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Can the F/A-18 do BARCAP? Engage cruise missile carrying aircraft at range? The F-14 was an excellent aircraft when using the F-110 engines. The TF-30s were te
by greedo 4y ago
Can the F/A-18 do BARCAP? Engage cruise missile carrying aircraft at range?
The F-14 was an excellent aircraft when using the F-110 engines. The TF-30s were terrible. Cheney just didn't trust NAVAIR to develop any aircraft (see the A-12 fiasco), and he wasn't going to approve updating all the F-14s to the D standard.
- daemoens 4y agoWe're not going to see soviet bombers dropping nukes before the majority of America is destroyed by the ICBMs.
- greedo 4y agoThe F-14 was never tasked with CONUS defense, that was part of the Chair Forces responsibility. The F-14 was designed to prevent missile carrying bombers from attacking the carrier task force.