Absolutely yes! I was thinking about this today as to what planes would be what. I came up with

z-95= F-16 cheap and used all over the world

tie phantom = F-22 stealthy and tremendous firepower

tie defender = su 47 incredibly maneuverable

B wing =f14 (hlc =phoenix missles)

I went back and forth a dozen times on the next one.

x wing= FA18 multirole

so that means

Ewing =F15 designed with maneuverability in mind

tie interceptor= mig 29

Tie Bomber = A6 intruder for large ship hunting

Y wing =A10 tons of health

Haven't been able to pick out A wings and tie fighters though, feel like the AV8 harrier gets one of those nods. Maybe the ef2000 for the a wing?

Any thoughts? Agree disagree?

I would say something small and single engine for the a-wing, the F-5, or it's variant the F-20 (awesome model) come to mind.

My entire experience of flying fighter jets comes from Ace Combat, which is less "fire and forget" and more dogfight-heavy.

I've done some F-16 simulator combat, using F16 simulators in replica cockpits (including glass canopy) featuring last-generation equipment (current stuff is not permitted, and the DOD checks up on the company periodically to make sure they are "compliant"). A dozen of us from work went, and fought in 2 sets of battles; I took Top Gun award.

Visually, you couldn't even see targets most of the time - they were identifiers on the HUD. Lock on was usually at 10km, and hold fire until within 5-6km. Fire off a couple missiles, move on to next target. Cannons were almost never used - I think out of 45 minutes worth of combat, there was a single cannon kill. I was rarely in range to use my cannons, and they only carried 5 seconds worth of firing.

Missiles are also highly accurate with something like a 95% hit-rate without. Flares and being low to the ground help, but aren't a guaranteed savior.

I've done a few rounds of simulator combat at the naval aviation museum is Pensacola. It's HARD.

And sure, current warfighter tactics are designed for long range engagements and fire and forget.

But we aren't taking about whether they DO do it, but if you COULD do it.

I have to be the odd one out, but if FFG did it, and being a aviation nut, I would buy it.