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A difficult question. If you restricted it to time frames it might be easier - i.e. WWI, between wars, WWII, WWII-1970, 1970-present?
F4 seems a little to flawed to be greatest; long service isn't a good guide to 'great'- more testament to cost of replacement/politics/budget...
F-15 100:1 kill ratio is as much about pilots as the plane... (i.e. see Korean War Sabre:MiG15 ratios)
So the winner is.... the Bf109Z - it owns them both...
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Brewster Buffalo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SkyChimp:
Gotta pick? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Post WW2 MiG-21 by far.
Used by much more countries than F4 and F15 COMBINED.
In use for 50 years.
Participated in more conflicts than both upper COMBINED.
Produced twice as many as upper two, combined.
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The Eagle with a 100+:0 air-to-air kill:loss ratio. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
U sure about that? I would rather say:
"By US claims, the eagle with a 100+:0 air-to-air kill:loss ratio."
Pls, don't get me wrong, It is a superb fighter, with kill/death ratio at least 10:1, maybe even 20:1, maybe, just maybe even 100+:0.
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So most-produced = greatest? Maybe my Bf109 comment wasn't so far off by that reasoning....
F15 100:0 does sound a bit over the top. I presume these kills occurred in Israeli service as the handful of helicopters and obsolete MiGs downed by USAF surely don't count....
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1 And the winner is ... Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
At least according to this site...
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...08/ai_n9261306
concerning WWII aircraft in the European Theatre, meassured in cold numbers:
"The bottom chart shows that the P-47 Thunderbolt flew twice as many sorties, dropped 2,010 percent more bomb tonnage, destroyed 62 percent of the enemy's aircraft in the air and 75 percent on the ground; it suffered only 58 percent of the losses (per sortie) of the P-51 Mustang runner-up. The P-47, therefore, earned its nomination as being the best fighter in the ETO."
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Engrs:
Hawker Hunter. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Good man. Can't beat British steel.
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Sea Fury... uber fast.. well just plain uber.
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It has to be Mighty Mouse....
Oh, you mean airplane?! 
Avro arrow.
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LMAO Tagert. I'd also have to say F-15 for now. The Raptor is supposed to be all the F-15 was and much more. But seriously I think Shredder is a great fighter, he kicked the **** out of them turtles!!!
Btw kewl pic buzz.