What if these 2 aircraft meet in combat ….
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Would that still be true for Dora?
There were still a fair few 109D in service during the Polish invasion and an axishistoryforum post suggests there might have been a few 109B as well, although that's not completely clear and I might have misunderstood.
Edit. I'm now near certain I'd misread the 109B reference.
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Against the D series it might be more of a 50-50 thing.
The Germans still have better tactics though, the finger four system, every pilot having a wingman to watch his rear.
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Not so sure Cortez as the Polish AF put up a decent showing with even the PZL-11 getting 109 kills.
Saw this a while back, you might find it interesting:
Tested with 106s and F-104 playing the part of the MiGs.
I never knew the F-106 had a computer controlled fuel tank to move the center of gravity of the aircraft until I saw this video...
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F-106 is my favorite century series fighter
Pity it was not exported would love to see the Luftwaffe / Portuguese crosses or Turkish crescents on them
Even if it’s not as beautiful as the voodoo
I believe most of those kills were bombers but I could be wrong.
The Sunda Strait crisis had many similarities to the actual air combat between the US and Libya some 17 years later where F-14s splashed Su-22s after Libya had declared the Gulf of Sirte territorial waters and forbade anyone entering without their permission. The US of course claimed freedom of navigation and made a point of sailing those watets.
So in 1964 you have Indonesia declaring they have the authority to determine who can use the straits and flying patrols to back up their declaration. The CAP from the Victorious manoeuvres to keep those patrols as far away from the task force as possible. Someone sees or thinks they see something and opens fire and the opposing side responds with… well you can picture the rest.
If things escalate further you can very well have Indonesia despatch more of their MiGs and possibly their Tu-16 and IL-28 bombers. Victorious in turn sends out their Buccaneers to reduce Indonesian air bases to smoking rubble. Now we have more “2 aircraft meet” subjects we can discuss!!!
My understanding is the RCAF expressed a preference for the F106 vs the F101 but I don’t know if Canada ever formally considered buying them. Other than that I am not aware of any other nations considering acquiring the F106 (but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen
)Yes it wasn’t exported, it’s cousin the F-102 was acquired by Turkey and Greece ( God only knows why since there were so many better options)My understanding is the RCAF expressed a preference for the F106 vs the F101 but I don’t know if Canada ever formally considered buying them. Other than that I am not aware of any other nations considering acquiring the F106 (but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen
Yep Most likely were donationsI suspect the U.S. provided the F102’s on reasonable terms
Yes. As in free of charge. The first aircraft Greece actually paid for after WW2 was F-4E in 1972.I suspect the U.S. provided the F102’s on reasonable terms
To make it a fight both need to be carrying missiles and with the British using all aspect sidewinders, it's a foregone conclusion. Now, if both have similar missiles, you have two airliners dogfigthing each other (!)
The pilots are unlikely to have fighter pilot training (and the Lear Jets were flown by civilian pilots), but still, that'd be interesting.
How about, now, any Western Mach 3 fighter (YF-12, XF-108, Mirage Mach 3, etc.) vs. MiG-25?