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The concept of there being different generations of fighter jets appeared in the 1990s, and it should be stressed that there is no hard and fast definition of what it takes for a combat jet to belong to a particular generation of fighter jets (which is partly why there is         <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink-article\" data-id=\"2038052\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/advanced-5th-generation-fighters-close-quarters-dogfights-more-likely\/\" >debate about whether a given aircraft really is a fifth-gen fighter<\/a><\/span>). 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