Why The F-15 Terrified The Soviets
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Was this video created by AI? Many inaccuracies and random irrelevant clips, we keep getting shown Mig 17 and Su-24's as Foxbats.
and video of F-22s
this dude as i saw previous is mostly USA oriented, so yeah it makes sense that he only got USA part of the story right
Either they are really stupid or ? But AI you can really tell on words and how they pronounces them.
@@adamrakic3253 They didn't even get that right.
@@Robwantsacurry yeah, thats why i dont rely on this acc to inform myself, there are a lot of better ones, though i sometimes throw a watch here on some video when topic is interesting
The Tomcat could intercept multiple targets while the Eagle was still in development -- and hit them at far greater range. For its day, the Phoenix and AWG-9 were a potent combination. Of course, if you watch this video, you would think that the Phantom was an Air Force project and not the Navy's. The Phantom was NOT McNamara's idea of a joint service fighter, it was already a done deal before he reached office. McNamara's pet baby was the F-111, which did so poorly in carrier testing that they quickly sought a new design, the Tomcat.
Thank you. I caught that too. If I'm ever down and feeling depressed, I just think about Robert McNamara.
The good news is he lived long enough to admit he was a useless nitwit that had been wrong about virtually everything. Unlike a certain gravelly voiced secretary of state....
The F-14 could only theoretically track and engage multiple targets. If those targets maneuvered at all the F-14 would lose track. it's good for the time but quickly obsolesced Radar multitrack was predicated on the target staying on the same vector. IE against Bear Bombers. All you had to do was change your course and the F-14 would have to actively find you again.
problem is the tomcat wasn't reliable at all
I flew the F-14A off of the Enterprise for 2 cruises with VF-114. The AWG-9 would hold track with targets that maneuvered. It had a fairly slow update rate and a wide "notch" that had a negative impact on tracking through target maneuvers, but all pulse doppler (PD) radars of the time had the notch (including the -15), it was just a matter of degree. The only weapon that could be used against multiple targets at the time was the AIM-54 and it was quite capable of multiple shots on multiple targets with that system combo. Once launched, the AIM-54 no longer had some of those limitations, especially once it went active. The D models also had upgrades that solved the notch issue (I never flew the D, but fought them as an adversary in the f-16N). One of the loadouts we flew with was 2x2x2. 2 Phoenix, 2 sparrow, 2 sidewinder. Firing 2 Phoenix against 2 targets simultaneously was not a problem, and - though heavy! - that loadout was pretty nice to have. But you had to understand the capabilities and limitations of the weapons you used. To say, "The F-14 could only theoretically track and engage multiple targets. If those targets maneuvered at all the F-14 would lose track." is incorrect. To say the F-14 was unreliable is also incorrect.
In the case of the Sparrow, we would generally fire it in "pulse", not PD. In that mode, it was very capable! And of course, the Sidewinder didn't require a lock at all (though having a lock could gain some serious advantages in application). For example, you could lock a SW seeker onto a target on the nose while having a radar lock on the wingman, shoot the head-on target and quickly go SEAM on the second target, getting two missiles in the air on two targets pre-merge. The Soviets were terrified of the F-14, but really, they also understood that western technology was running ahead of them across the spectrum. It's reasonable to critique the A model, just know what you're talking about!
We would still have the tomcat if it wasn't so expensive to fly maintain. And was unreliable.
In my opinion, the F-15 is one of the finest fighter jets ever made!!
yeah and if the navy could of ruggedized the F15 for carrier use there would of been no F18nyup the stoey of the loss of a wing and still flying is true
it indeed is.
You have a great opinion, because the US is STILL manufacturing the, F15s. I believe the US is manufacturing the, Saudia Arabia variant of the, F15. Those, F15s apparently have even more power/thrust to weight ratio, which blows me away....these variants of the, F15s have a much greater, 1 to 1 thrust to power ratio...I think it's, 1.17.....this makes it to where the F15 can break the sound barrier while flying straight up on its ass
I’ll do you one better… The F-15 is THE finest fighter jet ever made. No question.
@@DZimmer000 10000000% correct!!!
The F-14 tomcat was the first fighter that could engage multiple targets simultaneously.
Dont expect too much from this channel.
@@piotr2951 Why?
