tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757306214660363655.post3604248380928914025..comments2018-03-16T21:03:28.390-07:00Comments on The Roman: F-14D Tomcat vs F-18 Super Hornet: When Progress is One step Forward and Two Steps BackThe Romanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190662829964455877noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757306214660363655.post-38431856927121406722018-03-16T21:03:28.390-07:002018-03-16T21:03:28.390-07:00Look, I'm an F-14 fanboy, too, and I get all e...Look, I'm an F-14 fanboy, too, and I get all emotional about seeing the Tomcat go away because its production was halted in 1991 while Congress' darling, the F-15E Strike Eagle, is still in production today. (And no, I'm not bagging on the F-15 or saying any of its kudos are unfair). The F-14 was replaced with an inferior jet that cannot fly the fleet-defense missions of the Tomcat, no doubt about it. But when you get right down to it, if the admirals didn't lie, they sure wiped their feet on the truth.<br /><br />First off, a clean Super Hornet cannot go supersonic below 10,000 feet? Two words: Bull. Shit. I've seen it vape at 200 feet over the ocean, which means that it was going Mach 0.99999 and had the transonic shockwave going, so it's sure as hell going to go supersonic at 10,000 ft. Nuke89to94https://www.blogger.com/profile/05423011233378606077noreply@blogger.com