Refining AI-based operation of these objects is the goal of the ACE project, which partnered with Calspan to modify a Czechoslovakian “Albatros” trainer. Modern “fifth generation” designs of these objects typically eschew canards in favor of chines, and are often equipped with LPIR. Sweden’s Gripen and France’s Dassault Rafale (“da-SO ra-FALL”) compete in the market for relatively low-cost examples of these objects. In a NATO first, Polish President Andrzej Duda transferred four of these objects built by MiG to Ukraine in March 2023. Delays have plagued the procurement of these objects as part of the F-35 program, which is spearheaded by Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. For 10 points, name these military aircraft designed for air-to-air combat, unlike bombers. ■END■
| 2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 40% | 87.40 |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 80.00 |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 69.00 |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 32.00 |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 79.56 |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 29% | 85.86 |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 25% | 79.00 |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 67.00 |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 52.80 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qingyu Zhang | UF A | Florida State University A | 29 | 10 |
| Roger Chenn | Yale C | Carabrandeis | 29 | 10 |
| Stephen Walsh | Northwestern A | Purdue A | 30 | 10 |
| Aden Sun | UChicago A | Indiana A | 31 | 10 |
| Zachary Leblang | Penn B | Johns Hopkins A | 32 | 10 |
| Roman Bassett | UF D | UCF A | 34 | 10 |
| Dylan Tanouye | Tufts B | Harvard A | 36 | -5 |
| Reed Sexton | Michigan C | Ohio State C | 36 | 10 |
| Aidan Bernardo | Florida Tech A | UF F | 36 | 10 |
| Benjamin Allen | Central Oklahoma | NYU B | 43 | 10 |
| Emma Victoria Byron | Rutgers C | Johns Hopkins B | 44 | 10 |
| Parker Knudson | Texas C | Vassar B | 46 | 10 |
| Matthew Wang | UBC A | UBC B | 46 | 10 |
| Will Hollister | Lehigh A | Columbia B | 47 | 10 |
| Sam McNamee | Notre Dame | WashU C | 47 | 10 |
| Kevin Hoff | Amherst A | Boston University B | 48 | 10 |
| Alexander Nichols | UCF B | UF C | 48 | 10 |
| Anirudh Bharadwaj | Penn A | Bard A | 48 | 10 |
| Simon Emmanuel | Rutgers A | Rowan A | 51 | -5 |
| Devito Stevanus | McGill E | WUSTL A | 52 | 10 |
| Todd Maslyk | Michigan A | Pitt A | 56 | -5 |
| Richard Lim | Bowdoin A | Diamond Brandeis | 58 | 10 |
| Alan Lee | CWRU B | Pitt B | 59 | 10 |
| Cade Smith | Michigan State A | Michigan B | 66 | 10 |
| Cooper Roh | Columbia A | Haverford A | 66 | 10 |
| Liam Markland | Alberta | SFU | 75 | 10 |
| Simon Zimmerman | Ohio State A | Ohio State B | 77 | -5 |
| Reilly Melville | Purdue B | UChicago D | 77 | 10 |
| Sam Konkel | UChicago C | UIUC D | 77 | -5 |
| Roan Dowling | Iowa | Texas A | 80 | -5 |
| Will Hughes | Auburn A | Georgia Tech B | 80 | 10 |
| Gabe Dubowski | UIUC C | Miami | 80 | 10 |
| Logan Mathis | SIUE A | Indiana B | 80 | -5 |
| Sam Macchi | Vassar A | Texas B | 80 | 10 |
| Yaj Jhajhria | UW B | UW A | 80 | 10 |
| Justin Wytmar | UIUC A | UIUC B | 81 | -5 |
| Eren Michelet | Boston University A | Clark A | 83 | -5 |
| Matthew Siff | Yale A | Northeastern A | 88 | 10 |
| Vaibhavi Addala | MIT A | Brandeises Brew | 92 | 10 |
| Towery McNeil | Mississippi State | Oregon State | 93 | -5 |
| Kyan van Beek | UF E | Florida Tech B | 93 | -5 |
| Bakhtiyarov Khumoyun | A Brandeis Supreme | Williams A | 94 | 10 |
| Carter McLean | Princeton A | Penn State A | 94 | 10 |
| Ciaran Strimaitis | Kenyon A | Kenyon B | 94 | 10 |
| Peter Scully | Tufts A | Brown A | 97 | -5 |
| Braden Booth | Missouri | NYU A | 98 | 10 |
| William Houston | UChicago B | WashU D | 100 | 10 |
| Peter Nelson | Yale B | Bowdoin B | 103 | -5 |
| Nadita Shankar | CWRU D | Michigan State C | 112 | 10 |
| Alex Jiang | Brown A | Tufts A | 114 | 10 |
| Rahul Rao-Pothuraju | Rowan A | Rutgers A | 115 | 10 |
| Armand Erban | Clark A | Boston University A | 117 | 10 |
| Max Neal | Harvard A | Tufts B | 117 | 10 |
| Aditya Patnaik | Ohio State B | Ohio State A | 117 | 10 |
| Brynn Jones | Oregon State | Mississippi State | 117 | 0 |
| Bryce Cruise | Texas A | Iowa | 117 | 10 |
| Alejandro Prieto Mendoza | Texas D | Colorado College | 117 | 10 |
| Graham Lucas | Bowdoin B | Yale B | 117 | 10 |
| Trenton Burges | Indiana B | SIUE A | 117 | 10 |
| Patrick Minsker | UIUC B | UIUC A | 117 | 10 |
| Jiping Fang | UIUC D | UChicago C | 117 | 10 |
| Ryan Gomes | Florida Tech B | UF E | 117 | 10 |
| Zac Stapler | Pitt A | Michigan A | 117 | 10 |