the F-22 is also hyper specialized for BVR
due to the s-ducts it will probably have horrible low speed thrust
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I’ll make do
Is that USA making the same mistake they paid hard in the vietnam war???
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eh they made the AMRAAM and called it a day
i think they achived it with composits and lighter avionics
dont quote me on that tho
basically
but then they’d have to rebuild the entire aircraft?
is that even worth it.
we are talking abouta the US here, with a basically unlimeted military budget
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Every variants do that with better composite and avionics, but they always cram more and more tech into it, not less, resulting in a heavier empty weight.
The F-15EX isn’t an upgrade but a new variant, they’re built entirely new so they have a revised/redesigned airframe with new materials and stuff
They replaced the F-15E in production lines
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… why tho?
is the F-35 really this bad that you’re still making 1970s Jets?
also how long until that makes it the oldesr still in production Mil aircraft?
iam not sure, thats why i said taht you shouldnt quote me on that
but i wouldnt be suprised if it is either way
because it seems that the US made some effeort to regain some of the flight performance that they lost with the F-15E
When did the US ever state that the F-15EX was to improve on dogfighting performances over the F-15E or regain flight performance that they lost with F-15E?
the f-35 is a sensor platform and not an air supiriority fighter
so they wanna go back from Fat whale to normal whale in agility?
(that’s a yes)
Well the F-15EX complements the F-35 and F-22 because although it isn’t stealthy it has greater payload and speed. Also it isn’t the F-15A of the 70s, it’s for a great part a new aircraft with modern tech and materials
did you learn this at Airitalia? you sound like an F-104S ASA-M salesman
For USA not necessarily but it is absolutely a terrible jet for small nations that don’t operate complementary aircrafts
The F-15E is a strike fighter, not a great example