[yarddog]

Is it really a better air to air fighter than the F-15?

I have read somewhere that the F-15 has the best combat record of any fighter ever.

[ak267]

How much longer until it surpasses the production numbers of the F4?

[Jet Jaguar]

I work the F-16. The F-15 has a better record as I hear.

[donmeaker]

they are both in search of their first loss. In Desert Storm F-15 and F/A-18s got Air to Air kills, the F-16 was otherwise occupied.

I don’t count the Pakistani F-16 that suffered from fratricide.

[immadashell]

Is it really a better air to air fighter than the F-15? I have read somewhere that the F-15 has the best combat record of any fighter ever.

John Boyd was the greatest fighter pilot who never got to fly in combat, but he never lost a dogfight and could get on the tail of aces in less than a minute. He argued that the F-15 was a great airplane until the Pentagon started loading it up with incompatible armaments ostensibly to make it a multi-mission aircraft. It ended up costing five times more than original design specs and was not great at any specific mission. Boyd knew the Air Force needed a fighter pilot's fighter and was the prime motivator for the F-16.