Originally Posted by
Androidpk
The F/A-18 Hornet is a mighty fine jet but it's no F-14 Tomcat.
F/A-18s saved Earth from the first Alien invasion. F-14s were actually kind of pieces of junk. The Top Gun movie is actually credited with extending their life another decade.
By piece of junk, I mean it's reason for use ended with the Cold War. It was great for Fleet Defense, but the F/A-18 had way better electronics, could carry laser guided bombs, JDAMs, etc, that the F-14 could not. the F/A-18 is just far more versatile. And this isn't even count the newer Super Hornet variant.
The F-14 is obsolete for the current operations of the Navy, revolutionary when it came out, absolutely, but it's time is done.
They're all going to be replaced by fucking drones and F-35s anyways.
Last edited by Gelston; 05-31-2018 at 04:55 PM.
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