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

Regarding export modells, it should be mentioned that the german ones had been "worseimproved" for air to ground and all weather missions, thus gaining a reputation as "widow makers".
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@MrArgus11111 technically it was Bonn back then, but i get what you mean. And yes the Luftwaffe was rushing training, maintenance and so on way beyond any safety Limit. And this included the german licence production, that had to adapt to constant redesigns.
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@SaigonMouse it certainly did not help that the Luftwaffe made Pilot-Error the "cause" of choice, or rather convinience.
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