Yeah that being said I kinda confused couple facts in my other comments since it was the middle of the night for me.
Sorry @Shay
Actual possible loadout (apart from AGM-65):
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@Smin1080p are the developers considering the possibility of providing AIM-9L to Phantoms like the British Speys and the Premium J phantom, given their BR placement has them fighting IRCCM wielding 4+ Gen fighters?
With AIM-9L no longer being top tier, and it being seen as low as 10.0, can we expect these phantoms to be armed with better missiles to remain competitive?
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Idk about jap Phantoms but tea Phantoms simply do too well in battles so they won’t be getting any new ordinance. So as usual statistics say they are fine so your common sense can’t be applied lol
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Just decompress the BRs
FG1 to 11.7 would be interesting, but decompression would be better.
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At least give one of them 9L as its annoying to have two functionally the same planes
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It’s extremely unbalanced to pit a super maneuverable air dominance fighter like Su27 or a 4+ gen f16c/Jas39a against a Phantom when at this stage, they’d been pretty much retired into targets lol
9Ls are extremely flarable and aren’t very good in the current version. Not sure why we should be fighting with 9Gs which you get all the way back at 9.3
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JAS39A/C and F-16C aren’t 4+ gen tho
just saying
I think there was a sheridan variant with a 76mm gun found in the files of the air superiority dev server. That thing could be used in the BP. It fits the BR window for the tank reward.
Yeah preferably to FGR.2 since it served longer than FG.1
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I’d 100% class F-16C Blk 52 as 4+ fighter. 4th gen would be F16A
Nah i see it as 4th gen
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But then F-16V comes in with AESA and 10 missiles… or any mid-production Typhoon or Rafale, Gripen E and F-15EX.
F-16C is just a mid-gen while F-16A (Block 1-15) is a very early 4th gen. Same goes for early batch Gripen A which apart from its flight performance doesn’t have much to offer over proper 4th gen fighters.
It’s definitely not clearly defined, so that’s fair.
I just see it as:
Me262/Meteor to F86 sabres - Gen 1
English Lightning to Starfighter - Gen 2
Su17 to F-4 Phantom - Gen 3
F-14 to F-16A - Gen 4
F-16C to Su-27 - Gen 4+
J-20 to F35 - Gen 5
su27 is also gen 4
The defining part for me that makes an F16C a 4+ over a F16A, would be the digitalisation of its equipment. Better radar, JHMCS, data link, etc. Networked fighters
What about F-15EX, Gripen E, Su-35?
4+ I would say! All of them are modern, digital networked jets (I think -35 is?)
Same sort of level as something like Eurofighter.
Some folks refer to things lile EFT as 4.5 though
My point being, a vietnam era airframe, with 3-4mi radar missiles, and AIM9Gs that you unlock as low as 9.3 has no place fighting modern BVR missile slingers that kill from 20+mi and out perform the phantoms in every aspect
Gen 4 f14 f15 f16 f/a18 mig29 su27 gripen
Gen4+ F15Ex F2 very late f16s with aesa super horrent su35 mig31 su57 gripen E Eurofighter rafeal (no clue how to spell it)
Gen5 f22 f35 j20