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From: JDG1@ns.cc.lehigh.edu (Jonathan David Goldstein)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: F-14 vs. F-15 vs. F-16 (was Re: Mig-29 o
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Date: 25 Jan 91 03:14:10 GMT
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From: JDG1@ns.cc.lehigh.edu (Jonathan David Goldstein)

  Saying the F-16 is better than the F-14 and F-15 in dogfights is a
tremendous generalization.  If by "dogfight" one is refering to general
air-air combat, the superior radar capability of the F-14 and F-15 would
render the F-16 useless before the latter could even achieve a radar
lock.  A visual fight would favor the F-16 (all else being equal).
    Finally, I would like to add that in aerial combat, F-15s don't
battle MiG-29s.  Rather, men are pitted against one another.  The
machines they fly are simply tools to carry out their tasks efficiently
and effectively.  The airplane, as a weapons system, must be looked at
as a whole.  The pilot is by far the most important element.


                                           Jonathan Goldstein
                                           Lehigh University