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Old 01-31-2010 | 02:13 PM
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Kasserine06
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Originally Posted by Hacker15e
What kind of experience do you have in this area? I don't happen to agree with that sentiment. It's a very capable airplane still, to be certain, but there are many limitations simply being a 30-year-old airframe.
I have not flown the aircraft, but I did not know you needed to fly an aircraft before you are allowed to talk about it or know anything about it. My stepfather had over 1000 hours in it at did some weapons testing on it, so I think I know enough to say that it is a great fighter.

Also, in my post, I was saying that we need a new F-15. I know it is 30 years old, and that is why we need a new version. The fact that even 30 years after it left the plant it can still maintain the title of air superiority fighter is impressive.

Of course sometimes it is better to start fresh than limit yourself to a 30 year old design, my intention was to point out that we don’t always need to build the most high tech and expensive aircraft we can. I am sure that for $30 million (cost of an F-15) we can build a new fighter that is better than the current F-15s but still cheaper than the $83 million F-35.
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