I apologize in advance if my English is average. I am indeed French and not very good at foreign languages.

in my opinion, there are several possibilities of possible evolution at the level of aviation to make it more realistic.

I think that there is too much space given to stealthy planes and too early in the game. They should belong to Tier 3 and not Tier 2.

for my part, I think it would be better to have only one stealth fighter model to give more space to the drones that are the fight of the future. We would always have for each doctrine 7 models of light aircraft.

the detailed proposal below incorporates many device changes to make more sense to me.

air superiority fighter


naval air superiority fighter


the stealth multirole fighter (tier 3 only)

Western doctrine : F-22 Raptor
European doctrine : MBB Firefly IV
Western doctrine : Su-57 PAK-FA


strike fighter


naval strike fighter



UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle)


UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle - Tier 3 only)

Western doctrine : X-47B
European doctrine : nEUROn
Western doctrine : Mig SKAT

The presentation of the models is finished for the light aircrafts. I am ready to offer the same job for helicopters and/or heavies aircrafts.

The strike version of the Viggen is the AJ37 Viggen.

For the JA37, Wikipedia wrote:

Primarily a single-seat all-weather interceptor fighter, with a secondary attack role. Its first flight was on September 27, 1974^[117] with the first deliveries starting in 1979,^[117] serial numbers 37301-37449. A 10 cm (4 in) stretch in the shape of a wedge wider at the bottom than on the top of AJ 37 fuselage between canard and main wing. PS 46A LD/SD radar. Partially decommissioned in 1998, some upgraded to JA 37D.

for the Sea Harrier, it is for lack of alternative, the Etendard IVM and Super Etendard being pure attack aircraft too.

Apart from some versions of Sea Harrier (Sea Harrier F(A).2 with Blue Vixen radar) and Harrier II (with radar APG-65) are capable of using the AIM-120A AMRAAM.

the Su-39 is not a carrier-based aircraft. It is the SU-25UTG which is an carrier-based training aircraft.

since the Su-57K is not officially considered, I would not put it in place of the Shenyang J-11.

for the Eastern doctrine, it is the absence of Russian solution that makes me integrate Chinese elements to complete the holes. it seems all the more conceivable that one is no longer solely on European maps.

for aircraft technology trees, I would agree to simply removed the stealth strike fighter. there is indeed not enough model available. Instead, I replace it with the unmanned combat air vehicle that would have more of a place for me in an independent category. Like the Tier 3 unmanned aerial vehicle (more lightly armed), it would be air support aircraft.

For the F-35 Lightning, I rather give him the place of Tier 3 naval strike fighter within the Western and European doctrines. it is in my opinion more logical especially than the Harrier II currently used in European doctrine.