30 May
2016
30 May
'16
1:46 a.m.
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:
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