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The article does not spell it out directly, so to clarify the title a bit here are the introduction years of the relevant aircraft: * F-14 1974 * F-15 1976 *
by zokier 4y ago
The article does not spell it out directly, so to clarify the title a bit here are the introduction years of the relevant aircraft:
* F-14 1974
* F-15 1976
* F-16 1978
* F-18 1983/84
* F-22 2005
* F-35 2016ish
The interesting thing here is that F-18 was introduced only a decade after F-14, while F-15 -> F-22 took nearly three decades and F-16 -> F-35 four.
- icegreentea2 4y agoThat's because the original F-18 was not a replacement for the F-14 - it was intended to be a complement. The F-18E/F which did replace the F-14 entered service in like 1997 or something. The F-18E/F is not really a variant of the F-18 - calling it E/F was a procurement masterstroke.
- YZF 4y agoThe F-15 and the F-16 were just so good. Also there are many versions of those.
- indymike 4y agoThe F-18 was based on the Northrop YF-17 that lost to the F-16 for it's contract. The Navy likes twin-engine fighters for safety reasons.
- ngcc_hk 4y agoI quite sure I read about tomcat in reader digest chinese around 1968-1972. I watch top gun to see the airplane.