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Old 03-23-2020, 11:28 AM
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The F-105 Thud was totally unsuited for it's role in Vietnam. Out of the Century series only the F-101 was worse suited to dogfighting. Despite being a crappy airframe, the F-105 did manage some air-to-air kills in Vietnam due to superior PILOTING. Originally the F-4 was to be the F-110, but was already named under the Navy's GOOFBALL naming system as the F-4. That one is the only one fully-successful member of the "Century Series" of fighters.
I'm pretty certain a B-1B can safely pull more G's than a Thud.
Ugly as sin to boot.
The Brewster Buffalo is about the only aircraft uglier.
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