It is a lot cheaper to condition the F/A 18 SuperHornet to be able to do hyper-sonic intercepts. That is because Russia who is supplied by China has and will use drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missile and hyper-sonic missile against their enemies. There is no doubt. There is also no doubt that the F18 air frame can be engineered to fly MACH 2.0 and even MACH 2 ++. Look at all the knocks off jets like MiG 29, J17, and etc...
But Congress and Robert McNamara(McNamara Folly and his failed Joint Fighter program that became the USAF’s F-111 forced the US Navy to adapt the USAF design to Naval Operations. I’m so glad that the F-111 Seapig became its own downfall with its weight being too heavy, too big for hanger storage, and it kept blowing out its hydraulic lines in the noise gear every time it landed. I’m so glad that Congress saw that if the F-111 went into Naval Service the cost would have been greater. But thankfully they saw reason and allowed the Navy to put out a contract for their own Aircraft to replace the F-4 Phantom II.
1) the F4F did NOT pale in comparison to the Zero. it had its own strengths over the Zero that even the top Zero aces respected. And at the end of the day, the F4F scored an 11:1 kill ratio over the Zero. that is SUPREMACY. The Zero bet everything on maneuverability when speed was superior. The F4F was faster, tougher, better altitude and diving, and maneuverable enough to consistently come out on top over the Zero. 2) name a SINGLE other navy one Earth today with a superior aircraft to the F-18 super hornet....
I agree with your assessment of the F4F and FM-2 against the A6M. Training was the key in 1942/43. The Super Hornet brings a lot to the table but the Rafale has some great capabilities and also excellent EW Suite. Operation Chesapeake was a great as the Rafales and E-2s from the French Navy trained with and against the three fighter variants of the F-18 as well as F-22s from Langley. Many Hornet and Super Hornet pilots hold the Rafale in high regard. The J-15s,MiG-29K and Su-33Ks are limited in several aspects from numbers to limited upgrades, etc. but those traits will change as the PRC fields CATOBAR Carriers. The Royal Navy is also looking at refitting their CVs to operate CATOBAR aircraft as well.
The block 111 will crush because it’s a fantastic platform and I’m told by a growler pilot that they consider it a 4.5 gen. With the ability to work with Americas 5 gen fighters, side by side with the F35. People need to let go of the Tomcat, that is a video game jet and it’s not coming back although you spent like 2 to 3 mins of this video talking about it, for no reason. The block 111 is a faster version of the block 11 and is actually faster than the F35. Top speed is not the future as it’s terrible for stealth for more than one reason. The hornet radar cross section has been reduced itself and there’s a lot we don’t even know about the block 111 as it’s classified. America will be just fine with the Super Duper Hornet.
I hear these claims since it's retirement, no it wouldn't. It's finished it was never going to be saved. Expensive and a high mishap rate. It was a bar cap platform Not much after that. Improvements were made to extend its useful life and it's finished.
As a Navy veteran and maintainer the Tomcat will always reign supreme, it would have been nice to see all the upgrades as it was a magnificent piece of aviation history and amazing to see them fly.
Boeing should have tried harder selling Super Hornets to other countries instead of depending on the US government to act as its salesman. US government is firmly in Lockheed Martin's pocket so it has no incentive to see Boeing or other fighter aircraft companies succeed. Sell to South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, more NATO members and partners, Mexico, Brazil, Middle East allies, Africa, Central Asia, and Ukraine
South Korea got the Boeing F-15E, Japan got F-15J, Saudi got F-15S, Israel got F-15I, Qatar has ordered F-15QA. Notice the pattern? the F-15 is Boeing's export jet, not the Super Bug. I don't think Boeing tried to sell SH to anyone other than the RAAF and Indian Navy. e is for spelling
I don't agree with that we still have about 140 tomcats in storage if a quicker rather then cheaper upgrade path to 4.5 Gen could be worked out they could be brought back for bulk air service. Granted we are looking at a littoral beyond worst case WW3 level of the world burning, with heavy and strategicly important fighting on four continents for us to need that level of liquidity but I digress....
Another video moaning the loss of the F-14 Tomcats, just the Canadian video moaning the loss of the AVRO Arrows back in 1958. Face it people, you 've got what you've got and it what you'll go into the next conflict with, it takes years to bring new aircraft onlineand conflicts happen now, not in the past.
