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I liked his story about the fictional missile missile they cooked up and logged for fun.
And then put noses further out of joint when a visiting American said that the 'winder had closer miss distances than their "project" - the reply was "Oh , we thought everybody measured miss distances in inches..."
(If we're going by war parformance; F-15, Phantom, F-86, Mig 17, the Crusader and the Harrier should top the list.)
Where's the list for WWII aircraft?
The list is generally flawed. The Harrier is not a fighter and therefore in my opinion should not be in the list ...
Quite right. Also, following the lessons learned in that conflict, the Sea Harrier FA.2 complete with AMRAAM's and the radar from which the Typhooons CAPTOR was derived, was one of the most capable (if not very fast) fighters in the world. A read of Sharkey Wards 'Sea Harrier Over the Falklands', now out in updated form, is extremely enlightning and his damnation of of todays 'RN' Harrier GR.9.s, by comparison with their predecessor, quite damning.
I went with the MiG-15 for its combat record.
But then, the question is Lucky13, how many times have F-15s really gone into a high threat environment?
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Bekaa Valley 1982
But the point here is if the rest of your air force is doing their job correctly, your primary air-to air fighter will never be faced with a SAM threat.
Who took care of the SAM threat? The one and only SEAD king, F-4G baby!!!!!In all honesty, they are both excellent, very versatile fighters. They come from different generations, and dealt with different threats. One cannot say which was better.
Actually A-4s were also used by the IDF for suppress SAMs and anti aircraft batteries...
As far as saying one is better? The F-15 by a long shot. I've flown in F-4s and been around F-15s. They did serve in two eras and when you work around them you could see the jump in technology and thought that went into the F-15. Also look at each one's combat records. The F-4 dished out more than it received but the F-15 is undefeated.
Over Bekaa 1982, the Syrian AF had the top of the line Soviet equipment and might of had a few Soviet pilots flying with them. The Syrians were planning this encounter for a long time and got their butts royally handed to them. They were no slouches and they did manage to shoot down at least one or two A-4s, but in essence the training won out as well as the equipment.I don't feel the combat records are of huge importance as far as the Eagle goes, either. Everywhere it has gone it has been flown by vastly superior pilots in a better equipped armed force.