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by poof131 695 days ago
Mostly a history lesson. The reality is fighters are missile trucks these days and the F-15 is a great missile truck with a dozen amraam. Drones and missiles are the future of conventional war with much of the battle happening in the electromagnetic spectrum.
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A missile truck can be a drone truck too.

Shame about the F-14, now that was a missile truck par excellence.

F-14 was a nightmare to maintain though, especially compared to the F/A-18. Sometimes reliability is the most important ability.
This is the YouTube channel for The Imperial War Museum - a multi-site museum in the UK https://www.iwm.org.uk/home-page. The presenter, Dr Hattie Hearn, is Curator of the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford. https://www.hattiehearn.co.uk/

So, yes, it's mostly a history lesson