Even if you have the money an F104 is risky, remember the old German joke: "an optimist is a Luftwaffe Starfighter pilot who gives up smoking for his health "
Zie Germans also tried to use them as all weather fighter-bombers. Lots of low-level and inclement weather. Even A-10's had a scary loss rate doing that job in Germany.
The nations who treated as the point-defense interceptor it was intended to be did much better on the loss rate.
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Even if you have the money an F104 is risky, remember the old German joke:
ReplyDelete"an optimist is a Luftwaffe Starfighter pilot who gives up smoking for his health "
Zie Germans also tried to use them as all weather fighter-bombers. Lots of low-level and inclement weather. Even A-10's had a scary loss rate doing that job in Germany.
DeleteThe nations who treated as the point-defense interceptor it was intended to be did much better on the loss rate.