• VindictiveJudge
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    59 days ago

    Do they even still mount guns on fighter jets or do they just use missiles?

    • @Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      They do still mount guns on most. Notable examples of gunless fighters I can think of are the F-117 Nighthawk and the F-4 Phantom. F-117s weren’t really fighters, and got the F designation to lure in crazy fighter jocks. F-4s were later fitted with a gun pod, and then (IIRC) retrofitted with a gun.