<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Janne:<BR><BR>b) F-14 Tomcats were not supposed to engage in dogfights. They were supposed to shoot their targets down 100 miles away with their Phoenix-missiles. In actual dogfight, I think they wold have lost, since they are not deisgned for dogfighting. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Actually, for it's size, the F-14 was a highly maneuverable aircraft and could hold it's own in a dogfight. All really comes down to the pilot.<BR><BR>That said, in a hostile engagement, you're right. They'd try to eliminate the threat as far away from the carrier force (and themselves) as possible. Though a 100 mi is a bit much as that was the maximum range of the phoenix. Probably more like 70 if they used the phoenix instead of the cheaper Sparrow or similar AAM.
