F-17E Super Viper

My 1st ever functional plane, has airbrakes when braking

LORE : in 1993,the US government ordered the development of two planes, the f-16Q NFCS (A less fly by wire dependant f-16 with better radar and bvr potential) and the F-17E Super Viper. The NFCS won in bvr engagements and cost efficiency but the F-17E was still chosen due to its low observatory status (by using composite materials) and it's ability to dogfight and better payload capacity. The f-17E was just as unstable as the F-16,however it was significantly faster and Agile. American Pilots noticed something was off about the F-17E Super Viper when carrying payloads, they were really really unstable, not even the fbw was enough to save it, so Engineers improvised by putting dead weight in the nose cone, letting the f17e be a little stable. The F-17E Super Viper was then upgraded a little by having airbrakes, allowing the Speedy f-17 to slow down easily without needing to do maneuvers to bleed speed.