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To: wrench

Uh, no.


17 posted on 07/03/2015 5:42:31 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: USNBandit

I was lucky enough to learn dogfighting in the 80s. At the time, it made a lot of sense. But the AIM-7E and AIM-9P are long gone.

I also remember doing “Shooter-Eye” intercepts. They are in the dust bin of history, too.

Still, it seems like an F-35 OUGHT to be able to hold its own in a dogfight...


32 posted on 07/03/2015 8:00:13 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
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To: USNBandit

Name one, just one fighter shot down at extreme range in the last 30 years in an air to air fight. Just one, I’ll wait.

And the one between the USN and the USAF idiots doesn’t count.


49 posted on 07/03/2015 5:20:50 PM PDT by wrench
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