[DesertRhino]

LOL, great point about the P-47 in Afghanistan. That would be something to see, especially if they operated on the ETO circa 1944 rules of engagement.

I’m a hopeless romantic I guess.

[Phlyer]

LOL, great point about the P-47 in Afghanistan.

Actually, my comment about the P-47 is not entirely a joke. It's not clear to me that 2000 P-47s are less combat effective than 100 F-35s even in a near-peer theater of operations - aside from all the pilots put at risk.

On the other hand, there are all those pilots put at risk.

Oh, and the F-35 has twice the range of a P-47.