The tomcat was too costly and just too big for carriers. You can carry quite a bit more hornets because they are smaller. More aircraft is better than fewer ( _maybe_ slightly better) aircraft. And in all reality, if the F15 would have been carrier capable then the tomcat would have been long long gone
It is a lot cheaper to condition the F/A 18 SuperHornet to be able to do hyper-sonic intercepts. That is because Russia who is supplied by China has and will use drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missile and hyper-sonic missile against their enemies. There is no doubt. There is also no doubt that the F18 air frame can be engineered to fly MACH 2.0 and even MACH 2 ++. Look at all the knocks off jets like MiG 29, J17, and etc...
There should have been the Super Tomcat, but!, but also a/the Super (Legacy) Hornet, a Stealth or Stealthy Hornet or something entirely else, than the today's Super Hornet, and not nessesarely the F 35 C at all?? So the real = true = todays Super Hornet might not never ever come to life = come to be the reality, as It is today, but why not making that day current Hornet (the Legacy One) to as Stealth / Stealthy as possible, just like the Tomcat to be the first Stealthy Tomcat F 14 D or the / a F 14 (E) / F!?? Why not!?? So, why not improving the older design, just like Rusisa has done, maybe not will do in the Future, but China at least is doing, or that what they have said doing so!/. I mean, the F 15, Boeing has updating / upgrading and trying to do so. So why not upgrading / updating the F 14 D to Its' best, and later making a Stealth version of It or close to the Original Design?? I don't know, what to think about the Super Hornet, that should It never ever be the real Fighter, as It did come to a life = It is today alive = a real Jet Fighter, but dying, unfortunatelly / unfortunately. Hmh! = Shame and Wrong!/. But, It is and this is Life! But, what about Finalnd!?? Should It (the Finland) had chosen the Super Hornet with the Growler, instead of a F 35 A to Its' next Jet Fighter, or the Gripen E / F or both, the Super Hornet and the Gripen and not the F 35 A at all?? I mean I like the Super Hornet's looks, but Its' color lot more, than the dark grey F 35 A and other F 35S = F 35s, and yes, I like the Super Hornet looks lot more, than the Gripen too!/. But why making the (Boeing) Super Horet and also the (SAAB) Gripen E and even more the F versions with too long noses / front sections, why?? Why?? Other things, which I'm not pleased to see, is, that the Super Hornets and on / with the Growler too might have wrong wings = wrong wing versions!?? And why making the newest Gripen version / versions, the E and F, little bit or some more less too narrow, yes!/. Ff course It, the Gripen E and F have wider fuselage, than on the original designs both the Gripen A to the C, but still making wider!/. Why!?? To carrying more fuel and having for the right now or later like in the future some room for the missiles and bombs carrying inside!??!?? And why not making the newest Gripen, the Gripen E and F, with 2 Tails and not with just 1!??!?? And why the Typhoon had also too narrow fuselage, to not to have probably any room for the missiles and bombs carrying internally / internaly and why, again, why, just 1 Tail!??!?? And why not adding Thrust Vectoring Nozzle / Nozzles to the both Gripen and Typhoon, or at least to the newest F 15, to / into the F 15 X and XE!?? Why and why not!?? And why not only making the Typhoon with the Updates / Upgrades to Its' design, to improve Its' Flying Caractheristics or something, to improve Its' Flying things, like turning = agile movements aso = and so on!??!?? I mean the SAAB / SAAB is trying to make the improvements to their Gripen E, but not any nation want to, to adding improvements to their or at least to their newest Typhoons, why, why not!??!?? So sorry, about my complainings, sorry!/. But what you think guys and girls, did Finland choose the rgiht = correct plane = Jet Fighter for the and to be the next Jet Fighter of Finland!?? I know, that It was the best in the Valuation / Valuations, but!, but the biggest, the biggest reason why I'm not liking It, is, that It is not coming and the War, the big, huge, great last War, the WW3 = World War 3 = III might happen and very very soon! I hope not! But, let see!?? Hmh!
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Super Tomcat or Navalised Raptor would be dope but Super Hornet is more cost efficient and more adaptable in the long run.
It is a lot cheaper to condition the F/A 18 SuperHornet to be able to do hyper-sonic intercepts. That is because Russia who is supplied by China has and will use drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missile and hyper-sonic missile against their enemies. There is no doubt. There is also no doubt that the F18 air frame can be engineered to fly MACH 2.0 and even MACH 2 ++. Look at all the knocks off jets like MiG 29, J17, and etc...
Maybe, is laser pods work out, the stealth is not as important. But as of today, F35s are cheaper to buy bit more expensive to operate
History does not necessarily repeat itself _per se_ but it definitely *_rhymes_* for sure!
Bingo!
Like Star Wars. It's like poetry, it rhymes
Nice livery on the Tomcat…👌🏼
Fun fact: I recently read an article that stated the Su-57 has the same RCS, as a Super Hornet…🤣
I have watched several videos like this. But saw the best content and best video editing on your channel.
cool vid.
