[blueunicorn6]

Yep.

I don’t think the Fighter Mafia was 100% correct on everything.

Boyd gained his reputation by understanding the part of science that dealt with airplanes moving at high speed in combat.

He also understood the human element of combat in airplanes at high speed.

He had the ability to see the big picture while keeping the little pictures in mind.

Sounds simple, but that talent is rare.

[Widget Jr]

How to fly in combat is what Boyd knew better than most and his work changed air combat, no doubt about that. What to fly, what equipment it should have, how to employ it, that is where the problem was. The fighter mafia got nearly all of that wrong.