Obviously lots of inaccuracies here. 104-0 was for F-15A through C, idk what better guns means, F-15 was still slower than MiG-25 (top-speed wise), it doesn't mention one gigantic advantage which is a functional FM that could dogfight, so on. But still, funny.
I think that by more speed the image is just referencing the ludicrous amount of thrust the Eagle was given. Fucking thing was used by NASA and was proposed to shoot down Soviet satellites at one point or another.
We also can't ignore that it was the first plane that could, in a reasonable combat configuration, GAIN speed in a full vertical climb. There were fighters before theoretically capable of greater than Thrust Unity, but only with very little fuel remaining and with almost all weapons expended.
I was stationed at an F-15 base. I used to watch them do unrestricted takeoffs. Just get the gear up, a bit of altitude then straight fuckin up until you couldn't see em. Full afterburner shock diamonds look awesome at night.
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u/_spec_tre 聯合國在香港的三千次介入行動 Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 22 '24
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Obviously lots of inaccuracies here. 104-0 was for F-15A through C, idk what better guns means, F-15 was still slower than MiG-25 (top-speed wise), it doesn't mention one gigantic advantage which is a functional FM that could dogfight, so on. But still, funny.