@@user-xp5id1kh4r they have a habit of getting lots of facts wrong, using the wrong names, pictures, etc....also as they do in this vid they start with a premise that matches the title, then veer off on tangents to pad viewing time
That's what I was thinking.
And engage with Phoenix missiles at previously unheard of ranges.
the Mig-25 was designed to do 1 thing - Intercept the SR-71 and the XB-70 Valkyrie bomber (cancelled). It was a pure high speed interceptor. It is less than worthless in a dogfight. But it was the impetus for the F-15 to be developed.
I mean, it's not *totally* useless, hell, one actually managed to shoot down an F-18 once! and they also had a decent Kill record against Western Jets that were flown by Iran during the Iran-Iraq war.
It is a common misconception: interceptor variant wasn't designed to intercept XB-70 and SR-71 -- it flew less than 2 years after A-12, just few month after unveil of YF-12 and few months before XB-70 flew for the first time; and it is slower than either of those. Missile range was OK by the standards of the time, however wouldn't do much against those due to targeting system wouldn't be able to acquire those at acceptable range. In reality MiG-25 was designed to intercept B-58 and was a replacement for the Tu-128. To intercept high speed targets like SR-71 they developed MiG-31 with the radar that has nothing to do with Iranian F-14s and missiles that are definitely not a copy of AIM-54 (it's just pure coincidence that specs match). However even with that according to the MiG-31 pilots they had to know where SR-71 would be at specific time, then they would have to pop at a high speed to acquire SR-71 by the targeting systems for a few seconds that might be enough time (or not) to launch the missile.
Also let's not forget that recon variant of MiG-25 was developed in parallel (which also contributed on why does it have such high speed) and almost immediately after start of the production there was an attack version of the MiG-25 developed. Btw, good chunk of Foxbat production were recon and attack versions.
It's just US saw (and still sees) in MiG-25 what they wanted to see instead of what it really was.
USSR scared the Americans into making a figter jet that the USSR is scared off.
The bullshitted us into making their bullshit our reality.
Proudly served in USAF from 1977 until 1990. Was a crewchief on F-4E, F-15C/D and F-16C/D. Loved them all. But have to be honest my favorite was the F-15 hands down. F-4 service McDill AFB, Tampa FL, F-15 service Kadena AB, Okinawa JP, F-16 service Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV.
F-15 was born from America's big panic attack and freak out over the MIG-25
I get Lockheed could have perfected the mig 25
More like:
S.U.:we grrrrrrreat soviet engineers did the best plane that the capitalists will take decades to compete
Yanquees: ok, challenge accepted
*United States proceeds to do a plane that surpasses the Mig 29 showcased by the soviets
Soviet Union realize it had fucked it up, because 99% of the time they overhype their stuff and the Mig 25 wasn't as great as they claimed, and SOMEHOW the yanquees made a plane een better the ruskies could ever dream. And two decades later the yanquees bored decided to do a plane that would surpass the F-15 because nobody in the world had surpassed it *yet* and so has been born the F-22
@@elduquecaradura1468That entire thing was purely a misunderstanding on the Americans part. The Mig 25 was a pure interceptor with 0 maneuverability and no gun.
Certainly was.
Americans saw something that looked like a real beast of a plane, freaked out and built one of the best jets of all time, and it turns out the MiG-25 was essentially a rocket with wings.
The F-15 time to climb record aircraft was the Streak Eagle, not the Strike Eagle, that is the name for the F-15E ground attack variant.
Did that variant enter service; or was it exclusively used for the record attempt?
@@NobleKorhedron it wasn't a variant, just an F15A pulled from the assembly line. They left a lot of parts of to save weight: no radar, no flap or speed brake actuators, no paint, etc (although they did include a lot of equipment to measure the time to climb flights). It was about 2000lbs lighter than the standard A model. They also tuned up the engines a lot.
The Streak Eagle was never returned to service, it's at the Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio.
No, it was a special plane for the record attempt, they took a pre production F-15 without weapon mounts, cannon or radar, the even left it unpainted. Basicly the minimum systems required systems to take off and land.
See, I didn’t know this, and this channel has no clue what it’s talking about. People like me don’t know the difference unless I see comments from people like yourself. Thank you
@@jayyoutube8790 It had an arresting rig that allowed the engines to spool to full thrust while being held still. The rig was released and the Streak Eagle rocketed down the runway becoming airborne in something like 400 feet. I broke Mach while flying straight up.
