Field guide
Every target in the game and what gives it away. Your record fills in as you play.
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Jets 10
How to recognise combat aircraft
- AV-8B Harrier IIUSA / UKJump jet with large swivelling exhaust nozzles on the fuselage sides, a drooping shoulder wing and small outrigger wheels at mid-span under the wings.
- Chengdu J-10ChinaSingle-engine delta-canard fighter with a large chin intake under the cockpit and a single fin.
- F-16AMUSAUpgraded early-model F-16: single fin, belly intake and bubble canopy, almost identical in outline to the F-16C.
- F-16C Fighting FalconUSASingle tail fin, intake under the fuselage, frameless bubble canopy.
- F-35A Lightning IIUSASingle-engine stealth fighter with twin canted tail fins, faceted fuselage and a single round exhaust.
- JAS 39 GripenSwedenSmall single-engine delta wing with canards just behind the cockpit and a single tail fin.
- JF-17 ThunderChina / PakistanSmall single-engine fighter with bump-shaped side intakes, wing-root extensions and a single tall fin.
- MiG-21Soviet UnionSmall delta-winged fighter with a round nose intake holding a shock cone, a thin fuselage and a tall swept fin.
- Mirage 2000FranceTailless delta wing with no horizontal tail, half-cone intakes on the fuselage sides and a single fin.
- HAL TejasIndiaSmall single-engine fighter with a tailless compound delta wing, one tall fin and intakes under the wing roots on each side.