YF-17 was lighter, designed solely for dogfighting just like the YF-16. Both aircraft were designed after the Blitz fighter concept focusing on WVR combat. They weren’t even required to have a radar at first.
So being heavier to be carrier capable, beefy reinforced airframe, chunky landing hook, brakes & landing gear. Reduced LERX and missing vortex generators how do you figure the F/A-18A-C better? The engine was not upgraded either irrc.
That’s awesome I went to the one in Palmdale ca where theirs a f14D, a12, I think it was a sr71 and the plane that carried the space shuttle and a lot of other aircraft I want to go again because I didn’t get to see them all. share the pics if you can
That is the one I am going to on the way! Will do. They have the D-21 supersonic reconnaissance drone as well. You know the one that Big Boss flew into the Soviet Union with lol.