One of the rules of engagement was the visual conformation enemy aircraft. This was not due to the limitation of the radar but the idiots in DC. The missles the US was using at the were not the most reliable ( AIM-4 Falcon, AIM-7 Sparrow, and AIM-9 Sparrow) falling of the rack, going ballistic after launch, not arming in flight and breaking up on impact. They had to be launched in pairs and had about 60 to 70% hit rate.
You sir take your word back, Phantom is a beauty.
It did what it was designed for extremely well. Miss use and constraint from Washington turned it into a “brick”.
It’s really not. It’s full of aerodynamic bandaids.
And those bandaids are actually what make it a beautiful aircraft
It’s beautiful because it’s so ugly
In some way the Sovite helped development of F15 considering they hyped up the Mig 25.
Makes you wonder what the Mig-25 COULD have been had they used lighter materials. The extra fuel would have extended its range, or that could have been swapped out for more ordinance.
@@davidford3115garbage Aircraft
@@robandcheryls I know that Soviet airframes have been poor compared to Western since the Korean War when the F-86 Sabre cleaned the MiG-15's clock.
But again, I was asking theoretically how much better the MiG-25 could have been had they chosen light weight over armor. An Aluminum-titanium alloy MiG-25 might have been able to pull some major moves that while not as good as the F-15 could have kept it on par with other Western airframes.
Absolutely.
@@davidford3115 The MiG-25's weight wasn't for armor. It was made of stainless steel to resist friction heating from high speed flight. Normally titanium is preferred, but the Soviets couldn't (and Russia still can't judging from the MiG-31) use titanium all that well for aerospace purposes. Meanwhile, Lockheed used CIA cutouts to buy titanium from the Soviets and built the SR-71.
When you think about it, Flying Brick is a good name for the F-4. Agility wasn't its strong suite but it hit like taking a brick to the face.
I got to talk to an ANG pilot who had flown both the F-15 and F-4 before it. He said that going into combat he'd chose the F-15 hands down. However just to fly it was the F-4 no doubt. It was incredibly visceral. His words were flying the F-15 was like dating the beauty queen. Everybody is jealous of you but flying the F-4 was like being with the plain looking nymphomaniac. Everytime you you got into her she was going to give you a ride that would leave a grin on your face.
@@longshot7601 Lmao
The 15 reminds me of a powerfull bull gone wild that you would better not get in the way of. It is such a powerfull aircraft...and the fact that this jet is still dominating the skies after almost 50 years of service speaks for the quality of this aircraft.
The first plane shown as a Foxbat is not a Foxbat.
Came here to say the same thing. Unfortunate, because stupid mistakes like that make you question the veracity of the rest of the vid as well
It's a fruit bat
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg It's a really good looking fruit bat. I know it's obsolete and was quickly shown up by western fighters with radar, but the Mig-15 and Mig-17 are just gorgeous looking aircraft.
Welcome to utube, pal.
"The F-4 is living proof that a brick could fly if you put a big enough engine on it." Red Flag.
The 1975 time to climb record attempt was not called the Strike Eagle Program, it was called Streak Eagle Program. Strike Eagle is the nickname of the F-15E. I DNR previous post, thus this late edit.
F-4? Ugly? I'll fight you!
I've got scars on my head from working on them a lifetime ago, it's a badass looking airplane.
Phantom bites. Had lots.
Phantom is hideous
@@larrycummings7300 I work on Eagles, I've seen MANY people get Eagle Bites too! Lots of stuff to run into if you're not paying attention!
@@cosmicchad4752you are wrong and you should feel bad
@xaderalert I don't the phantom looks as bad as it performs
Why are you showing a MIG17 while discussing the Mig 25?
F4 ugly? Nah. She's got her her charm for sure.
The F-4 was messed up by politicians not understanding war and the capability of the F-4.
Did Robert McNamara get anything right in his whole career in government?
As HLC said "don't blame us for building a counter for the weapon you said you had."
F15 wouldn't counter a mig31 in any sort of way
@@okakokakiev787one F-15 carry enough to destroy the entire fleet of working 31s
Are you kidding? The Phantom was a really good looking fighter.
Flying an F-15 must be AAA porn for a fighter pilot.
