Firebar is certainly tenacious, but seems driven by some kind of brainwashing!

I’ve only played with long range missiles like Pheonix in simulators (toy simulators!). I found it useful as a pursuit weapon only. Head on it is too easy to avoid. I had to use two at a time anyway, because the first one is easily avoided. The avoidance manouevre made the second one more successful. I would imagine Pheonix would be useful against incoming cruise missiles.

well we know that the JSF will be taking over the harriers in a few years time but really what is your opinion about the aircraft and will it meet our needs (RAF)?

please i woukld like to know ur opinions and more about the aircraft !!?

thanks

JSF worries me. It seems a lot of us are putting too many eggs in one potentially fragile, expensive basket. The lift fan version looks frightening, but it appears to work so far. I am pleased to see the UK carriers have some CTOL potential. I just hope we have a ‘Plan B’ in case something is wrong with JSF.

Edgely Optica…. and… :diablo::dev2::diablo::dev2: MiG-25 !

You are being a bit ingenuous about the F-15 engagements….. 😮

You should add “as long as the rules of engagement were followed and the F-15s were not allowed to use their radar and long-range AAMs“

Ken

Have you read Sharkey Ward’s book, Ken? He quotes a result of 7 to 1 against the F-15s. Elsewhere in the book he also mentions something else special about the Harrier…. the hot nozzles are under the wing and mask the IR from certain aspects.

I remember early F-18s had disgraceful results up against F-5 Agressors. This was mainly due to radar failures, I think. Now Switzerland has Hornets replacing their F-5s, but are already looking around at other aircraft!

[QUOTE=MattSoden;1290986]It’s a mean machine!

What is it about the Typhoon that gives you a good feeling? !!

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It doesn’t give me much of a good feeling. Taxpayers are the people who ultimately pay for these machines.

Eurofighter IS impressive, but I think Gripen is also impressive for a lot less dosh ! Lower running costs could mean pilots could be better trained in Gripen. I am not 100% sure of this, so I welcome comment from better informed contributors.

Since there appears to be no stopping the Firebar-MiG-25 romance, seems to me they should go and mate. May God bless the union with the patter of tiny little interceptors.

Everyone knows most pilots kept their hands firmly on the ejector for the few minutes they could sustain at m3, as the plexiglass began to melt along with other interesting and somewhat essential bits of the airframe…

Well, ejecting at that speed wouldn’t do the pilot much good! 400 knots is fast enough.

Hmmm…. :diablo::diablo::diablo: ‘Anyone want to chip in to buy Firebar a Mach 3 joyride in a MiG-25?….. :diablo::diablo::diablo: We could bribe the pilot to eject him/her/it at Mach 3 :diablo::diablo::diablo::D