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Top 5 failed fighter jets

The fighter jet success can be determined by many factors – its performance, sales, arm load capacity, maneuverability and combat effectiveness, But a jet has to be accepted into service first by approved by respective aerospace firm like FAA, DGCI. Thus, it is only natural that the most unsuccessful fighter jets are the ones that never left the drawing board or went beyond the prototype stage. Of course, many potentially successful jets do not enter production because of economic, political, or other non-aviation-related reasons. For example many late Soviet projects did not see mass production due to budgetary reasons after the collapse of the Soviet Union: the supersonic VTOL Yak-41 and Mikoyan’s fifth-generation attempt, the 1.44, among them. Those are not failures – they are results of changing situation around the project To be considered a failure, the jet has to fail because of its design or manufacturing defects or not able to withstand the varying atmospheric conditions. But

Boeing T-7 Red Hawk

  T -7 Red Hawk The Boeing/Saab T-7 Red Hawk, originally known as the Boeing T-X, is an American/Swedish advanced jet trainer produced by Boeing in partnership with Saab. It was selected on 27 September 2018 by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the winner of the T-X program to replace the Northrop T-38 Talon Role Advanced Trainer National origin United States/Sweden Manufacturer Boeing/Saab Status In Production Primary User US Air Force First Flight 20 December 2016 Number Built 2   The T-7A Red Hawk is all-new advanced pilot training system designed for the U.S. Air Force that will train the future pilots of next generation fighter and bomber planes. The Red Hawk builds off the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, paying tribute to the legends of the past and the heroes of the future. Designed using a digital thread, the T-7A aligns with the U.S. Air Force’s Digital Century Series strategy by enabling the integration of new concepts and capabilities faster and more affordably through