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To: Texicanus

During Red Flag exercises on straight out air to air, the F-111 sucked. But crank up it’s advantage of TFR ( Terrain Following Radar ) and it got low, no plane in the world would even try and take it. TFR used to take up half of an aircraft’s “black boxes”. Now it’s only one small chip.


107 posted on 01/11/2014 7:33:15 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Yes, and the space shuttle computers were 286’s. Great in it’s day, but so 20th century now.


108 posted on 01/11/2014 7:58:14 PM PST by Texicanus (Texas, it's a whole 'nother country.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Yes it was a great low level jet.

TFR gave it a heck of an advantage at night.

Today, with FLIR and TFR, the F-15E is now the low level night strike fighter.

Have to give the F-111 guys credit; at the Mach, just off the deck at night with nothing but black out the front windscreen. . .took big balls. (At least the F-15E has FLIR so the aircrew can see where they are going while TFR low-level at night).


116 posted on 01/12/2014 8:04:59 AM PST by Hulka
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