany wouldn’t have had the Swiss Hunter, the only reason they got that was because of it’s guided tech.
1 Like
If you compare # of potential top tier (13.0+) vs # added per update you will see US is probably getting the same portion or even less than everyone else. The only one that really has a huge amount left also is China
Is the F-14 or hornet even a real upgrade over the F-15’s in tech? They have F-2 early and late as well
Yeah, barely . Japan, China, Sweden, Germany and the UK are clinging to stopgaps while the U.S. has full lineups at those BRs with multiple competitive options. Having one or two aircraft at that BR doesn’t magically solve the performance gap or lineup limitations those nations are dealing with. Not every country is swimming in top-tier multiroles like the U.S., so yeah — they’re going to ask for what helps them stay viable.
6 Likes
China is, they should have way more 4 gen.
Since they have so many flanker variants, and Russia has quite a few left too, and US has so many F-15’s, they should add at least one flanker-eagle pair each update until they are done
Or maybe they shouldn’t do that and let other nations catch up since America isn’t the only nation in the game (shocker ik)
4 Likes
They could just add stuff to the other nations then? I mean a lot of these F-15 are hardly jumps over stuff like the Rafale or 30SM
So what you’re saying is then, just because the Japanese only got one option aka the F-2. It shouldn’t need anymore jets until the F-35.
So you want this game to be a US vs China and USSR then ? Great go play DCS if you want that
1 Like
That doesn’t mean you need 15+ of them does it, use brain and think about it
2 Likes
i would like to see all F-2 variants, maybe Japan top tier will be less of a gap
2 Likes
Typhoon and Rafale won’t disappear you know
I just want something that isnt for the US tbh
3 Likes
Last time was probably T-2 back in the day, maybe Hyūga for naval, but nothing in a long time.
Which is generally a good thing, ideally there’d be nothing be overpowered at all instead of the current “flavor of the update” sort of thing.
6 Likes
I get that, but to increase playerbase for a nation, a nation must have something attractive.
Most nations currently don’t have that because they are getting more C&P by the update.
1 Like