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KAPTOR

Post subject: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 01:52 am

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Here ya go

Hmmmm I just noticed this.
If you have a Phantom and an Eagle in the same pic, don't you have every twin engine FIGHTER in the U.S.A.F. for the last half century? Is that right, am I missing something?

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Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 18:22 pm

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It depends what you consider a fighter. The F-101A/C Voodoo "fighter bombers" could count, although their primary mission was nuclear bomb delivery.

As for the F-101B, is "interceptor" a subset of fighter?

And USAF F-5A/Cs in Vietnam in the Skoshi Tiger program, performing ground attack missions.

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CAG Hotshot

Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 02:00 am

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Plus you dont want to forget the F-111... Not really a fighter, but a fighter bomber, though it did have capabilites to dogfight with an M61 and/or sidewinder missiles in the bombay...

An argument could even be made for the A-10, since it also carries sidewinders and the GAU-8 cannon and has kills to its credit...

And the F-89 Scorpion which served in the ADC until withdrawn to the AFR and Guard units in the 1960s...

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KAPTOR

Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 03:04 am

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F-5s were never in USAF service technically. A no on the strikers ( F-111 A-10 etc ). You're right about the Voodoos being strikers in thier own way, but I'm not sure, was th B model ever really in Service? And yeah I definitely count interceptors as fighters as thier mission is air control.

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Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 23:12 pm

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According to Wikipedia, the F-101B was the most numerous variant, with 479 built. 112 were transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force. And I forgot about the F-89, another interesting interceptor.

Here's of picture of the lone Canadian EF-101B "Electric Voodoo" radar target aircraft:

From:
http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/equip/hst/voodoo-eng.asp

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CAG Hotshot

Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 00:44 am

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F-89 Scorpions in service...

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KAPTOR

Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 05:23 am

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So is everybody here a closet fan of the Scorpion? I don't know why but I just have always liked this plane.

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CAG Hotshot

Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 22:18 pm

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I loved the missile barrages from the wingtip tanks. The noses of the tanks housed the FFARs!

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KAPTOR

Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 05:21 am

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CAG Hotshot wrote:

I loved the missile barrages from the wingtip tanks. The noses of the tanks housed the FFARs!

Yeah the videos are awesome, they also housed Falcons out there in those pods in place of the FFARs.

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CAG Hotshot

Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 23:45 pm

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LOL they would do better with the FFARs! The Falcon never hit anything but dirt!

Last edited by CAG Hotshot on Sat Jul 17, 2010 00:58 am, edited 1 time in total.

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KAPTOR

Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 06:01 am

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Now, follow me here.
You take some Scorpies out of storage ( I have seen them in the desert at DM ).
You replace that ranging RADAR in the nose with a FLIR and LASER.
And upgrade those FFARs to the upcoming SA LASER homing rockets!
Imagine the impact of that *hitcan load of rockets the Scorpion carried on each wingtip lol

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Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 01:00 am

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LMAO they are rotted junk now... Nothing would work. The wiring harness is dust, the engines long gone...

To bad to as the bird was built strong as hell... They alway over built in those days!

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KAPTOR

Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 03:02 am

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CAG Hotshot wrote:

LMAO they are rotted junk now... Nothing would work. The wiring harness is dust, the engines long gone...

To bad to as the bird was built strong as hell... They alway over built in those days!

It would all work cause you see they are SCORPIONS, denizens of the desert, they are probobly watching us right now, just waiting for the right time to......

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Post subject: Re: In case you ever wondered how big they are

Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 16:53 pm

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KAPTOR wrote:

CAG Hotshot wrote:

LMAO they are rotted junk now... Nothing would work. The wiring harness is dust, the engines long gone...

To bad to as the bird was built strong as hell... They alway over built in those days!

It would all work cause you see they are SCORPIONS, denizens of the desert, they are probobly watching us right now, just waiting for the right time to......

to... Fighting for justice with brains of steel !! :mrgreen:

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