In honor of the F-16 entering Ukrainian skies in the near-future, I present a classic of NCD

CraigeryTheKid , 5 months ago

I know this leans hard on the meme scale - but now I’m really interested in the data behind it.

The losses on left are fairly close to kills on the right. Math checks out.

But it’s 279 kills on left to 111 losses on the right - so… what were all those MiGs shooting down?

PugJesus OP , 5 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief

petrescatraian , 5 months ago

@PugJesus so do you mean MiGs actually get taken down multiple times before they're able to hit something? Fuck!

Also that MiG-25.

Gork , 5 months ago

Don’t forget the F-22. It’s killed more Chinese spy balloon, middle school hobbyist pico balloons, and other UFOs than any other sixth generation fighter.

nuke , 5 months ago

Don’t forget the F-22. It’s killed more … UFOs than any other sixth generation fighter.

WELCOME TO ERF!

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/eba8c5f5-f90a-4531-b536-20e5aae363e2.jpeg

Che_Donkey , 5 months ago

Chris Rock is an alien?

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/76c90b55-2d3d-4d80-ba5c-ea6f366892b1.jpeg

UraniumBlazer , 5 months ago

God nothing’s more beautiful than the Tomcat

skillissuer , 5 months ago

F-14 is also unfortunately maintenance nightmare

this also means that iranian air force is basically ornamental

UraniumBlazer , 5 months ago

Hehe sure. But nothing’s cooler than them sweeping wings

Tar_alcaran , 5 months ago

Nothing wrong with a few relics in your airforce for display purposes. It’s just that modern countries pick planes like the B-52, which in a decade and a half will bomb the insurgents on mars.

skillissuer , 5 months ago

decade and half? century and half? doesn’t matter, B-52 will still be in service

prettybunnys , 4 months ago

The cylons are gonna be so confused when we carpet bomb them in orbit.

JustUseMint , 4 months ago

Isn’t anything with variable geometry wings?