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An air superiority fighter is a fighter aircraft designed to seize control of an enemy airspace by establishing tactical dominance (air superiority) over the opposing air force. Air superiority fighters are primarily tasked to perform aerial combats against agile, lightly armed aircraft (most often enemy fighters) and eliminate any challenge over control of the airspace, although some (e.g. strike fighters) may have a secondary role for air-to-surface attacks.

List of active air superiority fighters

A USAF F-15 Eagle
Country Manufacturer Aircraft Introduced
United States Grumman F-14 Tomcat 1974
United States McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle 1976
Soviet Union/Russia Sukhoi Su-27 1985
Soviet Union/Russia Sukhoi Su-30 1996
Soviet Union/Russia Sukhoi Su-33 1998
France Dassault Rafale 2001
Germany/ Italy/ Spain/ U.K. Eurofighter Typhoon 2003
United States Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor 2005
Russia Sukhoi Su-35S 2014
China Chengdu Aerospace J-20 2017
Russia Sukhoi Su-57 2020

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