Debrief: Generational Change—USAF Adjusts Fighter Generation Thinking

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Israeli Air Force F-35

Credit: Israeli Air Force
ROME—For more than three decades, the combat aircraft community has classified fighter development into generations. Readers will be familiar with how fighters have been cataloged by their capabilities, whether they were supersonic, had a radar and or could perform multiple missions, and so on...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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