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The F-15 can also do that. I guess they don't operate from carriers though but otherwise they're probably the ones that took away a lot of the F-14's niche.
by YZF 4y ago
The F-15 can also do that. I guess they don't operate from carriers though but otherwise they're probably the ones that took away a lot of the F-14's niche.
- rootusrootus 4y agoAFAIK, the F-15 was in fact the first fighter that could accelerate vertically. I'm not sure the F-14 ever had enough power to do that. IIRC some newer variants of the F-16 can do it with the improved engines, as well as other modern fighters. I miss watching F-14s at the airshows. It was always a good show. Though I have to say, having recently watched a solo F-35 demo and having modest expectations, I was impressed. It may be a boondoggle and massively overpriced, but it seems to have the performance now.
- fivefifty 4y agoI don't think the F-15 would be the first to accelerate vertically, the English Electric Lightning was also known for incredible climb performance even in the vertical and it's a much older design of aircraft.
- foldr 4y ago> I'm not sure the F-14 ever had enough power to do that. It might have with a tiny amount of fuel and no load out (at an air show). In a realistic operational configuration, definitely not.