Dave

Well air shows stunts was not the right phrase but in the end the HMS makes it all a moot point. One thing about the SH that is good is that is has an extremely high alpha and does not need TVC at all. So a plane doesn't need TVC to get the desired results. Regular Hornets and Super Hornets are known for there ability to pull off maneuvers that would send most fighters out of control. Did someone need a pic of a SH. I took this yesterday at the airshow at Tinker AFB.

OMFG that has made my day! Jim I am sending you a beer via mail.

The float plane idea sounds cool too.

Sorry JM to disagree with you but it was designed as an Air Superiority fighter not an interceptor, the pilots who MD talked to (many from the F-4 community) made sure none of the mistakes of the past were not repeated. It is a dogfighter for sure, ask the Israeli's. The design was made so it could dogfight in addition to intercept. It was designed to defeat any air threat at both long and short range. I got DVD's, books, you name it that say the same thing. It truly defines the term Air Superiority. The interceptor part is a bonus. Atreides Hmm if it can't do a high AOA the I sure would like to know how the pilot from Eglin AFB in the airshow yesterday at Tinker AFB was doing with it. I guess no one told him. Yes the Su-30 can do some good stuff, however those things it can do are nothing more that airshow stunts. When you got missiles like the AIM-9X, and the Python 4 in service that can maneuver with you then those moves become moot. In a knife fight with the HMS and a 60 to 75 degree off boresite shot with one of those missiles, no amount of great acrobatics is going to save your ass.

UCAV'S? I have no idea what you are talking about.

You have to buy it in one of he mission packs.

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Atreides 1. The COPE India SU-30 vs F-15C engagements were set up with very strict ROE's. The F-15C's were playing bad guys using bad guys rules and tactics. There were not flying US doctrine at all. Something many articles about the engagements left out. In fact all of them left that out. 2. The Mig-21 is on par with the F-104 in safety. However the updated versions the IAF uses are by far the best of the 21 series ever and safer than before. 3. The IAF training standards are outstanding and very much on par with the US in both training regime and flight hours. I am glad they are our allies. Met many pilots of the IAF, great bunch of guys.

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In all seriousness, I am not going to confirm or deny we are working on a Desert Storm Mod because we would ge bugged to death about it.

Well having done exercises against them for COPE INDIA. They are damn good pilots. They fly often, and train hard. So I wouldn't sell them so short eraser.