A comparison of the maneuverability of the most advanced US and Russian fighters

@DefAviation ES 1·15·2023 · 22:32 0

The United States and the Russian Federation are, to this day, the powers with the greatest capacity to build technologically advanced combat aircraft.

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The United States has a notable advantage in this. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor has been in service for almost 18 years now, while the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has already served more than five years. Russia has had more difficulties developing its fifth-generation fighter, the Sukhoi Su-57, with constant problems in its development that delayed its entry into service until 2020. Still today, Russia only It has 11 active series SU-57s, to which must be added the 10 prototypes built (not all of them capable of flying), while the US has 187 F-22s in service.

In turn, the US and its allied countries already have 890 F-35s in operation, a fifth-generation fighter, while the Russian equivalent (so to speak), the Su-35, is a 4th generation fighter with no stealth capability, although it does have its vector nozzles in its favor, which give it great maneuverability. Again, Russia loses in numbers: there are only 151 Su-35s in service.

The Japanese channel Tonkatsu298 has published an interesting video today in which it compares the maneuverability of the F-22, the F-35, the Su-35 and the Su-57, showing them in exhibitions in which they carried out similar maneuvers:

The F-22 seems to take the cake, which with its vector nozzles is still today a fighter with exceptional maneuverability, although the Su-35 is lagging behind.