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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: warplanes
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Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 03:28:17 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 28 03:28:17 1985
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Seems like everyone here wants to talk about improving their flying
technique. Does anyone want to talk about warplanes and dogfights
and such? Questions like, wouldn't an AWACS with a bunch of Phoenixes
(which are reputed to have a range of 100 miles) be able to control
the sky even against F15s? If two modern fighters released their
missiles at each other at the same time, would both go down? Would
having a tail gun be of value in dogfights without missiles?
The harrier is reputed to be very tricky in a dogfight due to its
ability to use vectored thrust to do things no normal fighter can.
How would it fare against an F15? etc.


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