Multirole combat aircraft

History of the term

Multi-Role Combat Aircraft was the title of a multinational European project in 1968 that became the Panavia Tornado aircraft. During its development, the project had also been briefly called Multi-Role Aircraft (MRA).

Examples

F/A-18 Super Hornet

JAS 39 Gripen

Dassault Rafale

Eurofighter Typhoon

Su-30MKI

F-35 Lightning II

Mikoyan MiG-35

Listed below are examples of multirole combat aircraft and the country where they have been developed:

Region	Country of origin	Aircraft	Notes
Europe	United Kingdom  West Germany  Italy	Panavia Tornado	The original aircraft titled "Multi-Role Combat Aircraft" and to have the word "Multi-Role" in its title
	United Kingdom  Germany  Italy  Spain	Eurofighter Typhoon	Described as a highly agile Air Superiority and Air-to-Surface, multi-role/swing-role fighter" by the manufacturers and users.[1][2]
	France	Dassault Mirage 2000
		Dassault Rafale	Alternately described as an "omni-role fighter/fighter-bomber" by the manufacturer
	Sweden	SAAB JAS 39 Gripen
	Russia	Sukhoi PAK FA
		Sukhoi Su-35/Sukhoi Su-35BM
		Sukhoi Su-30
		Mikoyan MiG-35
		Mikoyan MiG-29
North America	United States	F-4 Phantom II
	United States	F-16 Fighting Falcon	The F-16 is a multirole fighter used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and many members of NATO
	United States	F/A-18 Hornet and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet	The 'A' in "F/A" explicitly denotes the joint Attack role of the F/A-18 ('F' = Fighter)
	United States  United Kingdom  Italy  Netherlands  Canada  Australia  Norway  Denmark  Turkey	F-35 Lightning II
Asia	Republic of China (Taiwan)	AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo
	People's Republic of China	Shenyang J-11
	People's Republic of China	Chengdu J-10
	People's Republic of China  Pakistan	JF-17 Thunder	Previously known as Super Seven
	People's Republic of China	Shenyang J-8
	People's Republic of China	Xian JH-7A
	People's Republic of China	Chengdu J-7
	People's Republic of China  Russia	Sukhoi Su-30MKK	Used by the PLA Air Force ('K' = Kitayski, China)
	India  Russia	Sukhoi Su-30MKI
	India	HAL Tejas
	India  Russia	Sukhoi FGFA