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CPT Jack Durish
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Stealth? We don't need no stinking stealth...
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It’s all about stealth nowadays. What we really need is a dedicated fighter/bomber killer. Everything can carry bombs now. Stealth can’t do much in a daylight all-out war, if it ever comes. Russia has the SU-57 to kill stealth fighters, so why not fight fire with fire?
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PFC (Join to see) - "Daylight all-out war?" You realize that fighters now engage at distances beyond visual range even in daylight with clear skies.
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CPT Jack Durish - Just because fighter jets have fancy missiles and radars doesn’t mean they can’t run out of said missiles. If an F-22 runs out of its six AIM-120 AMRAAM and two AIM-9 Sidewinders missiles, then the pilot either has to turn and burn or get close and personal with its 20mm M61A2 Vulcan 6-barrel rotary cannon, located in the right wing root, with 480 rounds. Now if Russia can fund its SU-57 and get it into mass production, the F-22, F-35, and B-2 stealth bomber are screwed. Stealth can’t do any good if they know where you are. All other non-stealthy aircraft have wing hardpoints and pylons, while the F-22 and F-35 store them in internal bays. With that being said, confrontations between aircraft and first impressions are everything. The Russian MIG-25 ‘Foxbat’ has 12 hardpoints, in which it can flash its payload to scare off enemy combatants. Just saying, stealth jets aren’t very good when Ivan is breathing down your neck.
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TSgt David Desmarais
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How many times have we heard the F15 was to sunset as new fighters were emerging on the horizon, yet a modification here a tweak there and this aircraft still continues to outperform and impress. Is it the B52 of the fighter world ? Time will tell but this is still the baddest fighter yesterday, today and tomorrow!
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"The Boeing F-15X order was pushed by the top brass in the Department of Defense, including both outgoing Secretary of Defense Mattis and his acting replacement, Patrick Shanahan. Shanahan himself is a former Boeing executive."

Oh... You don't say?
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