Best Fighter For It's Time

In article ,
"Charles Talleyrand" wrote:

My question is this: Which fighter had the clearest advantage over it's
the other fighters of it's time frame?

For example, the Fokker Eindekker would clearly lose to an F-14. However,
the
Eindekker had a large advantage over other fighters when it was introduced.
An F-14, though a fine plane, did not have so clear cut an advantage over
it's contemporaries.

Planes clearly NOT on the list

Albatros (not clearly better than a Spad)
Spitfire (was about as good as a Me-109)
F-14 (not clearly better than an F-15)

Planes ON the list

Fokker Eindekker
Me-262
F-4 (clearly better than the Mig-21 and the Mirage (maybe))



F-16
F-16 was a return to the fighter concept: manueverability, range, speed
-- in spades!


F-22
F-22 is a quantum leap in capability: supercruise, stealth,
maneuverability, range, fire control system. Nothing else comes close!

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