> Boyd thought that even the F-16 was overweight and over-sized ... compared to what it could have been, and would have been, had he somehow completely gotten

> Boyd thought that even the F-16 was overweight and over-sized ... compared to what it could have been, and would have been, had he somehow completely gotten his way, sure. It was a disappointment to him, but it's still pretty good in energy–maneuverability theory terms. And it's worth comparing the F-105 to the F-86 in dogfighting because dogfighting just keeps happening in wars, decades after it was predicted to cease.