In the movie *Top Gun* we see pilot Maverick with his offsider Goose.
The F-14 clearly needs a second man; but the A-4 does not, nor does the ~~Mig-28~~ *F-5E.*
The F-15 and F-18 comes in both one and two man variants, but I don’t think I’ve seen a two man F-16.
Modern MiG’s and Sukhoi’s seem to be one man fighters.
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Goose was the weapons systems officer (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_systems_officer). Some aircraft don’t require an additional officer to manage the weapons either because they are not intended for the same high-intensity dogfighting that requires all of the pilot’s attention or because the avionics are more advanced and support the single pilot better.
And more importantly, Goose was a damn good man.
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