The world's first country equipped with a fifth-generation aircraft is about to be born, anyway, not China, the United States and Russia are well known, at present, the world's development of fifth-generation aircraft countries only China, the United States and Russia, have

The world's first country equipped with a fifth-generation aircraft is about to be born, not China, the United States and Russia anyway

As we all know, at present, the only countries in the world that develop fifth-generation aircraft are China, the United States and Russia, all of which have the ability to develop two five-generation aircraft, of which the United States has the largest number of fifth-generation aircraft, with 180 F-22s, and will be equipped with thousands of F-35 fighters.

However, at present, the main fighter of the US military is not F-22 and F-35, the United States also uses a huge number of F-15, F-16, FA-18 and other four-generation fighters, in order to retain the us Navy and Air Force has a strong strength, even if the future F-35 fighters are all in service, these fourth-generation fighters will not be fully replaced, and a considerable number of fourth-generation aircraft will be used.

So, taking the F-35 fighter as an example, the unit price of the fighter has fallen below $100 million, and the latest F-35 fighter has a unit price of only $70 million, how good is it for the rich US Navy and Air Force to build a five-generation aircraft force. In the future, the sixth generation of aircraft will be in service, these fifth-generation aircraft are not outdated, and the reputation of all the use of fifth-generation aircraft is also very good, and the fourth-generation aircraft of the United States can be sold to ally countries and make a profit.

However, the ideal is beautiful, but reality does not allow it. The U.S. Air Force is relatively large, and some mission five-generation aircraft may not be able to handle all of them. On the one hand, some tasks can be performed by fourth-generation machines, and the cost of using fifth-generation machines is high, saving money in maintenance and maintenance. On the other hand, the size of the US Navy and Air Force is large, and it is impossible to eliminate all four generations of aircraft, even if Uncle Sam is rich and rich, it is more difficult to replace in the face of such a huge number.

China and Russia have the same reason, the fourth generation and the fourth and a half generations of fighters are already very good performance, do not need to do all the work for the fifth generation of aircraft. In the author's view, the purpose of the fifth-generation machine is to perform the work that the fourth-generation machine cannot do, and the execution of the task is more critical to make up for the lack of the fourth-generation machine.

Therefore, it is not easy for the navy and air force of a big country to realize the use of all five-generation aircraft, and for the air forces of some small countries, it is still easy to realize the concept of fully equipped with fifth-generation aircraft. For example, in European countries, there are many developed countries in Europe, equipped with small and sophisticated air force equipment, such as the Norwegian Air Force.

The Norwegian Air Force has been equipped with a certain number of F-16 fighters for a long time. Friends who often watch the news are not strangers, and there are often Norwegian fighters intercepting Russian strategic bombers, that is, the F-16 fighters of the Norwegian Air Force. At present, the Norwegian Air Force has begun to receive F-35 fighters, and the remaining F-16 fighters have been in service for decades, and some of them have decided to export to Romania.

In order to replace 50 F-16 fighters, the Norwegian Air Force has begun to receive 24 F-35 fighters, and the rest will be delivered in three years. The Norwegian Air Force's F-16 fighters were also added to the F-35, gradually retired and sold. However, for now, it seems that after the F-16 fighter jets are all retired, the F-35 fighter will be the only fighter in the Norwegian Air Force.

Of course, such a country also has, generally equipped with 100 internal fighter aircraft air force, there is another country is Finland, Finland is equipped with 50 F/A-18 fighters, is currently close to the end of service life, Finland is currently in the introduction of F-35 fighters are also eager to move, in the next time, the next full five generations of aircraft countries may appear in Europe.

However, the air force that all have five generations of aircraft does not necessarily have an advantage, and the fourth generation of aircraft has not yet reached the time to withdraw from the stage, such as the MiG-29, F-16, F-15, Su-27, Su-30, Typhoon, and Rafale fighters will still play an important role, and it is too early to let the fourth and fourth-generation and semi-generation fighters withdraw from the historical stage.