Favourite fighters!

You know the rules:

And as a Swede, it's my duty too:

JAS39-Gripen

Well OG stole my favorite fighter, so I'm going to raise him my second favorite, the Dassault Mirage F1:

I'm sorry for my generic taste.

On the basis I know **** all about fighters... 

Eurofighter Typhoon

Well. 

Glory Glory MiG 29

RAAF Mirage IIIs

The CAC Sabre

And FA-18

Pilatus PC-9s.
 

The PC-9 isn't a fighter. It's a trainer

Well, I might throw what I like down. I don't really care about military planes - but these I think look neat.

Firsty, MiG-15! 

Then the Saab Tunnan!

And coming in 3rd, the Eurofighter.

That Tunnan is a cutie 

I've always liked the 

Grumman F14 

and the English-Electric Lightning. 

So it looks like I'm a bit a late to the party. Here are a few of my favorite (obscure) fighters.

The Douglas F4D "Ford" (F-6) Skyray - Arguably the US Navy's first second generation fighter, in service from 1956-1964, but rarely seen on any carriers, since they found out early on that it was a pain to trap on a rolling carrier deck. The first US Navy fighter to exceed Mach 1 in level flight, it also was the first USN fighter to hold to world's absolute speed record.

The Vought F8U (F-8) Crusader - "The Last Gunfighter" served a long history with the Navy, even though it was replaced as the primary carrier fighter late in the Vietnam War by the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Served until the 1976 retirement of the Essex-class carriers, which couldn't handle the Phantom, served longer in the French Navy (Replaced by the Dassault Rafale Dec. 19, 1999) and the Philippine Air Force (retired in 1991). The US Navy kept the recee version up until 1987 (the same year ALL Navy Phantoms were retired).

The Northrop F-20 Tigershark - Designed as a cheaper alternative to the F-16 as a NATO export fighter, it was a competitive, upgraded version of the F-5 (with a single engine more powerful than the F-5's original 2, fly-by-wire, and so much maneuverability that, sadly, two of the three prototypes, and their pilots, crashed after blackouts) which was competitive with the earlier block F-16s, but politics and the fact the F-5 airframe was already stretched to its max led to its demise.

EDIT:

And, of course, the Saab J32B Larsen - Developed from an earlier strike/naval attack variant, the J32B served as a night fighter complement to the J29 Tunnan (shown above). Served a surprisingly long carrer, up until the 1990s in combat, and still in service in scientific/research roles.

Mine is very British

The RAF (not USAF, go away with your crappy version) Harrier Jump Jet

Mine is very British

 

The RAF (not USAF, go away with your crappy version) Harrier Jump Jet

Technically, the USMC flies it. And the latest versions the RAF/RN flew before retirement were actually derivatives of the US version. Basically, the newer Harriers were based on the US design which was based on the original British design. Talk about irony.

The Mirage 2000 is pretty cool as well.

F-15E Strike Eagle!

A tie between the  F6F Hellcat and Bf109.

There was a time when fighters looked manly, weren't stealthy, and had to get close and dogfight to destroy the opponent.