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Originally Posted by JA Boomer
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Originally Posted by mweber24
You can have all the F-14s you want, it will break your national budget fast, and leave air superiority to the nation that has a more reliable, cheaper to opperate fighter.
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Wow, first of all...notice the nature of the post, and then the nature of the thread. It was a JOKE so take it easy ok.
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Originally Posted by mweber24
The F-18 has only one real weakness compared to the F-14, range, and that was largely made up by the F-18E/F, with the bonus of MUCH higher operational availability.
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Second of all, I disagree with you. Range, Payload, Speed, Radar Capability...and on. The F-14 Tomcat had a number of areas where it bested the F/A-18. They were designed to fill different roles, so we can expect this. And yes, the Rhino is an improvement over the Hornet, but still does not match the Tomcat in some areas, and yes, it beats the Tomcat in others.
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Originally Posted by mweber24
Bottom line, on non-stealth tactical fighter is about equal to another non-stealth tactical fighter when they both have advanced air search radars and AMRAAMs.
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Well that cannot be true, how else could we have all the 'vs' threads here on WAB
