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Originally posted by skippytjc
Okies, pardon my newbness in this issue
but the F14 is an interceptor right? And the F15 is not?
I dont know that the F15 was ever fast enough or had the range enough to fill an interceptors roll.
As I understand it now, the F18 is not a direct replacement, rather than a gap filler until the Naval JSF is deployed. But niether fit an interceptors role.
I dont know that any plane in current, or openly planned, developement directly fills the role of the F14.
Even the amazing F22 isnt an interceptor (although it would do quite nicely)
You guys agree?
Originally posted by skippytjc
Okies, pardon my newbness in this issue, but the F14 is an interceptor right? And the F15 is not? I dont know that the F15 was ever fast enough or had the range enough to fill an interceptors roll.
Originally posted by WestPoint23
How much can beefing up the landing gear cost anyway?
Originally posted by WestPoint23
Why would the entire airframe need to re-designed?
I though the reason why the landing gear on navy jets is so big is because they absorb the impact so that the airframe doesn’t have to.
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
BEFORE this thread continues further, I would like to point out that the F-14 was never an Air Superiority Fighter, nor an interceptor, it was Designated Fleet Air Defense Fighter. Ask any Naval Personnel that worked along side the F-14.
A navalized F-15? The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet can do the job.
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Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
BEFORE this thread continues further, I would like to point out that the F-14 was never an Air Superiority Fighter, nor an interceptor, it was Designated Fleet Air Defense Fighter. Ask any Naval Personnel that worked along side the F-14.
A navalized F-15? The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet can do the job.
Shattered OUT...
Originally posted by NR
F-14 is not a intercepter or a a air superiority fighter eh?? well ask that to all the migs it killed during the war.
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
BEFORE this thread continues further, I would like to point out that the F-14 was never an Air Superiority Fighter, nor an interceptor, it was Designated Fleet Air Defense Fighter. Ask any Naval Personnel that worked along side the F-14.
A navalized F-15? The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet can do the job.
Shattered OUT...