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30th January 2021

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The irony that TOP*GUN, the movie showcasing the US Navy’s return to dogfighting, stars the F-14, where they finally realized the Missileer dream of a platform to engage at long range with heavy missiles

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  6. theresponseblog said: @nicdevera boyd and his disciples thought anything that called for more than a P-51 could handle should have been done by surface-to-air missiles
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    I remember the Ferrari Testarossa and the Lambourghini Countach (characteristically depicted as respectively red and...
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    iirc, boyd and his disciples didn’t like the F-14, bad thrust-to-weight ratio, and that’s part of why they pushed for...
  9. stumpyjoepete said: @youzicha isn’t the f16 a superior dogfighter and wasn’t it around by the time top gun came out?
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