Sad sad story for the Tomcat fans (Caution, disturbing!)

In article , "rstro" wrote:

I think it's sad that our own military cannor gaurantee that the parts would
remain at ARMAC-

are they scared Binny is going to sneak off with parts???

probably a Boing conspiracy to make sure that a better aircraft doesn't
replace the super bug(g)

Better?
I have systems in both a/c, but I'd have to go with the Bug at the moment.
Three times (!) less maintenance per flight hour.
Much more modern avionics.
The Superbug's radar is actually better than the APG-71
Both old and new bugs fire AMRAAM, the F-14 cannot.
It doesn't matter how much more range it has if you can't keep it in the air.

More than likely they are worried about some nitwit senator ordering
them resurrected as they did the SR-71 after it was retired, and thereby
wasting large amounts of money better used elsewhere.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

Easy Harold-

just a little joshing-
I understand the maintenance issues and such--the avionics makes
sense --although the still have bugs(no pun intended) in the AESA
radar--don't they?
but you have to admit the short range is an issue


"Harry Andreas" wrote in message
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In article , "rstro"
wrote:

I think it's sad that our own military cannor gaurantee that the parts
would
remain at ARMAC-

are they scared Binny is going to sneak off with parts???

probably a Boing conspiracy to make sure that a better aircraft doesn't
replace the super bug(g)

Better?
I have systems in both a/c, but I'd have to go with the Bug at the moment.
Three times (!) less maintenance per flight hour.
Much more modern avionics.
The Superbug's radar is actually better than the APG-71
Both old and new bugs fire AMRAAM, the F-14 cannot.
It doesn't matter how much more range it has if you can't keep it in the
air.

More than likely they are worried about some nitwit senator ordering
them resurrected as they did the SR-71 after it was retired, and thereby
wasting large amounts of money better used elsewhere.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

In article , "rstro" wrote:

Easy Harold-

just a little joshing-
I understand the maintenance issues and such--the avionics makes
sense --although the still have bugs(no pun intended) in the AESA
radar--don't they?
but you have to admit the short range is an issue

AFAIK there are no bugs in the radar. What I've heard is that the
pilots rave about it.
Range has always been an issue with the Bug, although the
superbug is much better.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur