Aircraft One Upmanship!

[AlamoVampire]

40 minutes ago, TwoCalories said:

But the F/A-18 can beat the A-10 in a dogfight... is the A-10 really a one-upmanship?

Absolutely. The A10 is built around its gun, the hornet is not. Besides: 

beyond that the f-18 does not slow down BECAUSE it just fired its gun. The A10 does. But ill give you a fighter on fighter one up:

this f15 from israel landed missing its ENTIRE right wing.

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comparison fun!

that big blue one? A single round from a GAU-8 Avenger, the A10’s gun.

The below is a dummy round but fits the hornets 20mm gun

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Edited September 23, 2023 by AlamoVampire

[TwoCalories]

29 minutes ago, AlamoVampire said:

Absolutely. The A10 is built around its gun, the hornet is not. Besides: 

The A-10 is good and all, but I prefer the F/A-18 because of how much more versatile it is (combination fighter and attack aircraft).

Anyways...

A fully intact F-15. 

[AlamoVampire]

F4J Phantom

the A10 isnt a multirole aircraft. Its close air support and anti tank. Apples to oranges  

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[kspbutitscursed]

F-35 lightning 

[AlamoVampire]

The Viper: F-16. A far superior bird to the junk that is the f-35.

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F-14

[AlamoVampire]

@kspbutitscursed which version? I cant see its sensor under the nose so i cant tell if its A B or D. once i know which version ill supply a one up

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[kspbutitscursed]

i used wikipedia for the image 

A U.S. Navy F-14D conducts a mission over the Persian Gulf region in 2005.

[AlamoVampire]

I was just looking at the image and i dont think thats actually a D tomcat. The sensor pod looks like a single sensor where D tomcats have a pair side by side, but the angle from the camera bird is unflattering so, its a wash on type. So i give you:

F20 Tigershark

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[kspbutitscursed]

Cessena skyhaw

[TwoCalories]

F/A-18 Super Hornet.

Spoiler

About the F-35, just because its expensive doesn't mean it's a junk fighter jet. It's still in development and uses tons of experimental technology, but it still proves to be a very lethal platform. The media only shows all the bad aspects of the program, really.

Edited September 25, 2023 by TwoCalories

[AlamoVampire]

F86 Super Sabre

 

Spoiler

The f35… it fails so much because its trying to be a universal fighter trying to serve too many roles for too many branches. They want too much from the platform and it simply cant perform. The f22 is experimental in a way to, but less is asked of its platform and it performs superiorly

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[Aerodynamic Kerbal]

Spoiler

Apparently it WAS indeed a bit better than the Sabre (or at least thats what the internet told me)

 

[Kerbalsaurus]

F9F Panther, which frequently shot down MiG-15s.

[AlamoVampire]

F107A

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XF-108

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier)

[AlamoVampire]

XB-70 Valkyrie

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F-111

[AlamoVampire]

F101B Voodoo

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737-800

[AlamoVampire]

F102 Delta Dagger

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767

[AlamoVampire]

F110A Spectre (not an f4)

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F-9 wait i mean 

717

[AlamoVampire]

X15

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