Comment by throw0101a
5 years ago
> I have mixed feelings on the F-15, and think it might have turned out better if it'd been a lighter fighter, as per Col. John Boyd's specification.
Can you go into who Boyd was, what was so important about the "specifications", and how the F-15 would have been better by following them (or is worse because didn't)?
Boyd had a veritable fetish for fighters that were cheaper, less performing but smaller and maneuverable. He also came up with the OODA stuff, if you're really into that kind of thing.