Summary Many nations rely on American fighter jets. The F-4 Phantom II was widely used and successful. The F-15 Eagle remains popular and will be replaced.
Ever since the end of World War II, the United States-manufactured fighter jets have played a vital role in most of the West's Air Forces. The two most notable exceptions are France and Sweden. In a bid to dictate its foreign policy, France, unlike other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries, manufactures its own fighter jets like the Mirage 2000 and 95 Dassault Rafale.
Likewise, as a neutral country until joining NATO in March 2024 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Sweden relied upon the highly versatile Saab JAS 39 Gripen for homeland defense. With a long history of air manufacturing, the United Kingdom took delivery of American-made fighter jets in the 5th generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II in 2018. Up until then, it had relied on Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo for the Eurofighter, a supersonic multirole fighter, together with Germany, Italy, and Spain.
Many nations rely on American fighter jets So, unlike the countries mentioned above, the rest of the world depended on America and the former Soviet Union for their fighter jet needs. The North American F-86 Sabre Using flight research data seized from German aerodynamicists at the end of World War II, the North American Aviation Company developed a swept-wing fighter jet to combat the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 during the Korean War (1959-1.