Think you mean XXX but your statement is correct
and flying an F35 like sticking a finger up the bum
The phantoms would have completely flattened the opposition in Vietnam if the politicians quit getting involved!
I was 15 when the F-15 came into service. I'm 65 and it's still screaming on strong!
First of all, the Phantom is a beautiful fighter. Second of all (THEY CAN HEAR YOU!!) 😆
The fact that it has been serving for almost 50 years demonstrates it reached an optimum of design, like a Colt 1911. I think the US should concentrate on this airframe ti develop a next Gen fighter based on the aeronautics of this one.
“104-0 look out below! I took out a satellite just for show!”
Came here to give this exact quote. I'm glad I live amongst such people of culture.
That is a MiG-15 or similar (-17, -19), NOT a MiG-25 Foxbat.
Yea that's my biggest complaint about the video, show the aircraft when you are highlighting it's features. Gorgeous shot of the MiG-15 but highly confusing for someone that wouldn't know the difference in the aircraft being talked about. The MiG-25 looks nothing like the small nimble Mig teens
Yup
I might have missed it, but I didn't hear mention of the F15EX. That thing will be an absolute beast.
The F-15E will always hold a very special part of my heart. I used to work on them
The F100 was called the "lead sled"
I've heard that applied to the SR-71 as well.
@@Zaprozhan the F100 had a glide ratio of 1 to 4 that's why it got the name. 1 foot forward to 4 feet down without power.
No more beautiful plane than the F-4 Phantom
8:35 Air intercept controllers...
Just want to take advantage of this opportunity to brag about my uncle, Command Master Chief "Uncle Bill". He enlisted in the navy and spent time on at least 4 ships. USS Guadalcanal, USS Normandy, USS Nimitz and USS Anzio. During his 30 years he achieved the rank of CMDCM. One of the things he was proud of was attending Top Gun as an AIC, while on the Nimitz. He was also very proud of the fact that he did the tasks that were assigned to him rather than just delegating that stuff to others. Of course he was expected to utilize the other sailors and he did utilize them, but he was there with them getting the work done. Apparently some of his peers didn't feel the need to even be present while their delegees were getting the work done...
From 1970 through 2000 he saw and heard a lot of things, including 16 inch guns firing.
A couple of his strongest memories were the sounds that the ship made while he was trying to sleep in rough seas. He said he really thought it might just break and half.
Something else very memorable was arresting gear wires letting loose while under great tension...
Why no mention of Col. John Boyd and his study of energy and maneuverability tactics which led to the development of both the F-15 and F-16 ?
Ahhhh.... to be the only pilot in history with an air to orbit kill. (and may he remain so, as long as possible)
F15 landing with ONE WING is WILD
F15 is da GOAT
Please improve the coordination between images of planes and the script.
Vacuum tube technology used in the MiG-25 wasn't as bad as you'd think as they're much more resistant to electromagnetic pulse from nuclear explosions, an environment the Soviets expected to have to fight in.
This would be an excellent informative video if you didn't almost at every instant show the wrong fighter when mentioning the Mig-25 Foxbat. If just listening and not watching it would've been much better.
104-0 I’d say it’s still most deadly fighter of all time
And still has the best record for any fighter.
I love the Phantom. Pretty ol bird
My grandfather was an engineer on this bird, I remember he always called it the hawk.
When talking about the cannon the term cook off was used to describe it's firing/ rate of fire. This is technically incorrect (the best kind of incorrect) because a cook-off is a term used to describe a malfunction caused by an overheated breach/chamber/barrel that is hot enough to ignite a cartridge without the firing pin/ primer being activated.
Where did you get your info? I believe the 525 Fighter Sq Bitburg Germany was the first base in Europe to get the Eagle. I have 23 years working this jet and never heard of the base in Italy being the first to receive the Eagle.
There are more errors in this vid too... Like a so called MIG25 foto but showing 2 SU24's...
@@ronmanders Plus hyping up the Mig 25 as if it was a serious threat to anything but B-52s. It was supposedly going to go after the SR-71, since it was super fast and could go almost pretty high at the Blackbird, but it was no match to catch it. It's only chance to shoot one down was to get it in a head on attack from below and hope the missiles it fired worked well enough to take a Blackbird down, and it never did. So, obviously it was a failure in that part of it's service. Also it was so big and cumbersome it turned like a battleship at full speed. It's turn radius was in the dozens of miles at full speed, and its lack of maneuverability at low speeds made it a sitting duck.
