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4. I still can't figure out why they can't simply create new airframes of a tried-and-true design

Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:31 PM

Sep 2019

like the F-14, F-15, F-16, and FA-18.

Then install the latest technology in the airframes, and voila! capable, reliable strike fighters!

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