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The F-302 Fighter is a fictional spacecraft in the science fiction television show, Stargate SG-1. It is the production model of the X-302 prototype and the first production series craft using reverse-engineered knowledge of alien technology.

Overview

Like its counterpart, the Goa'uld Death Glider, the F-302 is an unshielded, two-seat multi-role craft. Since Earth's technology is still less advanced than that of the Goa'uld, the F-302 is slower and less maneuverable than a glider, even though (or perhaps because) it possesses three different sets of sublight engines. However, one F-302 was still able to evade and defeat several squadrons of gliders. It is also larger than a Glider, and seems to have better armor since there are examples of the fighter taking direct hits from Death Glider energy cannons and still being able to fly and fight. Some development work on the F-302 was shifted to the private sector such as the multi engine control systems, which were designed by Colson Aviation. The X-302 prototype also possessed a fourth engine, a hyperspace window generator (or more colloquially, a hyperdrive), which was the smallest of its kind due to its use of naqahdriah instead of the more-stable but less-powerful naqahdah. Unfortunately, the 302's hyperdrive engine currently doesn't work as intended, due to instability caused by the naqahdriah. The hyperdrive is only capable of short range tactical jumps. Production models are known to still be equipped with hyperdrives. Furthermore, its inertial dampener is only ninety percent effective when pulling negative G's. Also, the F-302's have a magnetic clamping landing gear system which allows them to clamp onto the hulls of ships.
   Since Earth's efforts to create a directed energy weapon have so far proven unsuccessful, the F-302 was originally armed solely with a payload of modified air-to-air missiles. These modified AIM-120 AMRAAMs have a warhead enhanced with naqahdah and a shield modulator, which in theory allows the missile to bypass shields. The shield modulator proved ineffective against the Ori shields on the satellite weapon in the episode "Ethon". F-302s are also apparently armed with a pair of projectile cannons (though of an unspecified caliber and type), seen in the Stargate Atlantis Season Two episode "The Intruder".
   The F-302's first combat mission took place in the Stargate SG-1 episode, when it was flown by Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter in a strike against Anubis mothership. In the episode, several squadrons of F-302s commanded by Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell escorted the Prometheus to Antarctica, where they defended the cargo ship piloted by SG-1 against an attack wave of Al'kesh and Gliders.
   It was discovered in "Ethon" that when an F-302 explodes, it causes an electromagnetic pulse created from the concussive force interfering artificial gravity created by its inertial dampeners.

Bases

The current known bases of F-302s are as follows:

Base	Number of F-302 Fighters
Earth	Unknown
Atlantis	Unknown
Alpha Site	At least 3
Odyssey	8
Apollo	8

Former known bases of F-302s are as follows:

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