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To: mgstarr

LOL

THey left out the 20mm gun. Every fight pilot wants a gun.

Needs it actually....


6 posted on 07/09/2010 4:46:41 PM PDT by ASOC (Things are not always as they appear, ask the dog chasing the car)
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To: ASOC

Maybe so, but the A2A capabiltity on this bird is secondary. This is a strike aircraft as the name implies. It may be giving up a bit in the perfomance area to protect those compressor intakes from radar.

Probably more a replacement for the F-15E than the F-15A/C.


11 posted on 07/09/2010 6:49:13 PM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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