He was also part of something called The Fighter Mafia who insisted that fancy missiles and radar were useless and planes should only have guns and rockets.
It was, but I think his theory was based on true fighter combat.
There hasn’t been a proper dogfight in ages. And I don’t think there will be - the only modern limitation of a fighter is the pilot - 9gs. Because of that hard constraint, his formula faces an optimization problem.
Edit: side note, why the fuck do I have this seemingly endless slightly useless knowledge, but I can’t tell you fuck all about the tech stack I have to work with at my job.
He was also backed up by experiences in Vietnam where gun-less American fighters were at a disadvantage when they ran out of missiles. To the point they started adding gun pods.
He was also part of something called The Fighter Mafia who insisted that fancy missiles and radar were useless and planes should only have guns and rockets.
OK that’s decidedly stupid.
It was, but I think his theory was based on true fighter combat.
There hasn’t been a proper dogfight in ages. And I don’t think there will be - the only modern limitation of a fighter is the pilot - 9gs. Because of that hard constraint, his formula faces an optimization problem.
Edit: side note, why the fuck do I have this seemingly endless slightly useless knowledge, but I can’t tell you fuck all about the tech stack I have to work with at my job.
He was also backed up by experiences in Vietnam where gun-less American fighters were at a disadvantage when they ran out of missiles. To the point they started adding gun pods.