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Most handsome fighter aircraft?

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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 09:11 AM
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For the most part, America wins this contest hands down, but I've got a soft spot for the Draken

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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 09:19 AM
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A-10. Grew around those in Eilson AFB as a kid and those things can pretty much survive anything. No other aircraft in service anywhere can withstand near the damage nor dish it out.

However my personal favorite animal would be the cobra, great ground support but can also take care of air threats. Makes us Marines giggle inside.
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 01:13 PM
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 06:00 PM
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Not a fighter, but...


Takeoff speed was 260mph
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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by ZDan,Jan 16 2011, 07:41 AM
See my earlier post re YF-12A. They came in all-black, too, the only obvious visual differences from the SR-71 are that the chines come to an abrupt halt behind the nose, which is bigger/rounder to house radar/fire control.

Since we're quibbling over details anyway, I'll point out that the YF-12A was built to be an interceptor, not a fighter plane. Go out to greet an incoming supersonic bomber at high Mach, launch a couple missiles, turn around (in a very large arc) and go home. Not doing any dogfighting in that thing .

And besides, that nose is fugly!
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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 05:09 AM
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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 12:09 PM
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[QUOTE=Tedow,Jan 17 2011, 06:05 AM]Since we're quibbling over details anyway, I'll point out that the YF-12A was built to be an interceptor, not a fighter plane.
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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by raikouS2K,Jan 13 2011, 12:21 AM
Old: F-4U Corsair

Best of today.......Eielson's Arctic Aggressors



Ahh good old Eielson. My dad was stationed there from 91-95. He worked on A-10s. I loved living up there lol
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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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looks- yf-23
although my favorite a/c is the F/A-18D/F/G only because they are easy to work on.
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 05:44 AM
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Surprised this hasn't turned up in this thread:



BEAUTIFUL. Looks very much like a shark. With guns...
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