Originally posted by sasguru
Tornado was never designed to dogfight, it's a weapons platform.
I once many moons ago saw a flying exercise where a F4 Phantom shot down 3 out of 4 F16's before the 4th got him
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Tornado was never designed to dogfight, it's a weapons platform.
I once many moons ago saw a flying exercise where a F4 Phantom shot down 3 out of 4 F16's before the 4th got himBut I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger -
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Again in the Gulf war the Air Defence variant was instructed not to engage with the Iraqi MIGs. Recollection is that this came as a suprise to the Saudis who had just spent shedloads buying the Tornado... & were a bit peeved off about itOriginally posted by sasguruHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Yeah and you don't have any so bugger off ...Originally posted by LucyThe 'Testosterone Thread'
Hard Brexit now!
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The one that has the swingy wingy thingiesOriginally posted by ChurchillHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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I'll let her have some of mine...Originally posted by sasguruYeah and you don't have any so bugger off ...Comment
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Admin- can you please shut this bothersome bint upOriginally posted by LucyThe 'Testosterone Thread'How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Aha aha aha... thought you had me on iggyOriginally posted by Lucy
Admin - could you please shut this lying bothersome bint up
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Sorry Churchy. The F29 is the newest fighter being developed by the yanks. They aren't planning on releasing it outside of the States and the current cost is approaching something like $1billion per jet. It's pretty much 30% better in every way over the Typhoon.
And for anyone who reckons the Tornado can't cut it against the new jets should have an investigation in Operation Red Flag. It's (well, was) a war game between the RAF and USAF. Which we've won every year since its conception. The Tornado has gone up against the best and won many times. So has the Jaguar (although that's French).
The yanks only developed terrain mapping technologies after they saw how well our boys were flying in the Tornadoes.
As for those Chinooks.... grrrrrrr! We're still using the MKII's and when the MKIII's do come into service they're only going to 1 out of the 3 Chinook squadrons. Handy.
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