and this is what we should do, let Boeing do the work and fix their airplane right!
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and this is what we should do, let Boeing do the work and fix their airplane right!
Jura The idiot
General
one mil it's a bargain!
Indeed it is, and the F-15C is a much better airplane for those longer overwater missions that we will no doubt be undertaking. Keep Boeing and their great F-15 going for as long as possible, the F-15 is still being ordered and appreciated by our many allies.
The F-16 is a very capable aircraft, but the F-15 still has the combat advantage, bigger radar, faster, just a more stable platform and safer day to day to operate and fly, it will burn more fuel, and require additional maintenance on that second engine, but its almost an F-22 in many mission parameters, something the F-16 can't really claim.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Of course that's just patching the structural issue to keep F15C in the Air it still needs a Radar upgrade, IRST, Communications Patch to work with F22 and F35, upgraded electronics warfare kit.
So does the F-16, and don't think the SLEP to extend the F-16 from 6,000 to 8,000 hours or even 12,000 hours will be cheap, I can assure you it won't be, the F-15 has a lot more internal volume to "play with", for that bigger better radar and fire control system.
I hunted Whitetail deer with a bow, and also a 44 magnum with iron sights for fun,,, if I was hungry, I would use my 270 with a Leupold scope. period!
We are very light on HI end aircraft, we have lots and lots of LO end aircraft, why it would be very smart to bring up the F-22B and modernize that for a 5.5 Gen aircraft, leave off the OVT, build the skins with the coatings impregnated into it as on the F-35, and bring in two F-135 hi efficiency turbines with very stealthy nozzles to finish this project the way it should be...
The F-15 is a very robust airplane, it has been "beat on" a lot, the F-16 is also a very robust airplane, and it has been "beat on" a lot, the solution is obvious, bring up the F-15s we need in the interim with a structural fix for now, (its a NO BRAINER) at a million bucks a copy, let Boeing set up the program, and hold them to their million or so per copy. Cheap fix to keep a great airplane fully air-worthy and combat ready!
USAF needs to get their heads together and quit flapping their eyelids at one another! Stick to the core mission, Air Superiority! Bombing and CAS are follow on missions that won't happen unless we maintain our core mission!
Jura The idiot
General
Now that is a great looking aeroplane. Kinda reminds me of a small B-52. Maybe the paint is great, but it has a nice looking sit!
