01-11-2018, 05:11 PM
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Dazed and Confused
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: TN
Posts: 11,624
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
The USAF F-35A version has the highest performance numbers, and even that one will not reach Mach 2 in clean configuration.
Mach 2 has been an unwritten "requirement" of front-line USAF fighter aircraft since the days of the F-104, F-105, F-106, and F-4.
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That would have been no problem to accomplish if not for the mandatory requirement of JSF....building something to replace the F-16, A-10, F/A-18, and the AV-8B Harrier. Two of these are subsonic, one is Mach 1.8.
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