Love the F15, but the F14 was the first fighter that could attack multiple targets at the same time.
My grandpa graduated top gun class of 1969. Was in the Air Force so they must’ve done a joint training. Cool stuff
That was not a Mig-25 Foxbat.
"Cipher, I got a feeling you and me are gonna get along just fine... Buddy."
They should have made the stealth variant F-15SE given how extremely expensive the 5th Gens F-22 and F-35 are
That's what the F-15EX is for
@@LOTUG98 F-15EX doesn't have stealth capability nor was it made for stealth missions. The F-15SE was designed with stealth in mind
The generals wanted a new toy so you & I gave them 1 does the USA need it maybe, maybe not, I don’t know
The F-15SE wasn't stealthy. It had reduced signature compared to a regular F-15, making the SE more comparable to the F-16 on radar. It wasn't ordered because it was a private venture by Boeing that nobody asked for, and it offered no real advantages while being more expensive than a normal F-15.
I was golfing the South Course @ MacDill AFB in Florida in the mid 90s during an air show. I was teed up on a par 4 or 5 when I saw the shadow of a plane screaming toward us on the fairway. It then went vertical over our tee box. We looked up into the orange afterburners as the sound, heat and vibration was shocking. It knocked my ball off the tee. My opponent looked at me with a straight face and said, “ hitting 2”.😅
I'm old enough to remember when the F-15 was in development and various 'experts' deemed it overpriced crap.
I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
I never realized that the Captain Pedersen, the CO of USS Ranger when I first checked onboard, had helped start Top Gun.
Love to see the F15 with thrust vectoring
It wasn’t that it lacked the ability to track it was they didn’t have an advanced FF system so they had to visual ID targets so the over horizon targeting was nullified by too much friendly air traffic. Also, Top Gun doesn’t have a trophy or tournament.
10:50 why are you showing the Mig 15 when talking about the foxbat?
Now just imagine how the Soviets would have reacted to an F22 Raptor that had traveled back in time to finally get an interception.
The Soviets may have had the Night Witches, but the stealth of the 22 would make it a ghost
Consider an F15 had one entire wing broken off mid flight and it STILL flew and landed safely, I'd say it's definitely one bad a** plane!! And that's not even taking into account an F15 has NEVER been shot down during combat, despite being one of the most used fighters in history.
Newest F-15 can carry 22 missiles. But, why not 32?
MIG-31 was the first plane capable of targeting multiple targets at the same time 25 but earlier models I think 12 and was first with a phased array radar which made it possible. It could also communicate in a sorty to tell other planes in formation which formation is best. mIG-25 Holds the record to climb at 189.85s to 30,000M.
The only plane able to intercept concord in level flight...English Electric Lightning my Grandfather flew Hunters Phantoms and Lightnings, also F15 on exchange, the F15 was the most complete plane, but for speed and climb alone his Lightning was exceptional, it’s an open secret that it held the altitude record regularly reaching 70.000 feet..
The F4E Phantom 11 and F15EX Eagle 2 is my 2 favorite jet air craft the F15 is the only fighter that can fly with one Wing 106 to 0 undefeated
What did the f15 have to do with the navy. Wasn’t that the f14?
Personally, I think the F-4 was one the sexiest planes made.
US all the way. Not only do we have the most functional air force in the world, with integrated role training, but we also have the largest and most extensive support for these forces. It is not just a battle against the forces we have in the air, but the entirety of logistics and systems that project this power as it moves forward. Then there is the intel. From the radars to the communications no other air force can match it.
What's truly amazing is that no one has really matched the F15 to this day. Russia has the Su57, but not in serious numbers. China has the J20, but there are serious doubts about its actual capabilities.
The US has two fighters that are better than this beast, and the Navy has one with similar capabilities. This plane left the world playing catchup for five decades, and they still haven't actually caught up!
I love the F-15 Eagle. It's a childhood favorite of mine, but I also have lots of love for the F-4 Phantom. One of the most unique looking USA Warplanes ever.
Our planes are the best, and it makes it hard to pick which is my ultimate favorite because I also admire the SR-22.
I really wish though, that the US would have gone with the YF-23 because I belive that plane would have had more agility and speed advantages in the sky, along with the stealth.
