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From: edat!brian@uunet.UU.NET (Brian Douglass)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Air to Air F-16 vs. F-18
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Date: 30 May 91 22:42:00 GMT
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From: edat!brian@uunet.UU.NET (Brian Douglass)


U38956%uicvm.uic.edu@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU writes:
>I seem to recall in a dogfight over NAS Miramar circa 1987, a flight of USMC
>F/A-18 Hornets defeated a flight of USAF F-16 Fighting Falcons.  I think there
>is some significance to that.

Not really.  Any jet jock will tell you, it's not the plane, its
the man.  I personally have seen jocks in F-5s with the 57th FWW
Agressor Squadron wax F-15s, 16s, and 14s.  All due to superior
flight skills and training.  A great plane does not make up for
poor tactics.

-- 
Brian Douglass			brian@edat.uucp