Venezuela plays Hardball
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From: Burleson, Texas
Originally Posted by Bighersh
Put Chuck Yeager in a P-51 Mustang, and a newby pilot in an F-16, Chuck would blast him out of the sky. (In a low speed dogfight.)
If you gotta get slow & low, I'd want an A-10.
Brutal, highly maneuverable, and Survivable.
The F-22 is bad, but to have real fun, you have to be a gunner on an AC-130 Spectre Gunship.
That's fun... I'd come to work every day with a woody.
If you gotta get slow & low, I'd want an A-10.
Brutal, highly maneuverable, and Survivable.
The F-22 is bad, but to have real fun, you have to be a gunner on an AC-130 Spectre Gunship.
That's fun... I'd come to work every day with a woody.
Well, yeah, the f-16 would fall out of the sky in a low speed dogfight. The design wouldn't allow it.
I know dogfighting has alot to do with experienced pilots, but the technology is overwhelming in the F-22's case. It can't be beaten. I don't care what it's fighting against. EOS.
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Originally Posted by Bighersh
That's another reason why it was dumb to retire the F-14. It had all of that (minus the supercruise, and low radar signature) but it had the first look, first shot, first kill. Being able to splash an enemy that doesn't even know you're there is amazing. The F-14 could do that from 100 miles away, never having been detected by the enemy's radar.
Not even my beloved F-15 could match that... The Sparrow/AMRAAM could only reach out and touch you 40 miles away. The Sparrow wasn't fire & forget; I'm not sure if the AMRAAM is or not.
Not even my beloved F-15 could match that... The Sparrow/AMRAAM could only reach out and touch you 40 miles away. The Sparrow wasn't fire & forget; I'm not sure if the AMRAAM is or not.
I haven't a clue about the F-14...never even seen one, except on TV...
