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Freiwillige · 12-04-10, 04:05 AM

I stumbled across a similar thread in another forum and it got me researching a bit.

The outcome of that thread and many others I,ve found since is that the F-15 is top dog bar none. The F-14 is an unmenouverable missle truck that would get its backside handed to it on a plate in close in dogfighting with any of the three.

The F-16 and F-18 were similar and deadly but not on the F-15's level.

So I dug out books and searched the internet and came to a surprising revelation. The F-14 is not a missle truck after all despite its reputaion that thing could turn and burn with the best of them and run rings around them when things get slow. Especially the up engined D- model.

As one F-15 driver put it, "We aren't afraid of anything but well never get slow with a tomcat!"

Also interesting is that VF-111 on on returning from its last cruise did a 4 on 4 mock engament with some F-15C's short range Guns and sidwinders only. The results were most shocking of all. 1 tomcat killed 4 F-15's splashed!

It could have been the pilots that made the difference.

So which bird do you root for?

12-04-10, 04:05 AM	#1
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	F-14, F-15, F-16, F-18 who's da boss thread. I stumbled across a similar thread in another forum and it got me researching a bit. The outcome of that thread and many others I,ve found since is that the F-15 is top dog bar none. The F-14 is an unmenouverable missle truck that would get its backside handed to it on a plate in close in dogfighting with any of the three. The F-16 and F-18 were similar and deadly but not on the F-15's level. So I dug out books and searched the internet and came to a surprising revelation. The F-14 is not a missle truck after all despite its reputaion that thing could turn and burn with the best of them and run rings around them when things get slow. Especially the up engined D- model. As one F-15 driver put it, "We aren't afraid of anything but well never get slow with a tomcat!" Also interesting is that VF-111 on on returning from its last cruise did a 4 on 4 mock engament with some F-15C's short range Guns and sidwinders only. The results were most shocking of all. 1 tomcat killed 4 F-15's splashed! It could have been the pilots that made the difference. So which bird do you root for?