Did you get a new mic?
You sounded different.
But Congress and Robert McNamara(McNamara Folly and his failed Joint Fighter program that became the USAF’s F-111 forced the US Navy to adapt the USAF design to Naval Operations. I’m so glad that the F-111 Seapig became its own downfall with its weight being too heavy, too big for hanger storage, and it kept blowing out its hydraulic lines in the noise gear every time it landed.
I’m so glad that Congress saw that if the F-111 went into Naval Service the cost would have been greater. But thankfully they saw reason and allowed the Navy to put out a contract for their own Aircraft to replace the F-4 Phantom II.
1) the F4F did NOT pale in comparison to the Zero. it had its own strengths over the Zero that even the top Zero aces respected. And at the end of the day, the F4F scored an 11:1 kill ratio over the Zero. that is SUPREMACY. The Zero bet everything on maneuverability when speed was superior. The F4F was faster, tougher, better altitude and diving, and maneuverable enough to consistently come out on top over the Zero.
2) name a SINGLE other navy one Earth today with a superior aircraft to the F-18 super hornet....
I agree with your assessment of the F4F and FM-2 against the A6M. Training was the key in 1942/43. The Super Hornet brings a lot to the table but the Rafale has some great capabilities and also excellent EW Suite. Operation Chesapeake was a great as the Rafales and E-2s from the French Navy trained with and against the three fighter variants of the F-18 as well as F-22s from Langley. Many Hornet and Super Hornet pilots hold the Rafale in high regard. The J-15s,MiG-29K and Su-33Ks are limited in several aspects from numbers to limited upgrades, etc. but those traits will change as the PRC fields CATOBAR Carriers. The Royal Navy is also looking at refitting their CVs to operate CATOBAR aircraft as well.
How does the Rafale hold up?
I would love to see you do a video reviewing and comparing the American aircraft in Arma 3 to their real world contemporaries
Good observation , Pilotphotog. It's amazing how were back to 1942 !
The F35 will be mixed in flying lead. The Navy is a combined force, not a solo operation.
The block 111 will crush because it’s a fantastic platform and I’m told by a growler pilot that they consider it a 4.5 gen. With the ability to work with Americas 5 gen fighters, side by side with the F35. People need to let go of the Tomcat, that is a video game jet and it’s not coming back although you spent like 2 to 3 mins of this video talking about it, for no reason. The block 111 is a faster version of the block 11 and is actually faster than the F35. Top speed is not the future as it’s terrible for stealth for more than one reason. The hornet radar cross section has been reduced itself and there’s a lot we don’t even know about the block 111 as it’s classified. America will be just fine with the Super Duper Hornet.
A super Tomcat would have been sweet!
And about as expensive as an ngad.
I hear these claims since it's retirement, no it wouldn't. It's finished it was never going to be saved. Expensive and a high mishap rate. It was a bar cap platform Not much after that. Improvements were made to extend its useful life and it's finished.
As a Navy veteran and maintainer the Tomcat will always reign supreme, it would have been nice to see all the upgrades as it was a magnificent piece of aviation history and amazing to see them fly.
This video really tortures the so called analogy between the Wildcat and the Hornet.
Wuda Cuda Shuda…….
the story of the US Navy and congressional weapons procurement.
God I miss the tomcat
no premier this time?
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Pilots called it Zekes, not zeros.
The allied reporting name was "Zeke" yes, but just as many people just called it the Zero anyway
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I am no scientist but I think if they would have kept some of that money. to Ukraine, they might be able to buy a new Fleet.
Boeing should have tried harder selling Super Hornets to other countries instead of depending on the US government to act as its salesman. US government is firmly in Lockheed Martin's pocket so it has no incentive to see Boeing or other fighter aircraft companies succeed. Sell to South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, more NATO members and partners, Mexico, Brazil, Middle East allies, Africa, Central Asia, and Ukraine
South Korea got the Boeing F-15E, Japan got F-15J, Saudi got F-15S, Israel got F-15I, Qatar has ordered F-15QA. Notice the pattern? the F-15 is Boeing's export jet, not the Super Bug.
I don't think Boeing tried to sell SH to anyone other than the RAAF and Indian Navy.
e is for spelling
A F-14 21 will never happen, unfortunately. The Navies F/A-XX program is already in the works to fulfill that role.
I don't agree with that we still have about 140 tomcats in storage if a quicker rather then cheaper upgrade path to 4.5 Gen could be worked out they could be brought back for bulk air service. Granted we are looking at a littoral beyond worst case WW3 level of the world burning, with heavy and strategicly important fighting on four continents for us to need that level of liquidity but I digress....
