The F-15 SA or F-15k export variants are what we should be buying. Just like the Block 60 F-16. Other countries are flying better versions of our aircraft than we are.

Why does it look like Predator?

Well he’s going to.

I worked on the GE 2nd engine for the JSF. Almost all of our parameters were better than the PW counterpart. Politics pushed the 2nd engine program out the door. Short term money saving yes, but in the long run it will cost us more due to less competition and inferior performance. The exact same thing happened in the…

Sad thing is the first thing a Viper pilot will do in an engagement is punch the bags off. If it’s a JSF he can just keep them on. Lol

I worked on the 2nd engine. It’s better costs less and oh well you know the story. Look at the F16 program history. Same Bat Time same Bat Channel.

Too big. The -132 110 is a great engine and perfect for the 60. We should just buy 500 Block 60’s and can this JSF.

Visual range combat is obsolete? You sound like McNamara or General Lemay. We made that mistake once and we paid dearly for it

FW-190 D9 or TA-152 was the best fighter of the war.

What is a P-46? And if you mean 47 they had the same guns. 8 vs 6 is the only difference.

You mean a Block 60? Yeah we sell those. We don’t have any :( should have

Lol. Awful. No gun. No second engine program. Wow same mistakes we have already made.

Wow. It can’t beat a Viper carrying bags in a dogfight? Well that’s pretty bad considering first thing the F16 pilot is going to do on engagement is punch the bags off. Now the F16 is a great aircraft so let’s not take anything away from it but come on this is absurd.

USAF rules all! Those mavericks are bad ass

Stealth unmanned delivery system with tactical nukes is the ultimate checkmate. I suppose a JSF would suffice to put a human in the link. It would be the ultimate way to end a conflict without MAD taking place.

I can only imagine. C5 has 4 hydro systems with 2 APU’s and a RAT that also has pumps. Each engine has 2 pumps. Gear kneels and ramps fore and aft. 24 hydraulic brakes. Not to mention all the flight Controls. We carried about 12 cases of hydro fluid on the jet as standard cargo. I won’t even get into the engine…

Nothing leaks more than a C5. And that doesn’t even count the PD valve dumping JP8 everywhere when the TF39’s shut down.

Well these guys are on our side. Just would be fun flying against those Mig 21s

How fun would that be? Tangling with a Frontline USAF F-15’s in a 50 year old Mig-21 and making them sweat? What a blast zipping around in that little Mig giving them a run for the money

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