Jet Fighter

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug. Missing +30% damage vs Helicopters Missing -10% damage vs Light Ships (excluding Brig, Fluyt, and Clipper). Missing -50% damage vs Aircraft Carrier. Missing -20% damage vs Sparse.

Jet Fighter
Fighter Aircraft
Base cost	90 Wealth 90 Oil
Ramping cost	2 Wealth 2 Oil
Build time	11 seconds (170 frames)
Hit points	140
Line of sight	16 tiles
Movement speed	90 (7 tiles/second)
Attack strength	46
Attack range	2–10 tiles
Attack speed	20 frames
Armor	3
Craft	500
Operation radius	5
Population points
Built at	Airbase
Prerequisites	Information Age Military 7 (Selective Service)
Upgrades from	Fighter
Upgrades to	Advanced Fighter
Special abilities	Can attack aircraft

The Jet Fighter is the standard Fighter Aircraft of the Information Age, available to upgrade from the Fighter once Military 7 (Selective Service) is researched and are built at the Airbase.

Overview

When Fighters become Jet Fighters, they gain +2 hit points, +1 attack strength, +3 attack range, -10 attack speed, and +15 movement speed, as well as +100 Craft. Their operational time is increased to 33.3 seconds, and fuel recharge time is increased to 16.7 seconds.

Unique units

• The Bantu build Eagle Fighters instead of Jet Fighter.

Trivia

• The Jet Fighter uses four different models:
  • F-16 Fighting Falcon for the Americans, Aztecs, Dutch, French (in the vanilla Rise of Nations), Greeks, Inca, Indians, Iroquois, Japanese, Koreans, Lakota, Maya, Persians and Spanish.
  • MiG-29 Fulcrum for the Chinese, Egyptians, Mongols and Russians. (The Egyptians use a desert version of the MiG-29.)
  • Panavia Tornado for the British, Germans, Nubians, Romans and Turks. (The Nubians and Turks use a desert version of the Tornado.)
  • Dassault Rafale (Incorrectly referred to as Mirage in game files) for the French (in Thrones and Patriots).

See also

• Jet Fighter Bomber