Does the Thunderchief deserve its bad reputation?

>>28388716
Nah. It just came in at a transition period where there were little tactics to deal with SAMs. At its role as a bomber it actually did quite well and excelled at what it was made for.

>>28388716
It was designed to carry a single nuclear bomb in an internal payload. Its a cool idea.

I wasn't aware it had a bad reputation, since the museum where I saw one had an old pilot who was pretty fond of the craft.

>>28388748
This sounds about right judging by the years of service.

>>28388797

>I wasn't aware it had a bad reputation

I've seen people refer to the F-35 as "the New F-105" with a negative connotation.

>>28388820
Why are you listening to chinkposters in the first place?

>>28388828

Because they came armed, with sources:

http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj98/spr98/werrell.html

>>28388769

>It was designed to carry a single nuclear bomb in an internal payload.

Why internal?

Radar-Stealth wasn't germane during that time period.

>>28388828
Because they are not burgerclappers

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>>28388883

whatever puts rice in the cracked ceramic bowl, chang

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>>28388961
Kek.

>>28388865
At a guess because nukes were still fairly chunky things at that time, and having to carry one externally would compromise any attempt at high speeds.

>>28388716
FUCKING SHIT AIR INLETS

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>>28388865

>Why internal?

It was a fuel-guzzler in afterburner anyways and needed a clean configuration. It was meant to sneak across the West/East German border really fast at low altitude and attack the expected Soviet Zerg Rush full of BMPs, T-62s, and MT-LBs.

Chad thunderchief