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[Paul Anderson]

The AR12 wasn't supposed to be called a SR71. Somebody messed that one up
too.

On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Alan Perry <aperry at snowmoose.com> wrote:

> On 5/27/16 7:17 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
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>>
>>    It hasn't
>>    seen battle yet (and I hope it doesn't have to) but I'm a little
>> worried
>>    about the fact that it's beaten (badly) in simulations and exercises
>> with
>>    much older fighter aircraft with much more "primitive" tech, including
>>    Russian aircraft, too.
>>
>>
>> Oh, just to add more, the F35 is not a "fighter" despite its
>> designation.  It is an air superiority platform that is never supposed to
>> get into a dogfight.  It is supposed to be in a network of planes, and
>> agressors will be shot down by missile from 50 miles away.  The F22 is
>> supposed to be the dogfighter.
>>
>>
> And it wasn't supposed to even be the F-35. It was a misstatement at the
> announcement and should have been F-24.
>
> alan
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