@@andrewyork3869 nope, only iran has flyable tomcats, all of the tomcats that the US had are either scrapped or in permanent display
@luma8212 Google it we do have a few that could be flown.
Another video moaning the loss of the F-14 Tomcats, just the Canadian video moaning the loss of the AVRO Arrows back in 1958. Face it people, you 've got what you've got and it what you'll go into the next conflict with, it takes years to bring new aircraft onlineand conflicts happen now, not in the past.
The tomcat was too costly and just too big for carriers. You can carry quite a bit more hornets because they are smaller. More aircraft is better than fewer ( _maybe_ slightly better) aircraft. And in all reality, if the F15 would have been carrier capable then the tomcat would have been long long gone
Can't they just do what they did with the F-15E by making the F-15EX?
Right!
It is a lot cheaper to condition the F/A 18 SuperHornet to be able to do hyper-sonic intercepts. That is because Russia who is supplied by China has and will use drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missile and hyper-sonic missile against their enemies. There is no doubt. There is also no doubt that the F18 air frame can be engineered to fly MACH 2.0 and even MACH 2 ++. Look at all the knocks off jets like MiG 29, J17, and etc...
There should have been the Super Tomcat, but!, but also a/the Super (Legacy) Hornet, a Stealth or Stealthy Hornet or something entirely else, than the today's Super Hornet, and not nessesarely the F 35 C at all?? So the real = true = todays Super Hornet might not never ever come to life = come to be the reality, as It is today, but why not making that day current Hornet (the Legacy One) to as Stealth / Stealthy as possible, just like the Tomcat to be the first Stealthy Tomcat F 14 D or the / a F 14 (E) / F!?? Why not!??
So, why not improving the older design, just like Rusisa has done, maybe not will do in the Future, but China at least is doing, or that what they have said doing so!/. I mean, the F 15, Boeing has updating / upgrading and trying to do so. So why not upgrading / updating the F 14 D to Its' best, and later making a Stealth version of It or close to the Original Design??
I don't know, what to think about the Super Hornet, that should It never ever be the real Fighter, as It did come to a life = It is today alive = a real Jet Fighter, but dying, unfortunatelly / unfortunately. Hmh! = Shame and Wrong!/. But, It is and this is Life!
But, what about Finalnd!?? Should It (the Finland) had chosen the Super Hornet with the Growler, instead of a F 35 A to Its' next Jet Fighter, or the Gripen E / F or both, the Super Hornet and the Gripen and not the F 35 A at all?? I mean I like the Super Hornet's looks, but Its' color lot more, than the dark grey F 35 A and other F 35S = F 35s, and yes, I like the Super Hornet looks lot more, than the Gripen too!/.
But why making the (Boeing) Super Horet and also the (SAAB) Gripen E and even more the F versions with too long noses / front sections, why?? Why?? Other things, which I'm not pleased to see, is, that the Super Hornets and on / with the Growler too might have wrong wings = wrong wing versions!?? And why making the newest Gripen version / versions, the E and F, little bit or some more less too narrow, yes!/. Ff course It, the Gripen E and F have wider fuselage, than on the original designs both the Gripen A to the C, but still making wider!/. Why!?? To carrying more fuel and having for the right now or later like in the future some room for the missiles and bombs carrying inside!??!?? And why not making the newest Gripen, the Gripen E and F, with 2 Tails and not with just 1!??!??
And why the Typhoon had also too narrow fuselage, to not to have probably any room for the missiles and bombs carrying internally / internaly and why, again, why, just 1 Tail!??!?? And why not adding Thrust Vectoring Nozzle / Nozzles to the both Gripen and Typhoon, or at least to the newest F 15, to / into the F 15 X and XE!?? Why and why not!??
And why not only making the Typhoon with the Updates / Upgrades to Its' design, to improve Its' Flying Caractheristics or something, to improve Its' Flying things, like turning = agile movements aso = and so on!??!?? I mean the SAAB / SAAB is trying to make the improvements to their Gripen E, but not any nation want to, to adding improvements to their or at least to their newest Typhoons, why, why not!??!??
So sorry, about my complainings, sorry!/. But what you think guys and girls, did Finland choose the rgiht = correct plane = Jet Fighter for the and to be the next Jet Fighter of Finland!?? I know, that It was the best in the Valuation / Valuations, but!, but the biggest, the biggest reason why I'm not liking It, is, that It is not coming and the War, the big, huge, great last War, the WW3 = World War 3 = III might happen and very very soon! I hope not! But, let see!?? Hmh!
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Good thing your mom is a guy
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