Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

shahadi · #1 August 25th, 2016, 08:37 PM

Dogfighting is a form of aerial combat. The F-4 Phantom lack of guns in Vietnam killed that experiment and the Navy went back to Top Gun school. Dogfighting has no place in our game anyway.

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FASTBOAT TOUGH · #2 August 26th, 2016, 01:15 AM

I did say that my self above...as I've said this for years now as well concerning this piece of equipment. I thank god at at least the USN has more patience then both the USAF and USMC. Looks like the the year we settled on almost a year ago in this thread is going to hold up as 2018+ as it stands.
http://www.janes.com/article/63249/f...official-warns
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...abilit-428786/
https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com...program-07501/

A linked aside if you will...
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...0-reti-428787/

Hate fighters in the game. Love fighter-bombers though!?!
Not a topic starter as it's well covered already within this and other threads to include fairly recently.)

Regards,
Pat

IronDuke99 · #3 August 26th, 2016, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by FASTBOAT TOUGH

A linked aside if you will...
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...0-reti-428787/

Regards,
Pat

Have always wondered how the F35 was going to replace the A10 in doing CAS, as it seems an awfully expensive aircraft to put in the way of casual ground fire from rifles, MG's and auto cannon, etc.

I have certainly read Crabs (sorry RAF officers) saying that they think 'mud moving' is better left to kit like British Army Apache attack helicopters rather than their fast, shiny, pointy things...