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Freedom Eagle wrote:

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Oh, I got you! Im fuzzy why the F-4E was so popular. Id rather face an enemy with the PD radar.

It all depends on the mission. If your country was looking for an excellent light attack type with substantial fighter capabilities on the side, the F-4E was a very good acquisition. If your country needed a fleet air defense fighter, or an air superiority fighter, the F-14, F-4J, F-4K, F-4M, or F-15 were better offerings. The F-4E was intended to fight in NATO's central front. In that context it was an outstanding fighter - bomber. AIRCENT had plenty of front line air defense fighters, F-15s, Mirage IIIs, F-4Ms and Ks and lightinings. AIRCENT needed a good light attack type that could fill in as a fighter. The A-7s, F-104s and Jaguars were not up to both rolls, although they were excellent light attack types. The F-111 despite its F is not really much of a fighter. Call it a medium attack type with fighter capability on the side.