Ok people i have to admit im 25 years now. Yes im a youngster but… It seems that im forever young by now. 🙂

You can tell everybody if you want know.

Alphaville- “Forever Young”

Mmm very indignant!

:apologetic:

What’s with this age nonsense? Seriously why do you want to learn about people’s age? What’s the big deal about it. Guys this isn’t a dating website, this is a forum. But anyway until somebody explains to me why do you want my age?

Thanks

Steven

Another favorite F/A-18F squadron. VFA-211 “Checkmates”. 😀 I love the scheme on the Super Hornets. 😀 they never get old.

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Absolutely.

In BVR not WVR. Due to the AIM-54 Phoenix. Thats how the F-14 scored the kills in dessert storm when Iran Airforce used them to score MIG’s with Phoenix at long ranges.

The F-14 is acknowledged as having a weak roll rate, but good instantaneous turn rate and is inferior to the F-15 in a vertical fight (not surprising given the respect T/W ratios).

Now… a couple of steps could have been taken to improve the F-14:

TVC on both nozzles – due to the wide engine spacing, asymmetric vectoring would augment aileron authority, improving roll rate.
Refitting F119s into the F-14 would bring the thrust/weight ratios up to levels better than the F-15C.

Remember TVC could be a problem. Member the horror of maintenance on the F-14? But i wouldn’t want TVC on F-14 neither the Super Hornet. I would take an F-14 for the BVR platform while the Super Hornet fight in the WVR platform. But these ideas would never work not even in the future. F/A-18E/F might in a 50-50 chance get Meteor in the next couple of years to bring back the long range BVR missile.

The F/A-18 is very good in an extremely slow fight. However, it is also extremely quick to get there due to hideous energy bleed. Anyone fighting a hornet has a much larger energy-maneuverability envelope to work with… meaning a basic tactic of a few quick turns to create some distance and energy differentials and then nail an IR-M up the -18s ass.

F-18 super hornet is the best air superiority fighter and slow speed WVR dogfighter but i know it bleeds faster energy than other aircraft. But glad it has JHMCS, AIM-9x hey? :very_drunk: AIM-9X helps the F/A-18 a lot when its in a WVR fight while AIM-9x has a lot of maneuverability when shooting to a maneuverable fighter. Sooo

I would recommend you reading this paragraph when Super is dogfighting with a F-16:

WVR engagements versus the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet can be quite challenging as well.

The F-16 has a higher thrust-to-weight ratio than the Super Bug and this is an advantage Viper drivers can exploit in close air combat: we can climb 3,000 feet above the F-18, then bunt over to put him in the HUD (Head Up Display) for a gun shot Malebranche, who has also been an exchange pilot in a U.S. Navy Hornet Squadron, says.

However, while it bleeds energy faster than the F-16, the Rhino is much better than the Viper if the dogfight gets slow, because the Hornet handle high angles of attack and point the nose at the opponent easier.

Steven

Serbian Airforce is not the strongest Airforce around. I would let them get a J-17 Thunder it definitely fits them for a both Multi-Role complex fighter.