6 Fighter Jets That Are Still Overpowered In Close-Range Combat

Beyond-visual-range missiles and stealth coatings were supposed to make the dogfight obsolete, yet high off-boresight weapons still win if the engagement collapses inside visual range. Six fighter jets currently in production or front-line service are built, in whole or in part, around winning that merge. The question is which design philosophy actually holds up once the distance narrows, and it becomes a battle of dogfighters, not missile trucks.