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From: SMPOD@VENUS.LERC.NASA.GOV
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: F-14 vs F-15
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Date: 28 Jan 91 03:58:29 GMT
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From:    SMPOD@VENUS.LERC.NASA.GOV
In article kjn@hrmso.att.com (Kenneth J Novak) writes...
/The F-14s track record is good largely due to the Pheonix
/missle.  They can lock and fire on a target LONG before it's in range
/to fire back at you. "As for tight maneuvering, it's a pig." (quoted)
/ 
/In maneuverability, the F-15 probably has the edge in CLOSE A-A combat.
/Put these two against each other at 100 miles and my money's on the
/Tomcat.

That assumes that the F14 and Phoenix radars are 'unjammable' and that the
Phoenix can catch aircraft flying nap of the earth.