Gripen might be the best dogfighter with the AOA limiter off and for some reason gaijin gave the US no jet actually capable of dogfighting the gripen

Dev Server "Hornet's Sting" General Discussion - Dev Server
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YF-22 next update? For TVC dogfighter to go up against Gripen

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Wrong

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No, US should definitely get a good top tier dogfighter

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Why? The meta is BVR, and the US still have the best.

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Bc of silly fun stuff like TVC canard F-15 and YF-22

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I don’t think that f15 was armed

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i couldve sworn at least one of those test F-15 got missiles

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@quartas121 @actualsize123

Edit: Most likely faked image

F-15B_C-1984-6457

IIRC it tested some munitions, but i might be wrong, not sure about the origins of this image as i have forgotten where i got it from x)

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ive heard that one is fake. from wikipedia

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Wait you’re kidding right? I’m 17 and I love ABBA… I guess I do know a lot of people who have never heard of them but still!

What would they get though?

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F-16XL and YF-22

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F-16XL never went into service, and I don’t know anything about the YF-22 but surely that would be much too high BR.

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that doesnt really matter. a ton of vehicles never entered service ingame. YF-22 would be like F-22 but no gun and radar and none of the fancy avionics. and only 4 AIM-120A in internal bay, maybe AIM-9 but ill have to double check that

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My suggestion for RNZAF F-16 getting rejected for never being in service: :(

I think it should get a cannon, even if it was ahistorical but that would be okay then I suppose, how stealthy would it be? How many CMs?

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did RNZAF F-16 actually exist though?

  1. less stealthy than production F-22 probably, dont know for sure ofc
  2. uhhh
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Yeahhh, we purchased 28 F-16s (A/Bs) brand new from the US/Pakistan. However, about a week before they were to be delivered they were cancelled. They DID however get purchased

I see

I agree

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well for F-16XL, i could easily find you pictures of it, it flew. but can you find me pictures of a RNZAF F-16?

the difference is, F-16XL from the start is meant to be a non-service jet (ingame). but RNZAF F-16 is implied to be service jet which didnt exist

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Yeah, except they were held by Pakistan until they were going to be delivered and such had Pakistani paint jobs.

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but they were still under control of Pakistan, with PAF markings and since deal didnt go through, they were used by PAF pilots. so is it really a RNZAF jet?

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Fake image iirc, STOL never had weapons iirc just used to test the design for air.

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