Field guide
Every target in the game and what gives it away. Your record fills in as you play.
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Jets 14
How to recognise combat aircraft
- Chengdu J-10Single-engine delta-canard fighter with a large chin intake under the cockpit and a single fin.
- 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/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.
- RafaleTwin-engine delta wing with canards close behind the cockpit, single fin, two intakes under the wing roots.
- 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.
- HAL TejasSmall single-engine fighter with a tailless compound delta wing, one tall fin and intakes under the wing roots on each side.
- 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.
