Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed - List price: $25,000*Īlthough it was once one of the world's most popular fighter aircraft, it's no longer in active production, and the number of working MiG-21s continues to dwindle. With a new variant now in production - the Su-39 - the Frogfoot just might hop higher in future rankings.Ħ. With 506 planes still in service, it too holds a 3% market share. Over the past year, only one single Su-25 has been retired. It's also apparently nearly as popular as the Warthog. Russia's answer to the American A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog," the Su-25 is a dedicated "tank-buster" aircraft.
Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot - List price: $11 million Website estimates that if the Tiger were produced today, it would probably cost somewhere in the low-$20 million range.ħ. The plane's no longer in production, but retains a 3% market share. Northrop Grumman F-5 Tiger - List price: $20 million to $25 million (estimated )Īfter two dozen retirements over the past year, only 468 Northrop F-5 Tigers are still flying. Today, each and every one is still flying, giving the F-7 a 3% market share as well.Ĩ. One year ago, 460 were in service around the globe. F-7 numbers have suffered no attrition at all over the past 12 months. The export version of China's J-7 is dubbed F-7, and it's likewise a twin to Russia's MiG-21. Chengdu F-7 Airguard - List price: $2 million-$3 million Still, 418 remain in service, giving the fighter a 3% global market share.ĩ. It's actually China's version of the old Soviet MiG-21, and is no longer produced.
10 in this year's Flightglobal Insight "World Air Forces 2015" report is the Chinese J-7 fighter jet. Chengdu J-7 Fishbed (no longer in production) But which are the most popular combinations today? Let's find out, beginning with a really old picture of number.ġ0. Or if you prefer to buy domestic, Textron's ( TXT 1.76%) new Scorpion is a steal at $17 million per plane.ĭepending on what a nation needs, various buyers pick various warplanes, and various price points. (Of course, if you cut your production run short before efficiencies of scale kick in, the planes end up costing $412 million apiece).Īlternatively, that same money will buy you a whole handful of Boeing's ( BA 2.69%) perfectly serviceable fourth-generation F/A-18 or F-15 fighter jets, retailing for about $100 million a pop.īuying on a budget? You might like a nice Soviet-era Sukhoi Su-34 "Fullback." (List price: $18 million). government, you can hire Lockheed Martin ( LMT 0.84%) to design and build you an F-22 Raptor stealth fighter - widely considered the most capable air superiority combat jet in the world. Got hundreds of millions of dollars to toss around? Then like the U.S.
Which kind you get depends on how much you want to pay. In the 21st century, there are fighter jets, and then there are fighter jets.
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