And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When the USAF decided to use old F-86's to "simulate" a matchup with North Korean Mig fighters. They found that the F-86's would fly rings around the F-15's and F-16' at "contact speeds and altitude". I always loved the look of the F86K. That's an afterburning "D" with 4 20MM cannon and 4 sidewinder missiles. There was an effort to upgrade the radar in the 60's to give it "Sparrow" missiles. But the airforce killed the idea so that they could sell Germany the F-104 instead. I think the "K" upgrade would have been a better deal.---Ray
For the mission most German F-104s ended up flying (low-level attack), uprated Hawker Hunters would've been better. Two engines and four 30mm cannons in a quick-change gun-pack.
F-86?
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ReplyDeleteIn the Korean War, Ted Williams and John Glenn were wingmen. They were Marine aviators and flew Navy F9F Panthers.
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When the USAF decided to use old F-86's to "simulate" a matchup with North Korean Mig fighters. They found that the F-86's would fly rings around the F-15's and F-16' at "contact speeds and altitude". I always loved the look of the F86K. That's an afterburning "D" with 4 20MM cannon and 4 sidewinder missiles. There was an effort to upgrade the radar in the 60's to give it "Sparrow" missiles. But the airforce killed the idea so that they could sell Germany the F-104 instead. I think the "K" upgrade would have been a better deal.---Ray
ReplyDeleteFor the mission most German F-104s ended up flying (low-level attack), uprated Hawker Hunters would've been better. Two engines and four 30mm cannons in a quick-change gun-pack.
DeleteGuns weren't in a drag-inducing gun pod, by the way. They were part of the undrrside of the nose.
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