Re: [FYI] World's Longest page on tracks vs wheels

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:47:33 -0800 (PST) John Atkinson
<johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> writes:
<sniP>
>The USAF has NO competition, and will have none for
>the next 20 years unless the Europeans sell their
>newest fighters to the Chinese in wholesale lots (and
>since the French are involved, this is possible).  The
>F-15 can take almost any plane flying and fold it in
>half--and that's with evenly matched pilots.  Oh,
>yeah, and AMRAAMs are the best air to air missles
>flying.  Given the extra edge the USAF has in pilot
>training (except, obviously for IFF training since
>zoomies can't tell a Blackhawk from a Hind D)

(innocent look on face)  Oh, *we* have combat helicopters?  What for?

 over any
>likely opponent (ie: The IDF and some European powers
>are in our league as far as hours they can afford to
>let their pilots fly.	No one else is.), WTF do they
>did another expensive air superiority fighter for?

The Navy PR guys plus the Top Gun guys are certainly going to want to
disagree with you there.  I recently ran across an exchange between
F/A-18 guys (we can do anything better - yawn) and F-14 guys (We are the
fleet air defense) in a series of 'letters tot he editor" postings.  Add
to that a USAF video spot from several years ago showing the F-15
besting
the F-14 in (4 on 4) Air to Air training.  Stir in Navy video
(animation)
that dealt with the ability of the F-14/Phoenix combination to keep
tactical aircraft (sure looked like an F-15E...) away from the fleet.

Personally in a fighter on fighter (1:1 or 4:4) I guess I'd take an F15C
or maybe an F15E.  But I still love those Warthogs for making things
(especially moving things)  go boom!

Gracias,
Glenn/Triphibious@juno.com
This is my Science Fiction Alter Ego E-mail address.
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Fantasy and 6mm - dwarf_warrior@juno.com

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