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To: HombreSecreto
within the visual range part of the engagement envelope

And a Zero could take out a Hellcat in low-speed, horizontal dogfight. So what?

10 posted on 08/27/2025 7:38:09 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

The people who write these articles are completely ignorant of the subject.

Back in the 80s the ANG pilots in their F4s would regularly defeat USAF pilots in the new hotshot F16s. Experience and tactics change everything. As one Hornet pilot said,”I just watch the F16 pilot wear himself out making 6G turns.”


22 posted on 08/27/2025 9:31:15 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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