Thread: The F14 vs what we are doing now
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Old March 27th 06, 12:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Fred J. McCall
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Default The F14 vs what we are doing now
wrote:

:i have less than 300 hrs in the hornet, and my comments about beating
:the eagle
:in bfm are from my experience only. on my squadron the eagle is
:generally regarded
:as a poor turning platform and i tend to agree.

Which squadron?

:you need to remember
:sustained turn
erformance is but one measure of fighter capability.

And not exactly a great one these days, either, since if you end up in
a knife fight you've probably already screwed up.

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