PugJesus@kbin.social to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.works · 6 months agoIn honor of the F-16 entering Ukrainian skies in the near-future, I present a classic of NCDmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down15
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageIn honor of the F-16 entering Ukrainian skies in the near-future, I present a classic of NCDmedia.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.social to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.works · 6 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareCraigeryTheKidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-26 months agoI know this leans hard on the meme scale - but now I’m really interested in the data behind it. The losses on left are fairly close to kills on the right. Math checks out. But it’s 279 kills on left to 111 losses on the right - so… what were all those MiGs shooting down?
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief
I know this leans hard on the meme scale - but now I’m really interested in the data behind it.
The losses on left are fairly close to kills on the right. Math checks out.
But it’s 279 kills on left to 111 losses on the right - so… what were all those MiGs shooting down?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief