Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "PHANTOM MENACE: Should The F104 Starfighter Have Been The USAF's Air Superiority Fighter In Vietnam?" video.

  1. The F-5 really should've been given wider use in Vietnam. The use that it got (at least in American hands) was in the ground attack role and only by a single squadron, and this was done purely to boost export sales of the F-5 by making it combat-proven. The fact that it would've been able to out-dogfight the MiG-21 was never accounted for, because the USAF at the time simply didn't want a lightweight fighter.
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