What is even the point of fighter aircraft? They don't do shit other than attack stuff on the air, it would make much more sense if the air force used all of its resources on bombers and drones instead.
>>65313676Well, going by your picture, the 3 up front are P-51 Mustangs which were made to escort long range bombers over enemy territory, they couldn't really afford to carry bombs on that mission because they needed the fuel but once air supremacy was achieved they saw heavy use as ground attack aircraft.The other is a 20 year old stealth fighter that was built in small numbers, needed all its weapons stored internally and the air force already had tons of bombers. Since no one else had stealth aircraft, it was basically an Iwinbutton as far as achieving air supremacy went. That said ground attack capability was still added to these planes.Who do you think is building pure fighters anymore anyway? You seem to be asking "what is the point?" t a type of aircraft that doesn't really exist. Everything is multi-role now, everything can drop precision guided weapons.
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>>65313676then what are you going to do if the enemy brings their own fighters to shoot down your bombers?
>>65313676Bombers are not good at SEAD/DEAD, they'd get shot down without fighters performing those.
>>65313676anon discovers multiroles
>>65313676they attack the bombers to stop the bombers from bombing. If there are enemy fighters then they have to be dealt with otherwise they will shoot down your own bombers. What blew up today?
>>65313846>>65313915Just build so many bombers and drones that its pointless to build shitty fighter jets that can only carry 7-8 missiles.>>65313919A bomber could carry more.
>>65313972the russian f-22 killer, SU-35, got merked by third-hand f-16
>>65313978>the russian f-22 killerKill an F-22 before giving it that name. They called the Moskva Carrier Killer too lol.>SU-35, got merked by third-hand f-16Seems on-brand for Russian technology.
>>65313973Define bomber. What's your minimum size/payload to qualify for the title? An F-15 is bigger than most 1940s-1950s medium bombers, is that not enough?
>>65313973>Just build so many bombers and drones that its pointless to build shitty fighter jets that can only carry 7-8 missiles.That implies that your industrial output is so far above your enemy that you can allow them to shoot down 7 or 8 bombers for every fighter they send up and then the fighter goes home and gets more missiles. Did you learn tactics from Zap Brannigan? As for Shahed drones, those are only really effective against petrostates. Russia has launched like a hundred thousand Shaheds against Ukraine and accomplished very little. While you are doing this, those fighters are SEAD/DEADing your air defenses and bombing your heavy industry with glide bombs.
>>65313676they kill your bombers
>>65313676 You are right fighters are useless so china should stop all fighter production and development and go full drones.
>>65313714F-16 crew chief here. Heres a cool pic of my bird from my first assignment. We killed many sandniggers together, that's for sure.
>>65313676>Somehow Bitch Boy Mitchell has returned. My favorite thing about this entire retarded premise is how many certified smoothbrain megacucks who believe it die unbelievably horrific deaths every time it's attempted and fails
>>65313676>t. Harris
>>65313676if you don't have any fighters the enemy will shoot down your other airplanes... with his fighters.
>>65313676>What is even the point of fighter aircraft? They don't do shit other than attack stuff on the air, it would make much more sense if the air force used all of its resources on bombers and drones instead.Yes, congratulations, you're thinking like many generals in the 30s and who got proven wrong in the 40s when unescorted bomber streams got mauled repeatedly beyond their capacity to sustain offensive operations.the fundamental error is assuming you only have to attack once, but you have to attack repeatedly. if you take even "just" 10% casualties every time, after 10 attacks you've got nothing left.
>>65313973Why do you get enjoyment out of pretending to be retarded?
>>65313676>What is even the point of fighter aircraft?RULE THE SKY and everything beneath it is yours. D-day 1944 and Iraq 1990 showed that.
