Title: The 10 Best Single-Engine Fighter Jets - Aero Corner
Headings: The 10 Best Single-Engine Fighter Jets
The 10 Best Single-Engine Fighter Jets
Table of Contents
1. Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
The first American combat-ready fighter jet that came out victorious in the first all-jet battle in the world.
2. Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
The supersonic interceptor aircraft that set numerous world records in terms of speed and altitude.
3. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The witness of history and the evolution of time.
4. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
The first fighter aircraft custom-built to pull nine times the force of gravity.
5. Dassault Mirage 2000
A single-engine fourth-generation fighter and a proven jet with modern capabilities.
6. Saab JAS 39 Gripen
An exceptional air defense platform for Sweden and its European customers.
7. Chengdu J-10
A jet fighter that represents a significant milestone for the industry of China.
8. HAL Tejas
A revolutionary fighter for India’s air defense preparation for the battlefield.
9. CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder
The hallmark of the defense production of Pakistan and accounted as a successful light combat aircraft.
10. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
The most lethal, survivable, and connected fighter jet ever built.
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Content: CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder
10. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
The first fighter jets were powered by single engines designed for air-to-air combat against other fighters as well as ground attack. These conventional single-engine fighters were lighter, cheaper, and easier to maintain than modern advanced fighter jets. In the history of aircraft development up to the period before World War II, mostly single-engine fighter planes were produced. The aviation industry focused its efforts on designing and producing single-engine military aircraft that could be efficient in short-range aerial combat. Throughout the Second World War, the majority of fighter planes were all-metal monoplanes geared with batteries of cannons and machine guns and few could reach 400 mph speeds. A large number of fighters up to this time had a single-engine, but several fighters were already fitted with twin-engines. In comparison to twin engines, single-engine fighters had lower weight and therefore had better thrust-to-weight ratio thus better maneuverability. For years, one of the key developmental requirements of the U.S. Navy was for fighter jets to have two engines. The main reason for this is redundancy in case of engine failure over the ocean.