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Originally Posted by CCIP
TBH, I thought that's what it was primarily designed for anyway 
Mind you, reality often interferes. The F-4 was designed much around the same logic, and yet in actual combat wasn't able to follow through, largely because the situation dictated it having to go over enemy territory, and its missiles turned out to be not what they were made out to be. The F-22 has every chance of falling into the same type of reality in combat. |
Well in this case, wouldn't the f22's high speeds (I believe the only fighter with a supersonic cruise speed?) allow it to avoid enemy fighters better than the f4? especially considering that the f4 never had a crushing speed advantage over other fighters.
Or, would it be a good tactic to send other fighters with good short range performance to protect the f22?