Seriously, though, the YA-7F if awesome, and this is the closest thing to that I've seen. It's conceivable that LTV took the experience they gained from the YA-7F program and applied it to the F-8 Crusader and LWF program. This thing also flied fantastically. My only complaint is the lack of the IRST system, which LTV had some experience with, from the F-8E onwards. I think that, considering the limited performance of the original APG-66, an IRST system could be seen as a significant advantage in a dogfight.
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Seriously, though, the YA-7F if awesome, and this is the closest thing to that I've seen. It's conceivable that LTV took the experience they gained from the YA-7F program and applied it to the F-8 Crusader and LWF program. This thing also flied fantastically. My only complaint is the lack of the IRST system, which LTV had some experience with, from the F-8E onwards. I think that, considering the limited performance of the original APG-66, an IRST system could be seen as a significant advantage in a dogfight.