Sunday, February 27, 2011

An air to air load out?



People like to believe that the above photo illustrates a common air to air load out for modern fighters....

Not hardly folks...its just a glamour shot...nothing more or less.

Lets get the discussion on actual combat loads back into the realm of reality.

UPDATE.

I haven't read this issue of Aviation Week (but I plan to once I visit my local bookstore) but it has the best image I've seen of the "evolved" Super Hornet.

Note that in its stealth configuration, designed to go head up against the F-35---it limits its weapons load to perhaps 6 air to air missiles (I think in its current configuration its 4) so again...another quiver in my argument about fantasy combat versus its reality.