john smith wrote:


Kyle, you need to dig into the information available.
Boyd actually saved the F-15 program.


Only because by doing so he got to design the F-16. He hated the F-15.
Any aircraft you build with two engines he will build a better one
with a single engine. The F-16 is recognized by the fighter folks as a
superior pure fighter plane than the F-15. That's all he wanted to
build, a pure fighter plane, any other mission detracted from the
fighter role.


The original design was to be a
swing wing like the F-14.


Which he also despised. His quote to a congressional committee when
asked about the F-111, while sitting next to a higher ranking officer
who was testifying in favor of the F-111 was that "there isn't enough
thrust in the world to make the F-111 a fighter." Thereby foisting that
turd on to the bomber folks, who he also despised.




Boyd's work showed the deficiencies in that
design and the improvements resulting in the final design.
You can also read aabout the F-14's design deficiencies.
The F-14 and F-15 were designed around the big radar for long range
detection.

The F-14 was designed to carry the Phoenix and was an interceptor, not a
true fighter.



The F-16 was designed to be a lightweight, close-in, air-superiority
fighter, it didn't need the big radar.
GOOGLE "John Boyd" and wade through the material. You will find much
that counters what you have been mislead to believe.

Read the book about him. It's pretty good.