In article , Ed Rasimus
wrote:


Sorry, but Eagles from day one were designed to be pretty darn good in
the phone booth, but that means mutual support and fluid attack. They
also are darn good BVR and got a helluva lot better when AIM-120 came
along. Their capability to search, sort and allocate revised the
tactics of the previous 25 years.

Don't want to interrupt a good arguement (one of the reasons I like
reading RAM), just want to assert that the F-15/USAF's ability to
search, sort and allocate started with the F-14 and the AWG-9
WCS, which was the first aircraft in the world, IIRC, to have
capabilities along those lines.

I'd be interesed in your perspective on this Ed.

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Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur