Fighter planes

[redguru]

I'd have to say the F-14 outside of 100 nautical miles distance. Closer ranges I'd give it to the F-15, but when Raptor makes its debut, ain't shit touching it. Should give us an edge for a good 20 years.

 

[ViperHMS]

I used to love using the Phoenix missle when I was a kid playing flight sim games on the computer. I'd fire and forget those fokers and end my mission real quick. Such a great missle. I could be wrong, but I thought once I had read that those missles were aprox 1mil a pop.

 

[redguru]

I used to love using the Phoenix missle when I was a kid playing flight sim games on the computer. I'd fire and forget those fokers and end my mission real quick. Such a great missle. I could be wrong, but I thought once I had read that those missles were aprox 1mil a pop.

I think they're like 750K a piece today for an AIM-54C

 

[obiwan9962]

okay
i've got a hardon now
lol
damn

 

[landser]

F-15. Without a doubt. Look at its kill ratio. Its in the area of 60-3 or something along those lines.

 

[obiwan9962]

F-15. Without a doubt. Look at its kill ratio. Its in the area of 60-3 or something along those lines.

might want to consider better trained fighter pilots

 

[landser]

might want to consider better trained fighter pilots

True. Alot of the combat the f-15 has been engaged in, was with highly trained and skilled Israeli pilots vs their poorly trained Arab enemies. You make a good point.

 

[obiwan9962]

True. Alot of the combat the f-15 has been engaged in, was with highly trained and skilled Israeli pilots vs their poorly trained Arab enemies. You make a good point.

a stint in the usaf rotc gives me a wee edge

 

[chesty]

Being I help design them I would start with the F4, F14, F15, F16, F18, F22, F35, AV8B Harrier

 

[landser]

Apart from the fact that the F-4 was the USAF workhorse for many years, it was never really highly effective in ground attack roles, or as a fighter. It was slow, heavy and lacked sophisticated electronics. For instance, it had a difficult time going head to head with even the very old/unsophisticated mig-17 in Vietnam. Look at this aircrafts kill ratio, and its very poor. It seems the f-4 can perform many different roles, but can only perform each one to a satisfactory level at best. Im sure im going to get flamed for this, but I think the f-4 is definately not one of the best aircraft.