Author Topic: F-22/yf-23 (Read 1891 times)

cav58d · « **Reply #31 on:** December 09, 2006, 06:35:45 PM »

Look at that wing! Now did the YF-23 have Thrust Vectoring?

cav58d · « **Reply #32 on:** December 09, 2006, 06:37:39 PM »

Nevermind, don't really see how it could.

MrCoffee · « **Reply #33 on:** December 10, 2006, 03:06:21 AM »

hey thats sexy, bet you I could fly one of they let me.

Debonair · « **Reply #34 on:** December 10, 2006, 03:08:27 AM »

i think the P-40 performance on mogas was overmodeled:mad:

cpxxx · « **Reply #35 on:** December 10, 2006, 07:09:42 AM »

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Originally posted by cav58d
I just hope that at worst, the F-35 can boast a combat record equal to the A-10 in terms of keeping pilots alive, and providing efficient CAS

They've been trying to replace the A10 with something sexier for years and years. Yet the A10 just goes on and on. The A10 is up there with the it's namesake the P47 Thunderbolt as a classic CAS aircraft. It will probably drag out it's service for years.