MAKO69

Guys and gals come on the phantom was....."WAS" a great platform, but it can't compete w/the modern fighter aircraft club. It would be like bringing a six shooter from the old west to gun fight were the openent has that super .50 cal sniper rifle. You folks have heard of beyond vis range missles right. Same thing the Guy w/ the old gun doesnt see or here it coming game ova. P.S. Dont get me wrong I love the Phantom for what it was, and love it as a "WAR BIRD" now. Later Be safe peeps

If your going to dog fight in this aircraft drop all unneeded stores and don't drop below 400 kts because delta winged aircraft love love speed and handle better w/speed drop below that 400kts and you can get yourself into trouble quick. 1-2 maybe 3 ACM moves if the 1st 2 were'nt really aggressive. then get your speed back up make the migs turn for you and have them scrub their speed. Fake them out. That airbrake thing only works in the movies. SPEED IS LIFE. wikipedia this "Dicta Boelcke"was written for WWI, but it still applies to to modern aircombat. Later Peeps be safe, oh and..... GO RED SOX!!!

Its taken the US over 250 years, but we will assimilate them

VOUGHT Aircraft Corp. the same peeps that made the F4U corsair family of WW2, A-7 CorsairII, F-8 Crusader etc etc. Being sarcastic

VISTA SUCKS for us gammers, i say break out your windows nt

its a turbo prop. They are very reliable, with a prop they can change pitch on the propellers for more or less bite kinda like using a hi gear on the highway. more bite on the prop less turbine speed. Adds Bookoo time to loitering which is great for a plane like this.

1 more great site Airliners.net all types of aircraft great photos hi res for most

THE A-4 ALLEY is another great site

Here is a website to check out The A-4 Alley. Google search or type www.gibstuff.net/a4_alley/a4s.html. another cool search is youtube RNZAF Red Checkers,& Kiwi Red Tribute. Later be safe

My mom is from france, i am born in the USA THE REST EDITED OUT

shut off the glare

Its not the pilot, crew chief, or Air Forces fault if the older F-15 has a design flaw which comes out with age. The youngest F-15A is what mid late 80's the last was built 20-25 years old. The C came onlone late 80's some of those were remanufactured A's. Now the C was cleared and the E on is a diffrent bird structuraly it was designed for the air to ground role w/out loosing the air to air. You can't blame the ground crew they are trained to maintain within their "scope" or level of training given to them by the Airforce "there all robots" Jack Black. The crew are not trained as areonautical enginers, which possible, if the problem was known they would be able to monitor and take corrective measures to fix or Baind-Aid. Example: the F-111 wing carry through box over time from ACM begins to have micro cracks, the fix after so many hours the aicraft is pulled from front line service and the crews polish that structre till the cracks and sracthes are gone. So whos to blame, only the court can decide that, but I think you may see Boeing bite the sh_t sandwich and settle on a mistake that was made 35 years ago when the aircraft was being designed (remember this plane is old they didnt have the high tech computer models that could put this plane through 30 years of service). So next time you see a crew chief give him or her a hand shake and a thanks for keeping what they didn't design flying. Later be safe

All these replies are right, I think the biggest has got to be the learning curve the younger crowd wants to get in and shoot em up right away (which includes the game reviewers), they should have people on staff that fly sims or pass that on to sites like these. You cant just jump into a real plane or jet and expect results. It takes time and practice even in the sim world.