The ads were absolutely ridiculous. Couldn’t stand watching more than a quarter of this short clip after 4 back to back doubled commercials hat had to be skipped or wait 2 minutes for each to pass… 🤦♂️
Actually the reason the Phantoms had to visually identify targets in Vietnam had nothing to do with defective equipment. Politicians imposed that rule on the pilots essentially handcuffing them.
The phantom is beautiful
I'm a huge fan of the channel, honestly it's one of my favorites across all of YT. I mean no disrespect in this and I am only saying this in fun, but: WATCH YOUR MOUTH THE NEXT TIME YOU TALK ABOUT THE WAY MY F-4 LOOKS
3:55: Wow. McNamara thought it was a good idea to build 1 aircraft that could be used jointly by the Navy, Air Force and Marines. What a dope! Good thing we never repeated that mistake!
F-35 and Lockheed Martin laughing at dumb politicians, military officers, and taxpayers
We have some of the dumbest people in authority.
Scariest thing with wings since the cretaceous period (when first in service)
Thank you
So is that wreckage at 24:00 a f-15 or not? Can't imagine the wreckage scattered over an area so small. Something else I'm guessing but the two fins make you wonder.
The F-15 exceeded every expectations that were associated to it. As for which Air Foce is the most advanced today - there's no doubt it' the United States AF.
I love how we basically made the Avenger from XCOM to counter what turned out to be a flying Soviet bumper car
At one point it says a wreckage of F15 was found after the battle of samara, then in the very next breath says over 100 kills and zero losses. Things dont make sense.
Air to air losses is zero 104-0 is it’s air to air record. Combat loses are separated based on the incident air to air, surface to air like SAMs and AAA, and accidents like crashes or engine fires.
Pretty sure it was a strike eagle. Which you could say is similar to the eagle but different enough aircraft doing different roles. The strike eagle (f15E) has been shot down quite a few times compared to the D's goose egg(excluding non combat losses).
I always the F4 looked like the baddest mo-Joe
Coming face to face with a F4 made the other guys have douts about their chosen profession. Especially when they saw 20 foot flames from those J79 engines and the crazy radar lock in their helmets!
The Mig-21s failed miserably vs. Israeli piloted F4s, including flown by Soviet pilots, since the late 1960s, and vs. Mirage interceptors in the 1960s. I don't get it why people say that the Soviets could control the sky before the F15 was introduced. Heck, the US military got Mig 21 from Israel, numbered 007.
Disagree about the F4. That plane looks awesome.
Thank you MIG 25 for the F15. They wouldn't have built it without you.
"is faster than" in what conditions?
And remember the F-15 qualifies as a rocket. It has a thrust to weight ratio of under 1. Ref FE
talking about the Mig 25 Foxbat you showed the MIG 17
Crazy that the F15 was able to land without a tailhook
When I drive a car I compare its handling to an f15 standards!
Just watch the DCS professionals play with the F15 variants. It’s definitely my favorite looking, but it’s also not the greatest dogfighter. Times have changed with the high AOA and off bore Fox 2 missiles, and the advantage of stealth.
It is certainly one hell of a plane
I remember a Newsweek article in the late 80s that discussed the Soviet Union's air force. What I remember best is a cockpit photo of a Soviet fighter jet...with wiring TAPED to the side of the cockpit. Crappy and poorly trained then. They should have been terrified of a USAF pilot flying an F4 Phantom with that kind of maintenance and flight hours.
Like it, loathe it, or think something else is better, the simple fact is that it has never been shot down, period.
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The F-14 was the first plane to be able to track and attack multiple targets.
Lines from this video are directly lifted from the Wikipedia article about the Samurra air battle
9:19 man, it would be worth it to say: too close for missiles, switching to guns
Streak Eagle. The E. Model is the strike Eagle
Good video. However, You didn’t mention in your assessment of the MIG-25 that it was designed in response to North American X-70 to be an interceptor of what would have been the world’s fastest bomber. The Soviets built and flew the MIG -25 even before the XB-70 was retired in 1969, so by 1976 it was already 10 years or more years old. Their original purpose now removed, MIG-25 essentially was a solution looking for a problem. Its age has no effect on its agility, but a better comparison would probably be the F-104, also a fast interceptor with marginal maneuverability. It is also probably fair to mention the 104’s short comings in air superiority as another influence on F-15 design.