On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 13:32:58 -0700, Ed Rasimus
wrote:

On 6 Mar 2004 10:06:24 -0800, (monkey) wrote:

i don't want to insult you ed, but fighters have changed a lot since
you flew them.

I'll be the last to flaunt my currency. The last systems I flew were
F-23, MiG-29, MiG-31, ASF (a notional Advanced Soviet
Fighter--paralleling ATF development) and F-15C, but those were all in
the multi-player interactive domes at Northrop--not real airplanes.
So, you've got the advantage on me.


I noticed you mentioned the Mig-31 in there. I was wondering
something. maybe you know the answer. I watched a Wings episode a
while back on the Mig-25 and -31 and the Mig-31 seems to be a pretty
impressive machine. My question is, is the reason those Alaskan
F-15Cs got the AESA radars to help them deal with Foxhounds? It just
seems a little strange that 1. more F-15s haven't got them and 2. that
the ones that did are way up in BFE. Also ISTR reading they're going
to be the first in the USAF to get the -9X.