Field guide
Every target in the game and what gives it away. Your record fills in as you play.
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Jets 37
How to recognise combat aircraft
- A-10 Thunderbolt IIStraight wings, two big engine pods mounted high on the rear fuselage and twin tails at the very end.
- AV-8B Harrier IIJump jet with large swivelling exhaust nozzles on the fuselage sides, a drooping shoulder wing and small outrigger wheels at mid-span under the wings.
- B-1B LancerSwing-wing bomber with a smoothly blended body, four engines in two pairs under the fuselage and a tall fin.
- B-2 SpiritFlying wing with no tail, a sawtooth trailing edge and engines buried in the wing with intakes on top.
- B-52 StratofortressHuge bomber with eight engines in four double pods under a long, drooping swept wing and small outrigger wheels near the wingtips.
- Chengdu J-10Single-engine delta-canard fighter with a large chin intake under the cockpit and a single fin.
- Chengdu J-20Large stealth fighter with canards just behind the cockpit, a long fuselage, twin canted tails and ventral fins.
- Eurofighter TyphoonDelta wing with canards well forward under the cockpit, single fin, chin intake.
- F-4 Phantom IIBig two-seat fighter with drooping tailplanes, upturned outer wing panels and two engines.
- F-15 EagleLarge twin-engine fighter with two tall vertical tails, a big flat wing and wide box intakes either side of the cockpit.
- F-16AMUpgraded early-model F-16: single fin, belly intake and bubble canopy, almost identical in outline to the F-16C.
- F-16C Fighting FalconSingle tail fin, intake under the fuselage, frameless bubble canopy.
- F-22 RaptorStealth fighter with diamond-shaped wings, two outward-canted tails, large horizontal tailplanes and flat engine nozzles.
- F-35A Lightning IISingle-engine stealth fighter with twin canted tail fins, faceted fuselage and a single round exhaust.
- F/A-18 HornetTwin engines, two outward-canted tails, long leading-edge extensions alongside the cockpit.
- JAS 39 GripenSmall single-engine delta wing with canards just behind the cockpit and a single tail fin.
- JF-17 ThunderSmall single-engine fighter with bump-shaped side intakes, wing-root extensions and a single tall fin.
- MiG-21Small delta-winged fighter with a round nose intake holding a shock cone, a thin fuselage and a tall swept fin.
- MiG-31Large, long interceptor with big square intakes, two vertical tails and two very large engine nozzles.
- Mirage 2000Tailless delta wing with no horizontal tail, half-cone intakes on the fuselage sides and a single fin.
- Panavia TornadoSwing-wing two-seater: the wings move between swept and spread, with a large single fin and two engines side by side.
- RafaleTwin-engine delta wing with canards close behind the cockpit, single fin, two intakes under the wing roots.
- Su-24Swing-wing bomber with side-by-side cockpit, rectangular intakes and a single tall tail.
- Su-25Straight, slightly swept wings, two engines in long nacelles along the fuselage sides and a long pointed nose.
- Su-27Twin fins, long tail sting between widely spaced engines, large swept wing and no canards.
- Su-30SMFlanker airframe with a two-seat cockpit and small canards ahead of the wing root.
- Su-34Flanker airframe with a wide, flat duck-bill nose for side-by-side seating and small canards ahead of the wings.
- Su-35STwin tail fins, long nose, large intakes under a broad flat fuselage.
- Su-57Stealth-shaped fighter with widely spaced engines, all-moving twin tails, large leading-edge extensions and a long, flat fuselage.
- Tu-22M3 BackfireSwing-wing bomber with two engines buried in the rear fuselage, huge rectangular intakes beside the cockpit and a tall fin.
- Tu-95 BearHuge swept-wing bomber with four engines, each driving two contra-rotating propellers.
- Tu-160 BlackjackVery large white swing-wing bomber with four engines in paired pods under the wing roots.
- HAL TejasSmall single-engine fighter with a tailless compound delta wing, one tall fin and intakes under the wing roots on each side.
- KF-21 BoramaeTwin-engine fighter with stealth-style faceted shaping, canted twin fins and diamond-shaped intakes, but with weapons carried outside.
- MiG-29Twin fins and twin engines with large intakes under a blended wing; shorter and stubbier than the Su-27 family.
- Shenyang J-16Two-seat Flanker: twin fins, widely spaced engines and a long tail sting, but no canards (unlike the Su-30SM); often seen with a grey radome and Chinese markings.
- Yak-130Small two-seat trainer with a stepped canopy, two engines under long wing-root extensions that reach forward to the cockpit and a straight-edged wing.
