Talk:Fighter aircraft

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Thrust vectoring

Isn't thrust vectoring a feature of Generation 4.5 & Generation 5 fighter jets? (Chunbum Park 14:22, 10 September 2009 (UTC))

Good question, to which I don't have an immediate answer. It's fair to say that all 4.5/5 generation jets do have additional active flight controls, which involve redirecting airflow or exhaust. Anything that is STVOL, which goes back to the more-or-less 3rd generation Harrier, has to have active controls, although I seem to remember some use ducted fans rather than thrust vectors.
Techniques such as boundary layer control, where air hitting the leading edge of the wings is piped somewhere else, also are used. Some research is needed; my preliminary checks are conflicting, but it appears that the exhaust nozzle on the F-35A (Air Force) and F-35C (CTOL carrier) are fixed, while the B model (STOVL for Marines and Royal Navy) can be vectored. The F-22 and, I think, the Su-35 do have thrust vectoring.
Incidentally, some but not all new air-to-air missiles use thrust vectoring. Howard C. Berkowitz 15:53, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
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