I too have never heard of the RAF wanting the F-14 at any point. Your source?

F-14 would’ve been needed for the BVR Air superiority mission task. It’s what the RAF would’ve had for BVR threats.

F-18Growler, I know English isn’t your best language, but that sentence makes absolutely no sense…

She’s spendy. That is probably what stopped the English from buying her. (This link was sent to me by the friend)

I agree 100 percent. Computers do not possess the decision making skills that pilots have. Neither can a drone maneuver like an aircraft can in the hands of a skilled pilot. The piloted plane will gun down the drone every time. The stuntman and his metal steed will always have the edge.

That was a good article. Thanks for sharing it. One of the complaints as the airframes got older was increased maintenance hours. Grumman was partly a victim of politics as well. The contract to make replacement aircraft was not renewed leaving the fleet with aging airframes.
One of the shortcomings of the F-14 and other Grumman aircraft was the constant leaking. It took a lot of attention to reduce this leakage.
I am retired Navy and I worked with her sister-the A-6 Intruder. I spent long hours wiping leakage from the hinder parts of that aircraft. I said many times that the Intruder needed a diaper up to her intakes.

SR-71-The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, the World’s Highest, Fastest Plane by Col. Richard H. Graham.

Much like with women, I prefer this angle of the PAK-FA the most:

LOL. She is an aesthetically pleasing aircraft. The wide spacing of the nacelles gives her a more curvy look than if they gave her a small tight booty like the Raptor.

She’s still pretty, putting national boundaries and politics aside.

It looks like they threw an F-4 Phantom and an F-16 in a blender and that is what they came out with.